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A volunteer army of 750,000 people who signed up to support the NHS receives its first tasks Experts warn against over-interpreting daily figures of people dying with coronavirus amid reporting delays A team of scientists question the impact closing schools has on limiting the spread of coronavirus Thousands of people are missed off the government's high risk list for Covid-19 despite meeting the criteria France reports 833 new coronavirus deaths in the past day, the highest daily toll since its outbreak began New Zealand's health minister calls himself an "idiot" after breaking the country's lockdown by driving his family to the beach. BBC … [Read more...] about Coronavirus: Boris Johnson spends night in intensive care after symptoms worsen

Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung made the order at a meeting of the city’s steering committee for COVID-19 pandemic prevention on Monday, Tiền Phong (Vanguard) online newspaper reported. … [Read more...] about 63 obstetrics doctors quarantined after contacting COVID-19 patient

If the pandemic continued and oil prices did not recover, their total revenue in 2020 would be VNĐ270 trillion lower than plans for the full year, the report said. In addition, eight of them would suffer losses worth more than VNĐ26.3 trillion and the sum contributed to the State budget would be VNĐ32.8 trillion lower than planned. The CMSC pointed out that Vietnam Airlines Corporation (VNA) was among those suffering the most from the pandemic, reporting a drop of VNĐ6.7 trillion in revenue in Q1 and a loss of VNĐ2.3 trillion. If the COVID-19 pandemic continued to the last quarter of this year, VNA’s revenue was estimated to lose VNĐ72.4 trillion and its losses would amount to nearly VNĐ20 trillion. The VNA has suspended all international routes and is only operating domestic routes at a minimum level while increasing operation of cargo flights to facilitate trade and increase revenue. The corporation was also thirsty for cash and must … [Read more...] about State-owned enterprises face VNĐ3.7 trillion loss in Q1 due to COVID-19

In a press release, Country Director of ADB in Indonesia Winfried Wicklein said although Indonesia has a strong macroeconomic foundation, the COVID-19 crisis has changed the direction of the country's economy, with worsening external situations and weakening domestic demand. Winfred estimates that the Indonesian economy can gradually return to its growth track in 2021 if the government effectively takes decisive actions to address health and economic impact of the disease outbreak. … [Read more...] about ADB projects Indonesia’s economic growth at 2.5 percent