NEW YORK, March 12 (Xinhua) -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a state of emergency for the city on Thursday due to a foreseeable COVID-19 outbreak, predicting that more than 1,000 cases could surface by next week. The total number of confirmed cases in the city reached 9...
KINSHASA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Felix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), declared on Tuesday a state of emergency across the country to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The decision was prompted by the gravity and dangerous nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, sai...
Canadian Province Ontario declared a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 17. At a press conference in Toronto, Ontario Provincial Premier Doug Ford said it was a decision the province must make to fight the pandemic. Under the state of emergency, schools...
Japan has declared its second state of emergency regarding covid-19, as the number of daily infections surged to seven times that of the first and Tokyo hospitals reported nearly 80% occupancy. On 7 January the prime minister, Suga Yoshihide, declared a state of emergency in the capital ...
The Brazilian government pursued the declaration of a state of emergency as attempting to fight COVID-19 while trying to meet the year's fiscal goal could paralyze the country. The bill was first approved by the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday and Rodrigo Maia, president of the lower house, ...
Tokyo— Japan has fully dropped itscoronavirusstate of emergency for the first time in more than six months as the country starts to gradually ease anti-virus measures to help rejuvenate the pandemic-hit economy as the infections slowed. At Tokyo's busy Shinagawa train station, a sea of mask...
Italy's government first declared a COVID-19 state of emergency on Jan. 31, 2020. To date, the country has registered some 14.5 million cases, including 13.1 million recoveries and over 159,000 fatalities. Almost 90 percent of people aged 12 and above have completed the vaccine cycle. In ...
New York governor declares state of emergency as COVID-19 cases soar to 76 statewide Source: Xinhua| 2020-03-08 07:18:32|Editor: huaxia Information on "Help prevent the spread of respiratory viruses" is pictured at Times Square subway station in New York City, the United States, March 7...
RAMALLAH, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Palestine on Saturday extended its coronavirus-related state of emergency for another month amid a decrease in COVID-19 cases and fatalities in the Palestinian territories. In a decree issued by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the state of emergency was extended...
Japan's COVID-19 response The state of emergency falls far short of the harshest measures seen in parts of Europe and the United States. It allows local governors to urge people to stay at home and call on businesses to stay shut. ...