GENEVA (Reuters) – Swiss hospitals are scrambling to cope with a surge in new COVID-19 patients, bringing back retired staff to replace sick frontline workers and closing other wards as officials warn they could reach breaking point in about 10 days. Read full story

Older adults are deliberating what to do as days and nights turn chilly and coronavirus cases rise across the country. Some are forming “bubbles” with small groups of friends who agree on pandemic precautions and will see one another in person.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has approved a RM160mil Bantuan Prihatin Covid-19 fund to help all levels of society hit hard by the pandemic, says Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor. Read full story

Hongkongers will be able to join local tours of up to 30 people each and wedding ceremonies of no more than 50 guests starting from Friday, officials revealed on Tuesday, as five new Covid-19 cases were recorded.But while Hong Kong’s leader said the city had not met the criteria necessary to relax social-distancing measures further, […]

Nine passengers arriving on a Nepal Airlines flight and a returning resident who twice tested negative during quarantine were among Hong Kong’s 11 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, prompting authorities to ban the carrier yet again, just four days after it completed a two-week suspension.Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Centre for Health Protection’s communicable […]