News and Information

Egypt tightens coronavirus restrictions for Eid holiday

Reuters, VOA News
17 May 2020
  Arab Republic of Egypt

Brunei reports no new COVID-19 cases for 10 straight days

Xinhuanet
17 May 2020
  Brunei Darussalam

India extends coronavirus lockdown by two weeks

BBC News
17 May 2020
  India

Corona impact appears to stabilise: 10 deaths and 15 hospital admissions

Dutch News
17 May 2020
  Netherlands

Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry triples daily COVID-19 tests

Arab News
17 May 2020
  Saudi Arabia

Brazil overtakes Spain and Italy as new cases grow

BBC News
17 May 2020
  Brazil;   Italy;   Spain

Nepal registers its first death from COVID-19

Anadolu Agency
17 May 2020
  Nepal

Bangladesh delivers 10 tonnes of food, medical supplies to Maldives

The Edition
17 May 2020
  Bangladesh;   Maldives

Government expects to pay Rs. 5000 allowance for the next month also

Colombo Page
17 May 2020
  Sri Lanka

Countries' massive debt piles are turning into a disaster

CNN
17 May 2020
  Global

Sweden in ‘intense dialogue’ with Denmark over border reopening

The Local Denmark
16 May 2020
  Denmark;   Sweden

Ekiti Govt reduces 2020 budget from N124.5bn to N91.128bn

NNN News
16 May 2020
  Nigeria

Saudi Arabia’s COVID-19 cases exceed 52,000

Arab News
16 May 2020
  Saudi Arabia

Saudi education ministry defies pandemic, completes 2nd semester

Arab News
16 May 2020
  Saudi Arabia

Cabinet spends extra €500m to cushion corona blows to education

Dutch News
16 May 2020
  Netherlands

$600M of foreign aid pledged for COVID-19

Tolo News
16 May 2020
  Afghanistan

Timor-Leste now ruled free of active cases of covid-19

Asia Pacific Report
16 May 2020
  Timor-Leste

Big cuts in infra, education budgets to fund COVID-19 dole outs, medical response

Inquirer.Net
16 May 2020
  Philippines

South Africa records highest number of daily COVID-19 cases

CGTN Africa
16 May 2020
  South Africa

Austria's cafes and restaurants reopen after coronavirus lockdown

The Local Austria
16 May 2020
  Austria