Australian authorities ordered more businesses to close Saturday along with a slew of new restrictions in the country's largest city as a weeks-long lockdown failed to bring down the outbreak of COVID-19.

Sydney tightens lockdown amid a spike in cases

Malaysia reported 11,079 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, the most number of cases recorded in a single day since the start of the pandemic. The country has been struggling to contain the recent outbreak driven by the emergence of new, more contagious variants despite much of the country being under a lockdown since June 1.

Malaysia records new high of 11,079 COVID-19 cases

Financial firms may need to bolster their defences in the face of rocketing cyberattacks after employees began working from home, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) said on Tuesday.

Cyberattacks increased amid work from home during pandemic: Study

South Africa has extended COVID-19 lockdown restrictions until 25 July as the country has recorded a rise in the number of infections. All social, political and other gatherings remain prohibited in the country while a curfew remains in place from 9 pm to 4 am.

South Africa extends COVID-19 restrictions with certain relaxations amid rising infections

South Africa will continue to remain on Adjusted level 4 lockdown as infections remain extremely high in number. “After consultation with the provinces, Cabinet has decided to maintain the country at Adjusted Alert Level 4 for another 14 days until July 25,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said while addressing the nation on Sunday night.

South Africa to remain on level 4 lockdown as coronavirus continues to spread 

Myanmar authorities announced stay-at-home measures in parts of commercial capital Yangon on Wednesday, as the country reported its highest daily coronavirus caseload in months.

Stay-at-home orders in Myanmar's Yangon as Covid cases spike

During a prolonged lockdown in Malaysia, the #benderaputih (white flag) campaign has gained momentum on social media. It seeks to encourage people to help others in distress.

Malaysians turn to white flags to seek help as lockdown torments

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out plans for the final step of easing lockdown in England on Monday, including guidance on social distancing, face coverings and working from home, the government said.

UK PM Johnson to set out plans for final step of easing Covid lockdown

Myanmar authorities imposed stay-at-home-measures on the country's second city Friday as coronavirus cases in the coup-wracked country surge, with many health workers striking to protest against the junta.

Myanmar orders 2 million to stay home as COVID-19 cases spike

Thousands fled Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ahead of tightened lockdown that will curtail most economic activity and confine people to their homes as coronavirus infections soar.

Thousands flee from Dhaka ahead of nationwide strict lockdown

Bangladesh police officers checked vehicles and army soldiers patrolled streets in the capital Dhaka as the country entered a strict lockdown on Thursday (July 1) in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus.

Bangladesh heads into strict lockdown amid record coronavirus spike

Thousands of people were stranded in Bangladesh's capital on Monday as authorities halted almost all public transport ahead of a sweeping lockdown imposed to combat a deadly resurgence of Covid-19 infections.

Thousands stranded in Bangladesh ahead of sweeping Covid lockdown

Massive crowds in Dhaka have flocked to ferry terminals to try and get out of the city before a strict national lockdown comes into force. Starting from Monday, no one in Bangladesh will be allowed to leave their homes unless in an emergency.

Crowds flee Dhaka before the beginning of a strict lockdown

Sydney began a two-week lockdown on Sunday as a cluster of cases of the highly infectious coronavirus Delta variant rose to 110 in Australia's largest city, while an outbreak in the northern city of Darwin prompted a hard two-day stay-at-home order.

Australia's Sydney and Darwin in COVID-19 lockdowns

Residents of four neighbourhoods of central Sydney were ordered to remain at home for a week on Friday to contain a growing outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19.

Lockdown ordered in central Sydney areas hit by Covid surge

South Africa has entered at level 3 lockdown as Coronavirus continues to wreak havoc across the country. Only 2 million people have received COVID-19 vaccine doses in the country.

South Africa battles the pandemic; COVID-19 alert raised to level 3

Chilean health authorities announced a blanket lockdown across the capital Santiago on Thursday following some of the worst COVID-19 case numbers since the pandemic began, despite having fully vaccinated more than half its population.

Chile shuts capital Santiago once more as vaccines fail to quell rampant cases

Two Australian states are on COVID-19 alert after an infected woman and her husband travelled from Victoria, the epicentre of the country's latest outbreak, through the states of New South Wales and into Queensland, visiting dozens of sites en route.

Two Australian states on COVID-19 alert after infected woman's interstate travel

Singapore will begin slowly easing a month-long partial lockdown from next week after the curbs succeeded in stemming a coronavirus outbreak, authorities said Thursday.

Singapore to ease curbs as virus cases fall

British health minister Matt Hancock has said that it is too early to say whether the government would stick to its plan to fully lift COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in England on June 21.

Britain’s health minister says too early to finalise lockdown easing

Newly appointed Minister for Health and Population Sher Bahadur Tamang on Monday said that his priority is to make the country free from this unprecedented COVID-19 crisis.

Priority is to make Nepal COVID-19 free, says newly appointed health minister

The COVID-19 peak during the last two months has been a tough time for those working at major automobile manufacturing plants in the Southern Indian city of Chennai.

Chennai: India’s Detroit rolls out cars despite COVID-19 risk and ongoing lockdown 

Southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu is witnessing an overall decline in Covid-19 cases, but still the state’s daily caseload is the highest in the country. While cases are on gradual decline in northern districts including capital city Chennai, western and southern districts are witnessing high daily caseloads.

Tamil Nadu: Lockdown extended till June 14th with district-specific relaxations 

Activity in India`s dominant services industry contracted in May for the first time in eight months as strict lockdowns to curb the second wave of COVID-19 dampened demand, prompting firms to cut jobs at the fastest pace since October, a private survey showed.

India's services activity shrank in May due to lockdowns, job cuts quicken

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