Foreign Property News | Posted by Aye Myat Thu
Global cases have reached 15,667,461, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
The worldwide death toll has hit 638,238.
Saturday, July 25
12:59 a.m. Human trials of Russia's second potential coronavirus vaccine, developed by the Siberian Vector institute, will begin on July 27, reports Reuters, citing the TASS news agency. An early-stage human trial of a separate vaccine, developed by the Gamaleya institute in Moscow, was completed this month, with scientists hailing the results and authorities planning to move to mass production in the autumn.
12:40 a.m. Gold futures have topped $1,900 per troy ounce, a psychologically important price threshold, amid rising uncertainty over the global economic outlook. That brings the precious metal close to an all-time high of $1,923 reached in September 2011. Gold prices are up nearly 25% this year.
Friday, July 24
10:00 p.m. The European Medicines Agency has begun a review of a British study that suggests the common steroid dexamethasone can prove effective against COVID-19, Reuters reports. Japan recently approved dexamethasone as its second treatment for severe cases of the coronavirus disease.
5:55 p.m. The Philippines' Department of Health reports 2,103 new infections, bringing the total number of cases to 76,444, according to the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
5:35 p.m. Singapore's Health Ministry confirms 277 new coronvirus cases, taking the city-state's total to 49,375, The Straits Times reported. VivoCity's Golden Village cinema, Raffles City Shopping Centre and Golden Mile Complex were added to the list of places visited by those infected with the virus on Thursday.
5:30 p.m. Indonesia reports 1,761 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total in the country to 95,418, according to Reuters. The number of deaths rose by 89, raising the death toll to 4,665.
5:05 p.m. Minor International, a Thai operator of hotels and restaurants, says it plans to reopen around 90% of its hotels by September despite the novel coronavirus pandemic.
5:00 p.m. Cambodia's Health Ministry confirms four new cases of coronavirus among its soldiers who were stationed in the West African nation of Mali on a U.N. peacekeeping mission, AP reported. The three men and a woman were members of a team that had worked on land mine clearances.
4:27 p.m. Bank of Thailand Gov. Veerathai Santiprabhob tells a local TV station that the kingdom's job losses were estimated at 7 to 8 million during the coronavirus lockdown but that half of those losses could be recouped after the situation eases.
1:58 p.m. Health authorities in the city of Danang, Vietnam, report the first suspected case of COVID-19 thorough local transmission, after 99 days without any. They have tracked down more than 100 people who had contact with the suspected infected person, and all of the results were negative in initial testing.
1:25 p.m. India reports a new daily record for coronavirus cases, at 49,310, in the last 24 hours, bringing the country's tally to nearly 1.3 million. The death toll jumped to 30,601, an increase of 740 from Thursday morning.
8:55 a.m. U.S. President Donald Trump says he will cancel the Republican Party's nominating convention in Florida in August. He said it was not the right time to hold a "crowded convention."
Ref: Nikkei Asian Review
