‘Don’t include Sarawak’
State of emergency BY TANIA LAM & SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA KUCHING: Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah hopes that in the event a state of emergency is declared, it need not include Sarawak as the state is presently not recording a high number of daily Covid-19 cases. “Until we see cases […]
Georgia Governor declares state of emergency in Atlanta, activates 500 troops
WASHINGTON: Governor of Georgia Brian P Kemp declared a state of emergency for Fulton County that includes the state’s largest city of Atlanta in the light of mass riots and activated 500 troops of the national guard to protect citizens and property. “At the request of Mayor @KeishaBottoms & in consultation with public safety & emergency […]
Covid-19 cases in Japan exceed 10,000
TOKYO: Japan’s health ministry and local governments said Saturday that the number of Covid-19 infections nationwide had risen to 10,098 cases as of Saturday afternoon, as the country enters the first weekend since a state of emergency was expanded nationwide in a bid to stem the spread of the virus, China’s Xinhua news agency. After […]
Japanese PM informs parliament of imminent state of emergency
JAPAN: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe informed both chambers of parliament of his intention to declare a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other prefectures as the number of cases nears 4,000, reported Sputnik news agency. “To prevent the further spread of the novel coronavirus infection, I consider it necessary to introduce a one-month […]
