KUALA LUMPUR: With two more COVID-19 patients in Malaysia discharged on Wednesday (Feb 19), only five remained in the hospitals, Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad said. It was also the fifth consecutive day of zero new cases, since an American octogen...

RIZAL, Philippines: Ms Marina Sarno, 43, looks after her 5-year-old grandson while enticing customers to look through her 1 sq m booth in one of the Philippines’ most famous bazaars. Occasionally, Ms Sarno gives in to the lowballers. But even whe...

SEOUL: South Korea reported on Thursday (Feb 20) the first death in the country of a person infected with coronavirus and 22 new cases, bringing the total to 104. The exact cause of death is being investigated, the Korea Centers for Disease Control...

An outbreak of disinformation in China and elsewhere has hurt global efforts to combat the new coronavirus, said a specialist infectious disease lab located at the epicenter of the epidemic - and at the heart of a number of conspiracy theories.

JAKARTA: An Indonesian minister on Wednesday (Feb 19) proposed for the rich to marry the poor as a means to reduce the country’s poverty rate. “What happened if poor people are looking for other poor people (for marriage)? There will be more poo...