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WHO reports rising new coronavirus cases in poor countries - CNA

GENEVA: The World Health Organization expressed concern on Wednesday (May 20) about the rising number of new coronavirus cases in poor countries, even as many rich nations have begun emerging from lockdown.

The global health body said 106,000 new cases of infections of the novel coronavirus had been recorded in the past 24 hours, the most in a single day since the outbreak began.

"We still have a long way to go in this pandemic," WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference. "We are very concerned about rising cases in low and middle income countries."

Dr Mike Ryan, head of WHO's emergencies programme, said: "We will soon reach the tragic milestone of 5 million cases."

The WHO has come under fire from US President Donald Trump, who accuses it of having mishandled the outbreak and of favouring China, where the virus is believed to have emerged late last year. This week Trump threatened to withdraw from the WHO and permanently withhold funding.

READ: Trump blames China for 'mass Worldwide killing'

Tedros acknowledged receiving a letter from Trump, but declined to comment further.

Tedros said he was committed to accountability and would carry out a review into the response to the pandemic. Such a review was demanded by member states in a resolution this week that was passed by consensus, although the United States expressed reservations about some elements of it.

"I said it time and time again that WHO calls for accountability more than anyone. It has to be done and when it's done it has to be a comprehensive one," Tedros said of the review, while declining to say when it would start.

Ryan said such assessments are normally conducted after an emergency is over.

"I for one would prefer, right now, to get on with doing the job of an emergency response, of epidemic control, of developing and distributing vaccines, of improving our surveillance, of saving lives and distributing essential PPE to workers and finding medical oxygen for people in fragile settings, reducing the impact of this disease on refugees and migrants," he said.

Tedros said he had long been looking for other sources of funding for the WHO, saying its US$2.3 billion budget was "very, very small" for a global agency, around that of a medium sized hospital in the developed world.

In comments that could further annoy Trump, Ryan, said people should avoid using the malaria medicine hydroxychloroquine to treat or prevent coronavirus infection, except as part of a clinical trial to study it.

Trump has said he is taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent coronavirus infection.

READ: Trump says he is taking malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as hedge against COVID-19

"At this stage, (neither) hydroxychloroquine nor chloroquine have been as yet found to be effective in the treatment of COVID-19 nor in the prophylaxis against coming down with the disease," Ryan said.

"In fact, the opposite, in that warnings have been issued by many authorities regarding the potential side effects of the drug."

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Trump blames Chinese 'incompetence' for 'mass worldwide killing' - CNA

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump again lashed out at China on Wednesday (May 20) over the COVID-19 pandemic, blaming Beijing for "mass worldwide killing".

The early morning tweet, which also referred to an unidentified "wacko in China", was the latest heated rhetoric from the White House, where Trump is making attacks on Beijing a centerpiece of his November reelection bid.

READ: Trump defends his use of unproven treatment for coronavirus

"It was the 'incompetence of China', and nothing else, that did this mass worldwide killing," the president tweeted.

The virus first appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan last December and spread rapidly around the world, killing more than 323,000 people at the latest count, and triggering huge economic damage.

Trump initially played down the seriousness of the threat and said repeatedly that China was addressing the outbreak. He later pivoted to blaming China for allowing the international spread.

READ: In phone call with Trump, China's Xi says US interfering in internal affairs

The White House has also suggested, without offering evidence so far, that the virus originated in a laboratory and was accidentally released.

Trump has made repeated but vague threats of retaliation against the chief US economic rival.

He has also threatened to break off US funding to the World Health Organization or WHO over what he says was its assistance to China in covering up the extent of the outbreak.

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Man who 'defiantly flaunted' unlawful dinner gathering on social media among 6 convicted of offences related to Covid-19 - The Straits Times

SINGAPORE - A man unlawfully went to a family member's flat for dinner during the circuit breaker period, snapped pictures of the gathering and posted them on social media.

Part-time private-hire car driver Francis Soh Seng Chye, 38, also added a caption to the picture, saying:"After a long long long long super long day... we are having (an) illegal gathering... so what? Enjoy the food to the max."

The act, which the prosecution said showed "defiance of authority and disregard for the law", was posted on April 8, a day after social distancing measures were introduced in Singapore.

On Wednesday (May 20), Soh was fined $4,500 after pleading guilty to an offence under the Covid 19 (Temporary Measures) Act.

The court heard a friend of his had spotted the post on Facebook and told citizen journalism website Stomp, which wrote about it. The report attracted public attention.

The incident happened on the evening of April 8.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Kenneth Chin said Soh had met another part-time private-hire car driver, Ms Lye Bao Ru, around 7pm, to hand her the keys to a car they shared.

He accepted her invitation to dinner at her Circuit Road flat which was attended by seven people in all.

He removed the post of the gathering after she asked him to. Court documents did not state if action will be taken against her.

DPP Chin urged Senior District Judge Ong Hian Sun to impose a fine of at least $5,000, adding: "The accused knowingly broke the law and defiantly flaunted it."

Soh, who was unrepresented, said Ms Lye is his "cousin-in-law" and admitted it was "childish" of him to create the post.

He was one of six people dealt with in court on Wednesday over separate offences related to the Covid-19 outbreak.

The others are: Siti Wan Su'Aidah Samsuri, 25; Foo Ching Guan, 32; Vardireddy Nageswara Reddy, 35; Shake Mohammed Abdul Samad Haji Abduraheem, 44 and Teo Say Leong, 64.

All are Singaporeans, except Vardireddy, who is an Indian national.

USED CRIMINAL FORCE ON PUBLIC SERVANT

Shake, who is jobless, pleaded guilty to one count each of using criminal force on a public servant, failing to wear a face mask over his nose and mouth in public and refusing to give his particulars to a National Environment Agency (NEA) social distancing enforcement officer when approached.

He was sentenced to four weeks' jail and a fine of $1,500.

The 41-year-old NEA officer was patrolling near Block 99 Aljunied Crescent around 9.30am on April 22 when he spotted Shake drinking alcohol at the void deck. He was also not wearing a mask.

When told to put on a mask, Shake took one out of his pocket and wore it, covering only his chin.

He also refused to give the officer his particulars when asked and became upset when the younger man took out his mobile phone to record a video of the incident.

Shake pushed his hand that was holding the device, spat onto the floor and left the scene. He was identified after an investigation.

JAILED AFTER BREACHING STAY-HOME NOTICE

Teo and Foo breached their stay-home notice (SHN) in unrelated incidents. Each was sentenced to four weeks' jail.

Teo arrived at the Singapore Cruise Centre from Batam, Indonesia, on March 20 and was given an SHN. He was required to remain at his Jalan Sultan flat near Beach Road from then until April 3.

He, however, left his home around 1pm on March 29 and went to a nearby coffee shop to buy food which he ate in an open area.

Enforcement officers were at his flat when he returned about 50 minutes later. Investigations found he had unlawfully left his home on four other occasions, between March 23 and 26. He spent nearly five hours in total outdoors on the five occasions, the court heard.

Foo, who is jobless, returned to Singapore from Thailand on March 17. His SHN stated that he had to remain in his Kreta Ayer Road home from then until March 31.

But on March 29, he went out around 4am and took a private-hire vehicle to meet his friend, Mr Lee Quan Hui.

Foo had earlier told investigators he was a guarantor of a $1,000 loan Mr Lee had taken from a loanshark. He claimed the loanshark had contacted him after Mr Lee failed to pay.

He also said he feared for his family's safety and breached his SHN to meet Mr Lee in Sengkang to try and settle the matter.

LEFT FLAT TO BUY SHAVER

Vardireddy, who lived in a rented room in a Compassvale Close flat, had come into close contact with a colleague who was tested positive for Covid-19. Court documents did not disclose details of their jobs.

The Director of Medical Services then ordered Vardireddy to be isolated at home from Feb 16 until noon on Feb 25.

He, however, left the flat around 8.10pm on Feb 24 and went to Compass One shopping mall in Sengkang Square to buy a shaver. DPP Regina Lim told the court he needed to shave as he did not want to appear "untidy" when he returned to work the next day.

When he returned home about 25 minutes later, his landlord told him an auxiliary police officer had come earlier to check on him.

Vardireddy, who said he tested negative for Covid-19, was given a $3,500 fine after pleading guilty to an offence under the Infectious Diseases Act.

WENT OUTSIDE TO BUY GROCERIES AND CIGARETTES

Siti, who works as a flight attendant, was fined $4,000 after breaching her SHN.

She returned to Singapore from Brisbane, Australia, around 6pm on March 25 and was ordered to remain in her Woodlands flat from then until April 8.

But on March 30, she left her home around 2.45pm and walked to the nearby Vista Point shopping mall to buy some groceries at a supermarket. She then went to another store to buy cigarettes.

The court heard that enforcement officers were outside her home when she returned about 20 minutes later.

For each charge, offenders convicted of breaching an SHN can be jailed up to six months and fined a maximum of $10,000.

Tsai says China must 'co-exist' with Taiwan, wants talks with Beijing - CNA

TAIPEI: Taiwan wants dialogue with China but cannot accept its proposal for "one country, two systems", President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday (May 20), calling for both sides to find a way to coexist.

In a speech after being sworn in for her second and final term in office, Tsai said relations between Taiwan and China had reached an historic turning point.

"Both sides have a duty to find a way to coexist over the long term and prevent the intensification of antagonism and differences," she said.

Reacting after Tsai's speech, a senior Chinese official was quoted in state media outlet Xinhua as saying Beijing would "never tolerate" the island's separation.

Tsai and her Democratic Progressive Party won January's presidential and parliamentary elections by a landslide, vowing to stand up to China, which claims Taiwan as its own and says it would be brought under Beijing's control by force if needed.

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and Vice President William Lai attending an inauguration ceremony at the Presidential Office in Taipei. (Photo: Taiwan Presidential Office/AFP)

"Here, I want to reiterate the words 'peace, parity, democracy, and dialogue'. We will not accept the Beijing authorities' use of 'one country, two systems' to downgrade Taiwan and undermine the cross-strait status quo. We stand fast by this principle," Tsai said.

China uses the "one country, two systems" policy, which is supposed to guarantee a high degree of autonomy, to run the former British colony of Hong Kong, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997. It has offered it to Taiwan, though all major Taiwanese parties have rejected it.

Tsai says Taiwan is an independent state called the Republic of China, and does not want to be part of the People's Republic of China governed by Beijing.

Taiwan has been ruled separately from the mainland since 1949 after the Nationalists lost a civil war to the Communists and fled to the island to set up a rival government.

For decades, Taiwan's leaders - and many voters - saw themselves as the true representatives for all of China, even as the vast majority of nations switched diplomatic recognition to Beijing.

READ: Why is Taiwan excluded from the WHO?

But as the island moved from an autocracy to a democracy from the 1990s, a distinct Taiwanese identity has emerged with many no longer seeking any kind of reunification with China.

That has caused growing alarm in Beijing, which says any formal declaration of independence by Taiwan would cross a red line.

TAIWAN OPEN TO DIALOGUE

China has stepped up its military drills near Taiwan since Tsai's re-election, flying fighter jets into the island's air space and sailing warships around Taiwan.

Tsai said Taiwan has made the greatest effort to maintain peace and stability in the narrow Taiwan Strait that separates the democratic island from its autocratic neighbour China.

"We will continue these efforts, and we are willing to engage in dialogue with China and make more concrete contributions to regional security," she added, speaking in the garden of the old Japanese governor's house in Taipei, in front of a socially-distanced audience of officials and diplomats.

Tsai said that Taiwan will continue its fight to participate in international organisations, and "bolster ties with the United States, Japan, Europe, and other like-minded countries".

READ: Taiwan rejects China's main condition for WHO participation

Taiwan has also accused China of exerting pressure to keep Taiwan out of the World Health Organization (WHO). China says Taiwan is only a Chinese province with no right to the trappings of a state.

CHINA AND US REACT

After Tsai's speech, China's Xinhua news agency published comments from a top official saying Beijing would "never tolerate" the island's separation.

"We have ... sufficient ability to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity," Ma Xiaoguang, from the Taiwan Affairs Office, was quoted as saying.

China cut off a formal talks mechanism with Taiwan in 2016 after Tsai won the election. China views Tsai as a separatist bent on formal independence for Taiwan.

Tsai's position is Taiwan does not need to declare independence because it already controls its own affairs.

Ma also criticised the interference of "external forces", a reference to the US, which diplomatically recognises Beijing but remains a military ally of Taiwan.

The Trump administration has strongly backed Taiwan, becoming another source of tension between Washington and Beijing.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent his congratulations to Tsai on Tuesday, praising her "courage and vision in leading Taiwan's vibrant democracy", in a rare high-level message from Washington to Taiwan's government.

China's foreign ministry said Pompeo had seriously damaged the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait and China-US relations by making a congratulatory statement to Tsai.

China will take necessary countermeasures and the US must bear the consequences, the ministry said in a statement.

READ: Taiwan says WHO has 'forgotten' neutrality by barring island

Tsai's inauguration ceremony came as her administration basks in the glow of its successful coronavirus response.

Despite its close proximity and economic links with China, the island has managed to contain its own outbreak to more than 400 infections and seven deaths.

It has been held up as a model by epidemiologists and has used aid shipments of protective equipment to win overseas praise.

Wednesday's ceremony in Taipei was a deliberately stripped-down affair with crowds of supporters asked to stay away and dignitaries sat in chairs kept 1.5m apart.

"Taiwan's name has appeared in headlines around the world, thanks to our successful containment of the coronavirus outbreak," Tsai said.

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Taiwan president says wants talks with China, but not 'one country, two systems' - CNA

In a speech after being sworn in for her second and final term in office, Tsai said relations between Taiwan and China had reached an historical turning point.

"Both sides have a duty to find a way to coexist over the long term and prevent the intensification of antagonism and differences," she said.

Tsai says Taiwan is an independent state called the Republic of China, and does not want to be part of the People's Republic of China governed by Beijing.

Taiwan has been ruled separately from the mainland since 1949 after the Nationalists lost a civil war to the Communists and fled to the island to set up a rival government.

For decades, Taiwan's leaders - and many voters - saw themselves as the true representatives for all of China, even as the vast majority of nations switched diplomatic recognition to Beijing.

READ: Why is Taiwan excluded from the WHO?

But as the island moved from an autocracy to a democracy from the 1990s, a distinct Taiwanese identity has emerged with many no longer seeking any kind of reunification with China.

That has caused growing alarm in Beijing, which says any formal declaration of independence by Taiwan would cross a red line.

TAIWAN OPEN TO DIALOGUE

China has stepped up its military drills near Taiwan since Tsai's re-election, flying fighter jets into the island's air space and sailing warships around Taiwan.

Tsai said Taiwan has made the greatest effort to maintain peace and stability in the narrow Taiwan Strait that separates the democratic island from its autocratic neighbour China.

Tsai said that Taiwan will continue its fight to participate in international organisations, and "bolster ties with the United States, Japan, Europe, and other like-minded countries".

READ: Taiwan rejects China's main condition for WHO participation

Taiwan has accused China of exerting pressure to keep Taiwan out of the World Health Organization (WHO). China says Taiwan is only a Chinese province with no right to the trappings of a state.

The Trump administration has strongly backed Taiwan, even though the United States recognises only China's government, becoming another source of tension between Washington and Beijing.

China cut off a formal talks mechanism with Taiwan in 2016 after Tsai first won election. China views Tsai as a separatist bent on formal independence for Taiwan.

There was no immediate reaction from Beijing to Tsai's speech.

READ: Taiwan says WHO has 'forgotten' neutrality by barring island

Tsai's inauguration ceremony came as her administration basks in the glow of its successful coronavirus response.

Despite its close proximity and economic links with China, the island has managed to contain its own outbreak to just over 400 infections and seven deaths.

It has been held up as a model by epidemiologists and has used aid shipments of protective equipment to win overseas praise.

Wednesday's ceremony in Taipei was a deliberately stripped-down affair with crowds of supporters asked to stay away and dignitaries sat in chairs kept 1.5m apart.

"Taiwan's name has appeared in headlines around the world, thanks to our successful containment of the coronavirus outbreak," Tsai said.

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Schools reopen in South Korea as COVID-19 fears ease - CNA

SEOUL: Hundreds of thousands of South Korean students returned to school on Wednesday (May 20) as educational establishments started reopening after a coronavirus delay of more than two months.

Students lined up for temperature checks and were given sanitisers to wash their hands as they entered school premises, while teachers greeted them with smiles and occasional elbow bumps.

"It's really exciting to meet my friends and teachers face to face, but we have to strictly follow the disinfection guidelines," said Oh Chang-hwa, student president of Kyungbock High School in Seoul.

"I am very worried but it's still nice to see them again," Oh told AFP.

South Korea endured one of the worst early outbreaks of the virus – at one point the second-worst hit nation after mainland China – prompting officials to delay the reopening of schools in early March.

But it appears to have brought its outbreak under control thanks to an extensive "trace, test and treat" programme.

Around 440,000 final-year students, who will in December take the university entrance exam that is crucial in the education-obsessed country, are the first to return to schools, with other years following in stages over the next several weeks.

READ: COVID-19: Graduating primary, secondary students to attend school on weekdays after circuit breaker ends; others to rotate weekly

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Inside the school buildings, students are asked to wipe their desks and sit apart according to social distancing guidelines, with some classes setting up partitions between desks.

"Concerns over small infection clusters still remain and no one can predict what kind of situation will arise at schools," education minister Yoo Eun-hae said.

The education ministry began operating a 24-hour emergency situation room this week, Yoo said, adding that any schools that report fresh infections will be shut immediately.

While final-year students are required to come to school every day, younger pupils will shift between online and offline classes to ensure school buildings are not overcrowded.

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Trump says US coronavirus cases are 'badge of honour' as deaths projected to top 113000 by mid-June - The Straits Times

WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG, AFP) - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (May 19) said it’s "a badge of honour" that the US has more than 1.5 million cases of coronavirus - the highest number of infections globally - as coronavirus-related deaths among Americans are projected to surpass 113,000 by mid-June.

"I view it as a badge of honour, really, it’s a badge of honour," Mr Trump told reporters during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday. "It’s a great tribute to the testing and all of the work that a lot of professionals have done."

The United States has recorded more than 1.5 million confirmed Covid-19 infections and 91,600 fatalities as of Tuesday, but a projection compiled from nine models from separate institutions predicted roughly 22,000 more Americans would succumb to the disease over the next 25 days.

"The new forecast for cumulative US deaths by June 13 is about 113,000, with a 10 per cent chance of seeing fewer than about 107,000 and a 10 per cent chance of seeing more than 121,000," the Covid-19 Forecast Hub at the University of Massachusetts said on its website.

The specific ensemble forecast average is 113,364 deaths by that date.

The US has also performed more than 11.8 million tests for infection by the virus, according to the Covid Tracking Project, after the government experienced delays in getting tests developed and manufactured.

The country continues to face testing shortages and sets priorities for who gets one. However, contrary to Mr Trump’s claim, US testing levels aren’t extraordinary.

The US trails countries like the UK, Italy and Germany in tests conducted per 1,000 people, Bloomberg data show.

And it is finding a case for every 7.8 tests, far behind other countries like New Zealand, Australia and South Korea, who have to test far higher numbers of people to find a case, according to figures compiled by Our World In Data.

The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said the US has conducted a reported 11.3 million tests, though Mr Trump said he believed the number was closer to 14 million.

"If you’re testing 14 million people, you’re going to find many more cases," Mr Trump said. "Many of these people aren’t very sick but they still go down as a case, so, actually, the number of cases – and we’re also a much bigger country than most. So when we have a lot of cases, I don’t look at that as a bad thing, I look at that as, in a certain respect, as being a good thing because it means our testing is much better."&

Mr Trump's remarks come as most US states take steps - some minor, some more substantial - to re-open their shuttered economies and communities while facing the challenge of instilling confidence among Americans that it is safe to begin returning to normal.

The US government in April released guidelines on phased re-openings that included criteria which individual states were expected to meet before they began returning to normal, including a downward trajectory of new cases over a 14-day period.

Several states have been accused of re-opening despite failing to meet the specific criteria.

Hopes of curtailing the pandemic have proven elusive.

Two weeks ago, Mr Trump said the US will lose "anywhere from 75, 80 to 100,000 people."

On April 10 he predicted US virus deaths would be "substantially below the 100,000" figure, and perhaps even as low as half that.

The novel coronavirus has killed more than 322,000 people worldwide since it was detected in Wuhan, China late last year.

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WHO reports rising new coronavirus cases in poor countries - CNA

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Man who 'defiantly flaunted' unlawful dinner gathering on social media among 6 convicted of offences related to Covid-19 - The Straits Times

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