Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned violators of coronavirus lockdown measures they could be shot for causing trouble and said abuse of medical workers was a serious crime that would not be tolerated. In a televised address, Duterte said it...

Authorities in the UK say their capacity for Covid-19 testing is being hampered by the limited supply of specific chemicals, but the government is working to increase the number of test centres. That’s having a knock-on effect for NHS staff, many of wh...

Six more types of entertainment venues, including karaoke bars and mahjong parlours, have been ordered to temporarily close or limit their operations, to help fight the coronavirus epidemic. That's after a group of people who went to a karaoke bar in T...

The Bar Association has written to the Financial Secretary Paul Chan – asking for help for practising barristers during the coronavirus pandemic. The association's chairman, Philip Dykes, says barristers have started to feel the pinch – with no end in ...

Hong Kong has seen its worst retail slump on record, plunging 44 percent in February from a year earlier, as the spread of Covid-19 dealt a heavy blow to businesses. Jewellery shops were the hardest hit with sales sinking 78.5 percent. Clothing retaile...

Authorities in India have launched an investigation after a group of migrant workers were filmed being doused in a "chemical solution" by officials. They are believed to be migrants who returned to the city of Bareilly, in the northern state of Uttar P...

Civic Party lawmaker Dr Kwok Ka-ki has proposed that venues like the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai could be converted into makeshift hospitals, to help ease the pressure on the public healthcare system. The Hospital Authority says isolat...