Some 2.89 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 201,833 have died, according to a Reuters tally.
In Asia-Pacific region,
South Korea’s large churches reopened, requiring worshipers to keep their distance and wear masks, after the government relaxed restrictions on religious gatherings.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to citizens to strictly comply with a nationwide lockdown and maintain social distancing norms, as cases of coronavirus mounted steadily despite over a month-long curfew.
The Australian government launched a controversial coronavirus tracing app and promised to legislate privacy protections around it as authorities try to get the country and the economy back onto more normal footing.
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the global pandemic began, now has no remaining cases in its hospitals, a health official told reporters.
Vietnam reports no new cases of coronavirus on Sunday evening, keeping the country’s total at 270, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control announced at 6pm. The country also reported zero deaths caused by COVID-19 so far. The two latest COVID-19 cases in Vietnam were confirmed last Friday – two Vietnamese students who flew from Japan
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@ Reuters/ Vietnam Insider