18720 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.tnp.sg/news/world/japan-declares-month-long-state-emergency-over-coronavirusTOKYO : Japan yesterday declared a month-long state of emergency over a spike in coronavirus cases, ramping up efforts to contain infections but stopping short of the strict lockdowns seen in other parts of the world. The government has come under mounting pressure to tackle an outbreak that remains....Wed, 08 Apr 2020 00:45:00 +0200tnp-sg-35cfd2ec1edd62700cf48d1b025061fd20200408004500https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/china-sees-no-covid-19-deaths-first-time-1890763Mainland China yesterday reported no coronavirus deaths for the first time since the pandemic began, and a drop in new cases, a day before the central city of Wuhan, where the virus emerged late in December, is set to lift its lockdown. Japan declared a month-long state of emergency over a spike in....Tue, 07 Apr 2020 20:14:00 +0200thedailystarBD-cbe49c92f1f9531dd3c3af8c17cb2edf20200407201400https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2020/04/08/2003734198Japan yesterday declared a month-long state of emergency over a spike in COVID-19 cases, ramping up efforts to contain infections, but stopping short of the strict lockdowns seen in other parts of the world. The government has come under mounting pressure to tackle an outbreak that remains small by....Tue, 07 Apr 2020 19:12:00 +0200taipeitimes-087d83944beb88b7eeafa5d2e45db8b920200407191200https://www.bworldonline.com/south-korea-donates-rice-to-phl/THE South Korean government recently donated 950 metric tons (MT) of rice to the Philippines for distribution to those affected by natural disasters and calamities last year. Beneficiaries include flood victims in Cagayan Valley and earthquake victims in North Cotabato, Davao del Sur, and other....Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:16:00 +0200bworldcom-2d7070a4dbfb8002c8f7e8bb0ba3ca4f20200407181600