As a cloudy but mild Wednesday hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From The Mainichi, the Japanese island of Hokkaido will soon lift its coronavirus-related state of emergency.
From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian government will allow "critical" manufacturing sectors to operate.
From Free Malaysia Today, the Visit Malaysia 2020 campaign is called off due to the coronavirus.
From The Straits Times, Hong Kong confirms 14 new coronavirus cases, mostly travellers returning from abroad.
From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia reports 19 deaths from the coronavirus, the most in southeast Asia.
From Maldives Insider, one resort in the Maldive Islands introduces delivery service for wine and pizza.
From the Daily Mirror, a police curfew in the Sri Lankan district of Puttalam will be temporarily lifted.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka confirms a total of 50 coronavirus cases.
From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh reports its first death from the coronavirus.
From The Hans India, after a successful test flight, India authorizes the procurement of 83 advanced Tejas aircraft.
From the Hindustan Times, the Indian state of Odisha allows three hotels in the city of Bhubaneswar to offer quarantine facilities.
From ANI, out of 47 samples tested in Odisha, one tests positive for the coronavirus.
From India Today, seven Indonesians on a pilgrimage in the Indian state of Telangana test positive for the coronavirus.
From Khaama Press, attacks in three provinces of Afghanistan kill five security officers and wound two others.
From Dawn, Pakistani military personnel kill seven terrorists, but lose four of their own.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan confirms its first two deaths from the coronavirus, both in the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
From Pakistan Today, pilgrims from Iran decry the conditions at quarantine camps in Taftan, Pakistan.
From Radio Farda, the coronavirus pandemic could cause Iran to make a humanitarian deal with the U.S.
From IranWire, treating the coronavirus outbreak as a national security issue, Iran intensifies its crackdown on the media.
From StepFeed, Saudi Arabia suspends private sector workers from their jobs for 15 days.
From The New Arab, researchers warn that millions of people in Iran could die from the coronavirus.
From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia confirms 67 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country's total to 238.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey confirms its second death from the coronavirus.
From Turkish Minute, Turkish President Erdoğan announces an economic support package to counter the effect from the coronavirus.
From Rûdaw, will Iraq's new prime minister share his predecessor's fate?
From In-Cyprus, nine more people in Cyprus test positive for the coronavirus, including a doctor and a nurse.
From The Syrian Observer, Russian forces withdraw Ayn Eissa to Tabqa near the Syrian city of Raqqa.
From Arutz Sheva, the Blue and White party demands complete control of Israeli law enforcement.
From The Times Of Israel, Israel's health ministry starts the controversial tracking of coronavirus patients.
From The Jerusalem Post, the Likud and Blue and White parties set a deadline on Monday for a deal to form a coalition government.
From YNetNews, according to Mayor Moshe Leon, Jerusalem is preparing for a mass closure against the coronavirus.
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt confirms two more deaths and 30 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country's total to 196.
From Egypt Today, Egypt launches a sterilization process for hotels.
From Morocco World News, hotel owners in Morocco's Merzouga desert open their doors to stranded tourists.
From GHGossip, according to Ghana's national chief imam, Muslims are allowed to consume alcohol during the coronavirus period.
From Gatestone Institute, the Chinese government's war on religion ensnares an American-based pastor.
And from the International Business Times, there is indeed a Saint Corona, but she is not the patron of pandemics.
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