Sri Lanka widens curfew, bans gatherings as virus surges

Authorities in Sri Lanka have widened a curfew and warned of legal action against those evading treatment for COVID-19 after reporting an escalating cluster centered around a garment factory in the capital’s suburbs

Asia Today: Sri Lanka confirms 321 cases in factory cluster

Sri Lanka says more than 300 garment factory workers have been infected with the coronavirus, days after reporting its first community transmission in two months

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Pilgrims return to Mecca as Saudi eases virus restrictions

A very small, limited number of people donning the white terrycloth garment symbolic of the Muslim pilgrimage have circled Islam’s holiest site in Mecca, after Saudi Arabia began lifting coronavirus restrictions that had been in place for months

Asia Today: India has another 75,800 cases, recovery high

India has registered 75,829 confirmed coronaviruses cases in the past 24 hours, a day after crossing 100,000 fatalities

India's COVID-19 fatalities top 100,000, behind US, Brazil

India has crossed 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, putting the country’s toll at nearly 10% of the global fatalities and behind only the United States and Brazil

India, South Africa ask WTO to ease IP rules for COVID-19

South Africa and India have asked the World Trade Organization to waive some provisions in the international agreements that regulate intellectual property rights to speed up efforts to prevent, treat and contain the COVID-19 pandemic

India's Health Ministry says confirmed coronavirus deaths have surpassed 100,000, third behind the U.S. and Brazil

India's Health Ministry says confirmed coronavirus deaths have surpassed 100,000, third behind the U.S. and Brazil

India's contracting economy rebooting from coronavirus blow

Millions of distressed Indian manufacturers and traders are counting on the eagerly-awaited October-December festive season to rescue them from their coronavirus catastrophe

Oman's new sultan quietly makes his mark as challenges loom

Oman's new sultan, while quietly making his mark, faces real challenges ahead