Media reports: COVID-19 across Asia

Around the world, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has risen above 3,000,000, with that figure increasing by hundreds every day. Nations across Asia are battling the virus in their own ways and with varying degrees of success. At the Asia Media Centre, we've gathered media coverage from across Asian countries as they grapple with the pandemic.

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 around the world and in Asia

Source: ourworldindata.org

China

Read Chinese media reports:

Caixin Global: The medical mystery of positive COVID-19 tests in recovered patients
Sixth Tone: China banks on 'Consumption Coupons'
China Daily: No evidence indicates novel coronavirus leaked from Chinese lab: Report

Source: ourworldindata.org

South Korea

Read South Korean media reports:

Yonhap News Agency: South Korea sees no new local infection cases for second day
The Korea Herald: 'Even if second wave happens, it won't be like the first'
The Korea Herald: Hopes for normal life rise as South Korea begins COVID-19 exit

Japan

Read Japan media reports:

The Asahi Shimbun: Abe's delicate balancing act in extending state of emergency
The Japan Times: COVID-19 news update (rolling coverage)
The Asahi Shimbun: IOC can't 'go on forever postponing' Games - Coe

Singapore

Read Singapore media reports:

Today: More than 600 new cases, including 3rd infection at Singapore Expo community care facility
Channel News Asia: 'Never approach people from behind': How enforcement officers and ambassadors handle the public
Straits Times: Safe distancing enforcement officer who was stabbed now in stable condition, says NParks

Local COVID-19 clusters in Singapore. Source: Today/Google Maps

India

Read India media reports:

The Times of India: Coronavirus live rolling updates
Hindustan Times: India a step closer to making key drug to treat COVID-19
The Hindu: COVID-19: 13 wards in Bengaluru in red zone

Thailand

Read Thailand media reports:

Bangkok Post: 50,000 set to leave Phuket
The Nation: Second stage contagion now a real danger, public health chief warns

Indonesia

Read Indonesia media reports:

The Jakarta Post: Indonesia’s latest official COVID-19 figures (graph)
The Jakarta Globe: Jokowi's new five-point plan anticipates second wave of pandemic

Myanmar

Read Myanmar media reports:

Myanmar Times: Government announces list of essential businesses in Myanmar
Frontier Myanmar: Patients, medical workers battle discrimination as well as disease

Patients and medical workers in Myanmar have faced an increase in hate speech and discrimination according to Frontier Myanmar. Photo by Ashkan Forouzani on Unsplash