Soldiers are on duty outside an area under the enhanced movement control order in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, May 10, 2020. (Photo by Chong Voon Chung/Xinhua)
-- Malaysia extends movement restrictions till June;
-- Bangladesh's cases reach daily high of 887;
-- Afghanistan reports biggest daily increase of 361 new cases, total at 4,402;
-- South Korea's provincial government orders clubs, bars to halt business over cluster infection.
HONG KONG, May 10 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia-Pacific countries.
KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia will continue imposing the movement restricting measures to contain the COVID-19 outbreak till June 9, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Sunday.
In a televised speech, Muhyiddin said the decision was made to allow economic activity while keeping the outbreak in the country under control.
Workers make face masks at a factory in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, April 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Rahmatullah Alizadah)
KABUL -- Afghanistan reported 361 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the biggest daily increase since the outbreak of the pandemic in February, the Ministry of Public Health confirmed.
Workers wash their hands before entering a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 7, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)
DHAKA -- The number of new COVID-19 infections in Bangladesh rose by 887 on Sunday, the highest daily increase since March 8.
Post office officials wearing face shields provide social assistance service to poor families amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Yogyakarta Post Office, Indonesia, May 9, 2020. (Photo by Supriyanto/Xinhua)
JAKARTA -- The Indonesian government announced 387 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total number of infections in the archipelagic country to 14,032.
A healthcare worker from the Philippine Coast Guard wears protection equipment inside a newly-converted COVID-19 mass testing center in Manila, the Philippines, on May 5, 2020. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
MANILA -- The Philippines reported 184 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 10,794.
Migrant workers arrive to board a train for their journey back home during a nationwide lockdown to fight the spread of COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, May 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Stringer)
NEW DELHI -- The Indian Navy brought back 698 stranded nationals from the Maldives in a ship on Sunday under the government's evacuation plan in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent suspension of travel services.
India's federal health ministry Sunday morning said 128 new deaths due to COVID-19, besides fresh 3,277 positive cases were reported since Saturday in the country, taking the number of deaths to 2,109 and total cases to 62,939.
People take selfies at Yeouido Hangang Park in Seoul, South Korea, May 6, 2020.(Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)
SEOUL -- The local government of South Korea's Gyeonggi province, surrounding the capital Seoul, on Sunday ordered all entertainment spots, such as clubs and bars, to halt business amid growing worry about the cluster infection of COVID-19 in the popular multicultural neighborhood of Itaewon in Seoul.
South Korea reported 34 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of 0:00 a.m. Sunday local time, raising the total number of infections to 10,874.
The daily caseload was the highest in 28 days since April 12, after having hovered below 20 for the past three weeks.
Pedestrians walk across a traffic light in Sydney, Australia, May 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)
CANBERRA -- Six out of Australia's eight states and territories have recorded zero new cases of COVID-19, Health Minister Greg Hunt said on Sunday.
Two children run on a hill at sunset in Wellington, New Zealand, April 25, 2020.(Xinhua/Guo Lei)
WELLINGTON -- New Zealand reported two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 overnight as the country is preparing for a possible downgrade of COVID-19 Alert Level, the Ministry of Health said on Sunday.
One case is a household contact of an earlier case linked to an Auckland aged care facility, where there was a cluster outbreak. The second case is a person who travelled back from overseas. ■
