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 fired through a corporate structure in Saudi Arabia due to the coronavirus pandemic have asked the Indian government to collect unpaid income, Reuters reports, which raises 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 people shown in the country has reached 359,169, while the 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 is reporting new infections, up from 132 the previous day, bringing the total capital 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.
1:32 p. m. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, agree to resume normal flights between their countries at a forthcoming date and establish a “commercial route” that allows executives and professional staff to dispense with a 14-day quarantine period. , provided that they adhere to the precautions of COVID-19.
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 p. m. 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. virus restrictions, government aid measures and the launch of 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 extra in the July-September quarter due to increased entry and external demand, reflecting the effectiveness of its fiscal stimulus to overcome the effect of coronavirus. % 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 lower rate than in the last six months, as car shipments to the United States began from COVID-19 lows, according to government data. Total exports lost 4. 9% year-on-year, a fall greater than the expected 2. 4% drop through 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 a. m. , the United States has lost an abundant degree of influence in the Indo-Pacific region due to its domestic and foreign management of the coronavirus pandemic, according to an assessment published through an Australian tank. The Asia Power Index, published through the independent Lowy Institute in 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 through the previous day. All new infections have been 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 The Italian Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, provides mayors with the strength to close public places while presenting a new package of measures to prevent a strong accumulation 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 am The Director of the International Monetary Fund calls for vital steps to address the unsustainable debt burden of some countries, urging creditors and borrowers to begin restructuring processes as soon as possible. Economies can simply provide assistance by extension of a six-month freeze of official bilateral bills to 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 count, bringing the country’s total number of infections to 20,498. The country, which imposed selective closures this month as infections increased, also recorded seven new deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 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 3 other cases transmitted, 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 a. m. , Saudi Arabia allowed its citizens and internal citizens of the kingdom to pray in one of Islam’s holiest and most devoted places, the Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca, for the first time in seven months, state television reported. Arabia allowed citizens to perform the Umrah Pilgrimage to the holiest sites 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 now stands at 867,197, while the total number of deaths is 33,392, 90 more than on 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 am, China reported thirteen new coronavirus cases on the continent on October 16, with 24 cases a day earlier, announced the fitness commission on Saturday. As of Friday, mainland China had 85659 cases shown of coronavirus, the fitness authority said. The death toll for COVID-19 is 4634.
7. 51am Rating firm Moody’s on Friday lowered the UK debt rating to “Aa3” from “Aa2” 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.
6:31 a. m. La Europe’s small 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 home seem to be spending more time and money on online music classes.
Fender CEO Andy Mooney said Stratocaster manufacturer and other venerable models expect this year’s sales to reach a double-digit record. Many buyers are young beginners, and part 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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