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3-year-old tests positive for COVID-19 in Kerala 09 Mar 2020 - 08:59 am
A boy wearing a protective mask walks in a street following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease, in New Delhi, India, March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
As Myanmar farmers lose their land, sand mining for Singapore is blamed 08 Mar 2020 - 11:06 pm
The Star Optimus, a hopper dredger vessel that belongs to Starhigh Asia Pacific, sits docked on the Salween river in Mawlamyine, Mon state, Myanmar September 18, 2019. 2019. Reuters/Ann Wang
Indonesia confirms two more coronavirus cases, total six 08 Mar 2020 - 01:53 pm
 A medical staff member wearing a protective suit walks towards the ambulance near an isolation room at Sulianti Saroso hospital, after indonesia confirmed its first cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Jakarta, indonesia, March 5, 2020 in this pho
Ten die at collapsed China quarantine site; virus spread slows ex-Wuhan 08 Mar 2020 - 12:33 pm
Rescuers work in the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Quanzhou, in China's eastern Fujian province on March 7, 2020. Around 70 people were trapped after the Xinjia Hotel collapsed on March 7 evening, officials said. / AFP / STR
Sun's Australian coach Cotterell cuts ties with banned swimmer 08 Mar 2020 - 12:03 pm
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Australia ramps up epidemic preparation as third man dies of coronavirus 08 Mar 2020 - 10:53 am
A woman wearing a face mask crosses the street in Melbourne on March 5, 2020. Over 50 people have been confirmed to have the COVID-19 coronavirus in Australia so far with the latest cases including an eight-month-old baby in Adelaide. / AFP / William WEST
Maldives confirms first two coronavirus cases; two resort islands locked down 08 Mar 2020 - 09:49 am
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Malaysia, Thailand bar cruise ship over virus fears 08 Mar 2020 - 09:16 am
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Six confirmed dead from collapsed China hotel used as quarantine site 08 Mar 2020 - 09:04 am
Rescuers search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Quanzhou, in China's eastern Fujian province on March 7, 2020. Around 70 people were trapped after the Xinjia Hotel collapsed on March 7 evening, officials said. / AFP / STR
Around 70 people trapped as hotel used for quarantine collapses in China 07 Mar 2020 - 05:35 pm
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Kabul victims describe scenes of carnage after attack 07 Mar 2020 - 02:57 pm
An injured man is brought on a stretcher to an ambulance following a gun attack during an event to mark the 25th anniversary of death of Shiite leader Abdul Ali Mazari, In Kabul on March 6, 2020. AFP / STR
Philippines to declare health emergency after first community transmission of coronavirus 07 Mar 2020 - 12:40 pm
File photo: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during his fourth State of the Nation Address at the Philippine Congress in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines July 22, 2019. Reuters/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo
India makes u-turn on TV ban over Delhi riot coverage 07 Mar 2020 - 12:07 pm
An AFP file photo of Delhi riots.
Islamic State attacks Kabul gathering, killing at least 32 06 Mar 2020 - 10:20 pm
Hospital workers carry an injured person to an ambulance at a hospital after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan March 6, 2020. Reuters/Omar Sobhani
China may soon lift quarantine on virus-hit Hubei province: official 06 Mar 2020 - 02:18 pm
A worker disinfects the Hankou Salvation Church in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on March 6, 2020. / AFP / STR
Americans returning home after quarantine and Tokyo dining enthralled Twitter 06 Mar 2020 - 02:12 pm
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Virus forces Japan to cancel ceremony to mark tsunami 06 Mar 2020 - 01:45 pm
 The ocean is seen through broken windows of a building which was damaged by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Futaba Town, near tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan February 17, 2020. Picture take
Seven missing after Pakistan building collapse as death toll hits 16 06 Mar 2020 - 01:04 pm
 Pakistani volunteer moves the body of a victim from the rubble of a collapsed five-storey residential building in Karachi on March 5, 2020. / AFP / Asif HASSAN