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Saigon Railway Station is implementing testing for all passengers.
The Ho Chi Minh City International Health Quarantine Center announced that from 0:00 on April 11th, they will check electronic health declarations and take samples for coronavirus testing from all train passengers arriving at Saigon Station (District 3, Ho Chi Minh City). After completing the checks, train passengers will be allowed to leave the station.
According to information from the Vietnam Railways Corporation, as of now, there is only one train departing from Saigon Station and one train returning to Saigon Station each day.
Singapore continues to record record numbers of new infections.
According to Channel News Asia, Singapore reported 287 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, with more than half linked to an outbreak at an apartment complex. This is more than double the number of cases from the previous day – which was the highest daily number of infections to date.
Singapore currently has a total of 1,910 confirmed cases and 6 deaths due to Covid-19.
Malaysia extends travel restrictions.
On April 10th, Malaysia officially announced an extension of its movement restrictions for another two weeks, until April 28th. On the same day, the country recorded 118 new cases of infection.
Malaysia currently has the highest number of infections in Southeast Asia.
Phuket: the first province in Thailand to go into lockdown.
Phuket has become the first province in Thailand to impose a complete 14-day lockdown starting April 13th to curb the spread of Covid-19. Under the lockdown, everyone is required to stay at home, except for a few special cases such as healthcare workers or government officials. Those who violate the new regulations could face up to one year in prison and a fine of 100,000 baht.
The Thaiger website reported on April 10th that governors in 14 provinces (out of a total of 76 provinces in the country), such as Chiang Rai, Tak, and Nan, have announced restrictions on movement in and out of their provinces.
Türkiye has banned citizens from leaving their homes for 48 hours.
According to AFP, Turkish authorities have ordered all residents to stay home for 48 hours, from midnight on April 10 to midnight on April 12. This ban applies to 31 cities, including the economic hub Istanbul and the capital Ankara.
Yemen reports its first COVID-19 case.
Yemen has just recorded its first positive case of the novel coronavirus in Hadramawt province, in southern Yemen, which is controlled by the government. According to AFP, due to the devastation caused by war, the outbreak in the country will be a challenge as Yemen has limited resources to deal with the disease.
The war between Yemen and the Saudi Arabia-led coalition has been ongoing for many years.
The US surpasses 500,000 infections, with New York recording the highest number of cases in the world.
According to statistics from worldometers.info, the number of infections in the US as of the morning of April 11th had reached 502,876 cases, along with 18,747 deaths. Of these, New York alone recorded over 162,000 cases, accounting for nearly one-third of the total infections nationwide, and exceeding the number of infections in any other country in the world.
On April 10th, for the first time since the outbreak began, the number of patients requiring ventilators in New York decreased (from 4,925 to 4,908).
According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University, the US also became the first country to record 2,000 deaths in a single day due to the Covid-19 respiratory disease.
Speaking on CNN, the US CDC director said the country is nearing the peak of the pandemic.
The death toll in Brazil has surpassed 1,000.
Brazil, the country hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic in Latin America, recorded a total of 1,056 deaths on April 10th. The total number of cases in Brazil currently stands at 19,638.
Experts predict the epidemic in Brazil will peak at the end of April.
The UK reported 980 additional deaths today.
On April 10th, British Health Minister Matt Hancock announced that the United Kingdom had recorded an additional 980 deaths due to Covid-19, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 8,958.
As of the morning of April 11th, worldometers.info reported that the total number of infections in the UK was 73,758.
Italy extends lockdown until May 3rd.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte decided on April 10 to extend the lockdown until May 3, despite pressure from businesses to reopen the economy.
According to AFP, Conte announced this decision after Italy recorded an additional 570 deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours, bringing the country's total death toll to 18,849, higher than any other country in the world.
Although the daily death toll remains high, it has decreased significantly compared to a few weeks ago in Italy.
Russia implements a travel permit policy in the capital.
On April 10, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced the implementation of a travel permit system in the Russian capital, starting April 13.
“In the first phase, we will apply a work permit regime. In the second phase, it will apply to other travel purposes. In the third phase, if necessary, it will apply to travel within the region. We will provide further information on the timeline for each phase,” said Mr. Sobyanin.
Mayor Sobyanin also stated that from April 13th to April 19th, the Moscow city authorities would suspend the operations of all businesses and organizations, with the exception of government agencies, healthcare organizations, food and medical production businesses, manufacturers of personal protective equipment, key defense enterprises, and those in the space, nuclear, and critical infrastructure sectors.
Spain: "The situation is under control"
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on April 10: "The situation is now under control as the number of deaths in the country has fallen to 683 from 757 the previous day."
Spain insists it will not ease measures to protect its citizens in the immediate future.
France reports 50 cases of infection on aircraft carrier.
On April 10, the French Ministry of Defence confirmed that 50 crew members on the Charles de Gaulle, the country's only aircraft carrier, had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
The Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier reportedly has 1,760 personnel on board. Several areas of the ship have now been sealed off.
Australian cruise ship with over 100 coronavirus cases docks in Montevideo.
According to AFP, an Australian cruise ship that had been stranded off the coast of Uruguay for the past two weeks with more than 100 people infected with the coronavirus docked in Montevideo on April 10.
Following an agreement between the Uruguayan and Australian governments, approximately 110 passengers will be evacuated from the Greg Mortimer cruise ship and transported to Montevideo International Airport. From there, they will be flown to Melbourne.
WHO: Risk of renewed outbreaks if lockdowns are lifted too quickly.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said in a press conference on April 10 that “lifting restrictions could lead to a deadly resurgence of the virus.”
According to him, there has been a “welcome slowdown” in the epidemic in some European countries, but at the same time there is an “alarming increase” elsewhere, including community transmission in 16 African countries. “In some countries, up to 10% of doctors and nurses are infected, which is an alarming trend.”
"No country is immune. No country can claim to have a strong healthcare system. We must be completely honest in assessing and addressing this issue."
