As a cool Tuesday hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From The Mainichi, the International Olympic Committee approves postponing the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus.
From the Borneo Post, according to Malaysia's prime minister, "stay at home, we can win this".
From Free Malaysia Today, police in the Malaysian state of Sabah allow two families to use a jetty, for medical reasons.
From The Straits Times, Singapore closes bars and entertainment outlets until April 30th due to the coronavirus.
From The Jakarta Post, Indonesian churches cancel their Easter celebrations due to the coronavirus.
From Maldives Insider, the Maldive Islands turns vacant resorts into quarantine centers.
From the Daily Mirror, three Sri Lankan cities are identified as "high risk zones" for the coronavirus.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka's health ministry allows pharmacies to stay open during the curfew period.
From the Dhaka Tribune, a large namaz-e-janaza prayer event in defiance of government orders is held in Lakshmipur, Bangladesh.
From The Hans India, India goes under full lockdown due to the coronavirus.
From the Hindustan Time, India goes under lockdown for 21 days due to the coronavirus.
From ANI, India's census and the update to its National Population Register will be delayed due to the coronavirus.
From India Today, what India's national lockdown to fight the coronavirus means.
From Khaama Press, Afghan security forces send 25 Taliban terrorists to their virgins and wound 33 others.
From Dawn, Pakistani Prime Minister Imrah Khan announces an economic stimulus package in response to the coronavirus.
From The Express Tribune, the Pakistan Railways suspends passenger service until March 31st due to the coronavirus.
From Pakistan Today, opposition parties in Pakistan call for a lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
From Radio Farda, Iran rejects an offer of help against the coronavirus from Doctors Without Borders.
From IranWire, Supreme Leader Khamenei falsely accuses the U.S. of a biological attack on Iran.
From StepFeed, how some Arabs haven't done a good job on social distancing.
From The New Arab, a shipment of hand sanitizer bound for Tunisia is "pirated at sea".
From the Saudi Gazette, health and food supply chains and logistics are exempted from Saudi Arabia's coronavirus curfew.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey starts using an anti-malarial drug from China on coronavirus patients.
From Turkish Minute, Turkey confirms 293 more coronavirus cases, bringing the country's total to 1,529, with 37 reported deaths.
From Rûdaw, China delivers 1,008 coronavirus test kits to the Iraqi region of Kurdistan.
From In-Cyprus, which businesses in Cyprus will close and which won't close under its coronavirus lockdown.
From The Syrian Observer, Russian-backed militias withdraw from Saraqeb, Syria.
From Arutz Sheva, Israelis will be forbidden to walk more than 100 meters away from their respective houses.
From The Times Of Israel, according to an opinion column, Israeli Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein must obey the High Court of Justice ruling that he must put his job up for a vote.
From The Jerusalem Post, according to Israel's health ministry, a quarter of Israelis infected with the coronavirus were infected at a synagogue.
From YNetNews, according to an opinion column, Israel's military battle experience can help to defeat the coronavirus.
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt imposes a nationwide curfew due to the coronavirus.
From Egypt Today, some details about Egypt's "upgraded" measures against the coronavirus.
From Morocco World News, the U.S. embassy thanks Moroccans for their hospitality towards stranded Americans.
And from Gatestone Institute, should the U.S. lift its sanctions on Iran due to the coronavirus?
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