Nikkei Asia is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus from Wuhan city in central China.
Global instances reached 40,118,314, at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, while the international death toll reached 1,114,765.
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Monday, October 19 (Tokyo time)
22:55 The shares of Japanese fitness and good-looking manufacturer Unicharm reached an all-time high on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday, as investors bet on the expansion of profits driven by the continued order for masks.
Katsuro Hirozumi, an analyst at Daiwa Securities, says the company can gain advantages from using customer vouchers as an incentive as a component of the government’s Go To Travel campaign.
10:15 p. m. The sumo tournament in Japan in November will welcome about 5,000 spectators, twice as much as last September.
9:55 p. m. Nearly three hundred Indian migrant employees laid off through a corporate structure in Saudi Arabia due to the coronavirus pandemic have asked the Indian government to collect unpaid income, reports Reuters, which breeds lawyers and activists.
6:36 p. m. La University of Oxford said the initial long-term effects have an effect on the COVID-19 test revealed that a large number of patients discharged from the hospital still had symptoms of shortness of breath, fatigue, anxiety and depression two to 3 months later contracting the virus.
5:47 p. m. International coronavirus instances exceed 40 million, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States, India and Brazil remain the most affected countries in the world, but many European countries, coupled with France, Germany and Italy, have recently reported a record increase in infections. .
5:15 p. m. Philippines has 2,638 new coronavirus infections and 26 more deaths. The total number of cases shown in the country has reached 359,169, while its death toll is 6,675.
16:50 The number of coronavirus cases in Russia reaches a new high of 15982, adding 5376 in the capital, Moscow, bringing the national total of cases to 1415316. The authorities have reported 179 deaths in the last 24 hours, raising the official death toll. up to 24,366.
4:10 p. m. Poland plans to open a transit hospital in Warsaw’s national stadium, as it faces an increase in coronavirus cases and an overload of the fitness system, the government said. Poland has damaged case and death records in recent weeks, and doctors reported staff shortages and hospital beds and equipment.
3:30 p. m. Tokyo reports new infections, compared to the previous day’s 132, bringing the capital’s total to 29,046.
2:00 p. m. Cathay Pacific Airways in Hong Kong plans to operate less than 50% of its passenger capacity before the pandemic next year as it nears the end of a strategic review that can result in significant task losses. pre-pandemic capacity for the remainder of 2020, with the maximum number of foreign borders still closed.
13:32 Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, agree to resume scheduled flights between their countries at a forthcoming date and establish a “trade route” that would allow executives and professional staff to spend 14 days on a period, provided they adhere to COVID-19 precautions.
13:35 Coronavirus instances in India cross the threshold of 7. 5 million after 55722 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours, up from 61871 the previous day. The country’s total is now 7. 55 million, while the death toll has increased to 114610 after 579 new deaths since Sunday morning.
12:00 Thailand’s domestic car sales for the sixteenth consecutive month in September, 4. 1% less than last year to 77433 vehicles, as the coronavirus outbreak affected demand, according to the Federation of Thai Industries. by easing virus restrictions, government aid measures and launching new models. In August, car sales fell 12. 1% compared to last year.
11:10 am China’s commercial production in September increased by 6. 9% compared to the previous year, according to data, with an increase of 5. 6% in August and an expansion for the sixth consecutive month as a component of a seasoning for an economy recovering from the impact of the coronavirus. China’s retail sales increased by 3. 3% last month compared to the previous year, exceeding analysts’ forecasts for an expansion of 1. 8%, up from August 0. 5%.
11:00 am China’s gross domestic product increased further in the July-September quarter due to increased intake and external demand, reflecting the effectiveness of its fiscal stimulus to overcome the effect of coronavirus. Growth in the third quarter advanced to 4. 9% year-on-year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
9:56 a. m. : Australian stocks are winning after the state of Victoria eased its months-old blockade of the coronavirus and after U. S. officials said a new stimulus package could be followed before the November 3 election.
9:34 am In September, Japanese exports fell at a slower rate than in the last six months, as auto shipments to the United States began from COVID-19 lows, according to government data. Total exports lost 4. 9% year-on-year, a fall higher than the 2. 4% drop expected by economists in a Reuters survey. The most recent reading follows six months of double-digit drops, adding a 14. 8% drop in August.
9:20 am The United States has lost an abundant degree of influence in the Indo-Pacific region due to its national and foreign control of the coronavirus pandemic, according to an assessment published through an Australian expert group The Asia Power Index, published through the Independent Lowy Institute of Sydney, ranks 26 countries and territories according to their strength in the region.
9:05 a. m. China reports thirteen new instances for October 18, as the previous day. All new infections were imported. China also reports 33 new asymptomatic patients, up from 34 the previous day.
Japanese corporations are expected to rent 105,442 college graduates in the spring, 11. 4% less than seven months ago, according to a Nikkei survey. The double-digit drop is the first since 2010, in the wake of the global currency crisis. . Nikkei surveyed 1,036 corporations, asking about the number of academics promised to be leased as of October 1 and the figures of 927 corporations comparable to last year’s.
5:05 am Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte provides mayors with the strength to close public places while presenting a new package of measures to verify to prevent a strong build-up of instances, according to Reuters. Sunday’s instances reached a new record of 11,705. “The scenario is critical. The government is there, but everyone has to do their part,” the prime minister said.
1:53 a. m. The holder of the International Monetary Fund calls for primary measures to address the unsustainable debt burden of some countries, urging creditors and borrowers to initiate restructuring processes as soon as possible. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the Group of 20 Primary Economies could simply help issues by extension of a six-month freeze on official bilateral bills from low-income countries, but more urgent action is needed.
Sunday, October 18
7:05 p. m. Malaysia’s fitness government reports 871 new cases, a record number, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 20,498. 187.
17:07 The Philippine Ministry of Health reports 2,379 new cases shown and 50 more deaths, bringing the country’s total to 356,618 cases and 6,652 deaths. It also indicates that another 14,941 people have recovered from COVID-19, bringing overall recovery to 310,158.
16:56 Indonesia reports 4,105 new coronavirus infections, bringing the total to 361,867, according to the knowledge of the country’s COVID-19 working group. Knowledge charges 80 new deaths, bringing the total to 12511. The number of instances and deaths in the country. is the one in Southeast Asia.
3:32 p. m. The Australian state of Victoria, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, will enjoy greater freedom of movement from Monday after months of restrictions, but shops and restaurants will have to wait longer, after more than a hundred days in a narrow blockade that allowed two hours of outdoor activities a day, the other five million people living in the capital of Victoria , Melbourne, you can spend as much time exercising outdoors as you want. Retailers and restaurants can only offer takeaway or home delivery orders, with the state government contemplating their reopening until November 1.
2:00 p. m. Thailand reports another 3 cases of transmission, one day after reporting its first local infections in more than a month. The 3 patients are a circle of family members of two Burmese citizens who have already tested positive in the northern province of the country bordering Myanmar, the government said the organization running the coronavirus.
11:30 am Saudi Arabia allows its citizens and internal citizens of the kingdom to pray in one of the holiest places in Islam, the Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca, for the first time in seven months, state television reports. Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia allowed citizens to make the Umrah pilgrimage to the holiest places of Islam, Mecca and Medina, after a seven-month break due to coronavirus problems.
9:30 a. m. China reports thirteen new instances for October 17, such as the previous day. All new infections were imported. The country also reports 34 new asymptomatic patients, up from 11 the previous day.
9:15 a. m. New Zealand reports a new case as the virus reappears after several days without transmission within the country’s borders. The inflamed user is known early, restricting the threat of transmission.
3:20 a. m. France reports a record number of new cases, 32,427, after reporting 25,086 on Friday. The total number of infections is now 867,197 while the total number of deaths is 33,392, 90 more than Friday.
Saturday, October 17
11:30 p. m. China’s disease control authority says contact with frozen food containers infected with a new live coronavirus can simply cause infection. Qingdao.
5:29 p. m. Indonesia reports 4,301 cases, bringing the country’s total to 357,762.
16:45 The number of new cases in Austria has exceeded 2000 for the first time, according to Kronen Zeitung newspaper.
13:52 Thailand reports its first two cases transmitted for more than a month.
10:06 a. m. , China reported thirteen new coronavirus cases on the mainland on Oct. 16, with 24 cases a day earlier, the fitness commission announced on Saturday. As of Friday, mainland China had 85,659 displayed cases of coronavirus, the fitness authority said. The death toll from COVID-19 is 4634.
7. 51am Rating firm Moody’s downste UK debt score to “Aa3” from “Aa2” on Friday due to the massive economic effect of the coronavirus crisis, Brexit and the lack of transparent budget plans from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government.
6: 31Am Small European Andorra officially joined the International Monetary Fund on Friday, the 190th member state of the lender in crisis while the principality dependent on tourism and trade is fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
5:20 a. m. Guitar sales took off in the United States due to the pandemic. Americans at the house seem to be spending more time and money on online music classes.
Fender CEO Andy Mooney said the maker of the Stratocaster and other venerable models expects sales this year to hit a double-digit record. Many buyers are young beginners, and some of them are women and girls, Mooney says.
4:07 a. M. The total number of coronavirus cases in the United States has exceeded 8 million, with new infections peaking in July. The virus is spreading in the battlefield states for next month’s presidential election.
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