231130 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.geo.tv/latest/278335-emergency-declared-in-indonesias-jakarta-over-coronavirus-as-death-toll-surges-to-18A worker sprays disinfectant at international arrivals terminal of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport — amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) — in Tangerang, Indonesia, March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan. JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR: The Indonesian capital's governor, Anies Baswedan, declared a....Fri, 20 Mar 2020 16:49:00 +0100geo-tv-76ec63f211f9542c4c18734599c7a9e620200320164900https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/03/819226e70653-urgent-abe-asks-organizers-to-be-careful-over-big-events-amid-virus-spread.htmlPrime Minister Shinzo Abe's government will not extend its current request for school closures across Japan to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus and will allow classes to begin as scheduled in the country's new academic year from April, the education minister said Friday.Fri, 20 Mar 2020 14:45:00 +0100kyodonews-49e172235d2e21df8f1dbfb0bdb1bb2e20200320144500https://reliefweb.int/report/china/chinanepal-border-region-earthquake-gdacs-usgs-media-echo-daily-flash-20-march-2020An earthquake of 5.7 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in the south of Tibet Autonomous Region (China) on 20 March at 1:33 UTC (9:33 local time). The epicentre was located in the remote Hymalyan region, close to the border with Nepal (Eastern Region), approximately 80 km north, and 20 km east of Shelkar Town (Tingri County, Tibet, China).Fri, 20 Mar 2020 14:35:00 +0100reliefWeb-1eef0c150ea77d8fe0031c97e40fbf6d20200320143500https://weather.com/en-IN/india/news/news/2020-03-20-strong-59-magnitude-earthquake-hits-tibetan-county-sikkim-borderAn earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale hit Tibet on Friday, authorities said, adding that there were no reports of damages or injuries yet. The quake struck the city of Xigaze, Tingri County, at 9.33 a.m., Xinhua news agency reported. The earthquake was at a depth of 10 km, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.Fri, 20 Mar 2020 13:16:00 +0100weather-en-IN-e649d1aedd0453491e958103baacfdcf20200320131600