What’s the latest in Asia?
India is now reporting more than 297,000 cases of coronavirus, surpassing the UK as having the fourth highest number of infections in the world. Indian authorities reported 10,956 new cases on Friday, the nation’s biggest single-day increase.
Here are some of the other biggest headlines from around Asia:
- Twitter has removed more than 170,000 accounts it says were tied to an operation to spread pro-China messages. Some of the accounts posted about the coronavirus outbreak. The tech firm said the network of accounts, based in China, had links to an earlier state-backed operation it broke up last year
- The wife of Chinese doctor Li Wenliang, who died after contracting the virus while treating patients in Wuhan, has reportedly given birth to their baby boy. Dr Li was a key whistleblower trying to warn about China’s coronavirus outbreak
- Asian stock markets have fallen, a day after Wall Street suffered its biggest slump since March
- Hong Kong has enjoyed remarkable success in tackling coronavirus, despite anti-government protests that have rocked the territory. But now it faces another existential challenge from China’s plan to impose a national security law, as Grace Tsoi reports
