Apple and Google announce tie-up to curb coronavirus pandemic
NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Apple Inc. and Google LLC said Friday they will cooperate to prevent further spread of the...
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In pictures: Thais band apart to slow the coronavirus
BANGKOK -- More than 80% of Thais understand and adhere to social distancing, according to a Ministry of Public Health...
Indonesia in ‘worst’ position as coronavirus attacks ASEAN bloc
JAKARTA -- Evawangi, a doctor at a public hospital on the outskirts of Jakarta, grows more worried every day.Her hospital...
Wuhan natives in New York hit by second round of coronavirus agony
NEW YORK -- As Wuhan lifted itself out of its 76-day coronavirus lockdown at midnight on Wednesday, Chen Long, a...
Philippines bans medical staff from leaving to work abroad
MANILA -- The Philippines has barred doctors, nurses and a host of other medical professionals from leaving to work overseas,...
Japan carmakers lend a hand in race for ventilators
TOKYO -- With the coronavirus outbreak expected to increase demand for ventilators in Japan, companies outside the medical sector are...
Singapore’s migrant dormitories emerge as hotbed for coronavirus
SINGAPORE -- Explosive coronavirus clusters are emerging in densely packed dormitories for the migrant workers who keep Singapore's economy going,...
Abe tangles with health ministry bureaucrats over virus response
TOKYO -- In the months since the new coronavirus first arrived in Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has repeatedly clashed...
Samsung Biologics to make coronavirus antibody drug for US startup
SEOUL -- Samsung Biologics has reached an agreement to produce a potential coronavirus treatment on behalf of an American biotechnology...
Samsung Biologics to make coronavirus drug for US startup
SEOUL -- Samsung Biologics has reached an agreement to produce a potential coronavirus treatment on behalf of an American biotechnology startup,...
