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Asia-Pacific Coronavirus News: Cases in Japan rise to 1,896, S. Korea to provide 820 USD for each 4-person household

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發布於 2020年03月30日06:46

Visitors are seen in the crowd in Asakusa in Tokyo, Japan, March 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)

-- Japan's COVID-19 cases rise to 1,896, with cases in Tokyo spiking over the weekend;

-- South Korea to provide each 4-person household 820 U.S. dollars in emergency relief package;

-- Cruise ship passengers quarantined on Rottnest Island in Australia;

-- New Zealand reports 75 new cases, 589 in total.

HONG KONG, March 30 (Xinhua) -- The following is the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia-Pacific countries.

TOKYO -- Japan's health ministry and local governments said 1,896 people have been infected with the COVID-19 virus as of 12:00 p.m. local time on Monday, with cases in Tokyo spiking over the weekend despite a "soft" lockdown being requested for the capital.

A woman walks on the street in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)

SEOUL -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday that his government decided to provide each four-person household in the bottom 70-percent income group with 1 million won (820 U.S. dollars) in its emergency disaster relief package over the COVID-19 outbreak.

South Korea reported 78 more cases of COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Monday local time, raising the total number of infections to 9,661.

Aerial photo taken on March 29, 2020 shows a parking lot in Suwon, South Korea. (NEWSIS/Handout via Xinhua)

SYDNEY -- An idyllic island off Australia's west coast, known for its adorable native inhabitants, will host passengers from a cruise ship forced to quarantine due to COVID-19 outbreak.

Australians who had been onboard the Vasco da Gama cruise liner arrived at Rottnest Island on Monday for two weeks of isolation.

Photo taken on March 21, 2020 shows the Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, which was closed due to the spread of coronavirus. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

VIENTIANE -- The Lao government said Sunday that all international checkpoints will be closed for passengers exiting and entering Laos. However, goods transport is still permitted.

The measures were imposed from Monday to April 19 and changes could be made in accordance with further announcement, local daily Vientiane Times reported on Monday.

 A team of Chinese medical experts, along with medical materials, arrived in Lao capital Vientiane by a chartered plane on March 29, 2020, to assist Laos to fight COVID-19 pandemic. (Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)

WELLINGTON -- New Zealand reported 75 new confirmed and one probable case of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed and probable infections to 589 in the country.

There have been no additional deaths related to COVID-19 after the death of a woman in her 70s was reported on Sunday, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield from the Ministry of Health said at a press conference.

A medical worker conducts quick tests at a newly built mobile testing station in Auckland, New Zealand, March 23, 2020. (Photo by Li Qiaoqiao/Xinhua)

HANOI -- Vietnam's Ministry of Health on Monday morning confirmed six new cases of COVID-19 infection, all related to a Hanoi-based hospital, bringing the total in the country to 194.

The six patients are all Vietnamese workers having provided services to Bach Mai Hospital, where several staff and patients have been confirmed to be infected.

People disinfect a vehicle used to transport people home before it leaves a quarantine facility in Vietnam's northern province of Hoa Binh on March 18, 2020. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua) ■

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