... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, both said the July 24-Aug. 9 Games would move to the summer of 2021 at the latest in a hoped-for celebration of triumph over the pandemic. The Olympic flame, alrea ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-25
Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered Britons on Monday to stay at home to halt the spread of coronavirus, imposing curbs on everyday life without precedent in peacetime. All but essential shops must c ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-24
... reports. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said these decisions will place the most significant restriction on New Zealanders’ movements in modern history, but it was needed to save lives and slow the vi ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-23
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said for the first time on Monday that the Tokyo Olympic Games may need to be postponed if the event cannot be held in its “complete form” due to the coronavirus pan ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-23
... Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed tweeted that distribution would start on Monday. Health Minister Lia Tadesse said testing for the virus was one of the most important tools for controlling the outb ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-23
... s, and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that Britain’s health system could be overwhelmed unless people avoid social interactions. British housing minister Robert Jenrick said that productio ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-23
... Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the same measure almost simultaneously, with the ban on foreign arrivals there beginning on Thursday evening. Australia has recorded around 600 corona ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-19
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday declared a “human biosecurity emergency” and said the country’s citizens should abandon all overseas travel because of the coronavirus epidemic th ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-18
... . British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced its herd immunity game plan by separating those at a lower risk of dying from the higher-risk groups. People over 70 will soon be asked to stay at home ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-18
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will kick off a panel consisting of key economic ministers and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda to discuss measures to prop up an economy hit by the fallout fr ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-18
Singapore’s prime minister said on Tuesday that Malaysia’s leader had assured him that goods and cargo, including food supplies, will continue to flow between the two nations despite travel restrictio ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-17
... Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that infections could double every five days unless drastic action was taken. He advised Britons to avoid pubs, theaters and restaurants as well as non-es ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-17
... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said the government will work closely with the BOJ to take “bold, unprecedented” measures to mitigate the pain the epidemic is inflicting on the world’s third-l ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-16
Opposition leader Benny Gantz will be asked to form a new government, Israel’s president said on Sunday, boosting his chances of ousting veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It was a blow to Net ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-16
... o the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the United States that hit Europe in 2008. With the coronavirus putting whole sectors of the economy out of action, the European Commission said on Friday that the E ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-16
... quipment, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said, adding there was maximum attention on helping Lombardy, the northern region where the virus emerged just over three weeks ago. “Our priority is to keep do ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-16
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in isolation for two weeks after his wife, Sophie, tested positive for coronavirus, Reuters reports. Sophie Gregoire Trudeau recently returned from Londo ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-13
