Poor harvests: How drought and hunger is driving Nepal farmers to India, defying COVID ban
AADESH SUBEDI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how an unusually dry monsoon has led some farmers to seek work in India – despite coronavirus-related travel bans…
Second COVID-19 wave forces new travel curbs around the globe; WHO says travel bans cannot be indefinite
Sydney, Australia/London, UKReuters Nations in Asia imposed new restrictions on Monday, while an abrupt British quarantine on travellers from Spain threw Europe’s summer reopening into disarray, as the world confronted the prospect of a second wave of COVID-19 infections. In the United States, still dealing with its first wave as infection rates have climbed since […]
Australia closes borders to coronavirus, pumps $A100 billion into economy
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia is closing its borders to foreigners and pumping about $A100 billion into the economy as it seeks to minimise the blow from the coronavirus epidemic. Australia has recorded around 600 coronavirus infections and six deaths, a relatively small number compared to other countries, but officials are growing increasingly concerned about the prospect […]
World closes borders, restricts travel to contain coronavirus spread
Reuters Countries around the world on Saturday continued to close borders, impose strict entry and quarantine requirements and restrict large gatherings in efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. Apple Inc said it will close all its retail stores worldwide, outside Greater China, until 27th March. Apple reopened all 42 of its branded […]
Markets suffer record meltdown as global coronavirus alarm grows
Washington DC, US/Beijing, ChinaReuters Global markets suffered record falls on Thursday as alarm over the coronavirus intensified, and governments from Ireland to Italy unveiled new measures to try to slow the spread of a disease that has infected more than 126,000 people worldwide. Travellers in Europe rushed to board flights to the United States after […]
US suspends travel from Europe as coronavirus forces Italy to tighten lockdown
Washington DC, US/Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters US President Donald Trump said the United States will suspend all passenger travel from continental Europe on Friday to limit the spread of the coronavirus after the outbreak was formally declared a pandemic, sending global markets into a tailspin. Trump announced the travel ban on live television along with emergency funds […]
Gatherings banned, travel restricted as coronavirus cases grow worldwide
Washington DC, USReuters Leaders in Europe, the Middle East and the Americas rolled out bans on big gatherings and stricter travel restrictions as cases of the new coronavirus spread around the world. The United States on Saturday reported its first death from the disease, a man in his 50s in Washington state, where officials said […]
WHO chief says widespread travel bans not needed to beat China virus
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday there was no need for measures that “unnecessarily interfere with international travel and trade” in trying to halt the spread of a coronavirus that has killed 361 people in China. “We call on all countries to implement decisions that are evidence-based and consistent,” […]
China seeks to boost economy as first virus death reported outside its borders
Beijing, China/Manila, PhilippinesReuters The first death from the coronavirus outside of China was reported on Sunday and the Beijing government took steps to shore up an economy hit by travel curbs and business shut-downs because of the epidemic. A 44-year-old Chinese man from the city of Wuhan in Hubei province, the epicentre of the epidemic, […]
US ramps up anti-coronavirus measures at border as impact spreads
Shanghai/Beijing. ChinaReuters The United States ramped up its response to the coronavirus epidemic on Friday, declaring a public health emergency and saying it would halt entry to foreign nationals who had been to China within the 14-day incubation period. That measure followed on from an earlier travel advisory that warned Americans not to travel to […]