Japanese drugstores were stripped bare of gargling solution by Wednesday, a day after the governor of the western prefecture of Osaka suggested it could help fight coronavirus, triggering panic buying reminiscent of the early days of mask shortage.Hundreds of thousands of people posted pictures of emptied shelves on Twitter, accompanied by handwritten "Out of Stock" notices, as they canvassed suggestions on how to acquire the coveted antiseptic.On Tuesday, Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura said a study showed a smaller viral load in the saliva of 41 patients with mild symptoms after regular gargling with a medicine infused with a povidone-iodine solution than in those who had not.Indonesia's economy contracted in the second quarter for the first time in more than 20 years as it was slammed by coronavirus restrictions, with warnings that the recovery could be among the weakest in Southeast Asia. Uribe was placed under house arrest by the Supreme Court on Tuesday after it concluded there was potential for obstruction of justice to take place while a fraud and witness tampering case continues.Virginia has launched the first contact tracing app for the coronavirus in the US that uses new technology from Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google.The state is betting that the app, COVIDWISE, can help it catch new cases faster, though long delays in getting test results must be overcome in order for it to be effective.Phones with the app exchange Bluetooth signals to keep an anonymous list of close encounters. And as we continue to fight COVID-19, we have agreed to extend the current border measures by another 30 days - until August 21st - to keep people in … BA1 1UA. We need to act," Palaszczuk said at a news conference in Brisbane.US losses from coronavirus-related fraud and identity theft have reached nearly $100m since the pandemic emerged in March, while complaints of COVID-19 scams have at least doubled in most states, a consumer protection group has said.A report from the Socialcatfish.com, based on government data, highlighted the vast scope of a fast-growing criminal cottage industry - from phoney stimulus-check offers to shopping scams and fake cures - preying on people already distressed by the pandemic and its economic fallout.Perhaps not surprisingly, the study found California, Florida, New York, Texas and Pennsylvania - the most populous of the 50 US states - to be the five most targeted by coronavirus scams in the country.Together, they accounted for about a third of more than 150,000 instances of COVID-related fraud reported nationally by the Federal Trade Commission from mid-March, when the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, through July, the report published on Tuesday showed.Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera's continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. See the information on COVID-19 in Québec: Quebec.ca/coronavirus You can unsubscribe at any time. It also looks likely that the Tour of Guangxi will fall by the wayside due to limits on international sporting events in China, though any cancellation has yet to be confirmed by the race organisation. "We have seen that Victoria is not getting better, and we're not going to wait for New South Wales to get worse. I applaud the dedication of the cities of Québec and Montréal in lending invaluable support to cycling, and I thank the organizers for their commitment to our sport, which is very much appreciated. SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared an emergency and a lockdown in a border town after a person suspected of being infected with the novel coronavirus … We have consolidated links to sites about COVID-19 below, so you can easily access the resources you need to make informed travel decisions. If you are worried about COVID-19 or if you have flu-like symptoms or gastroenteritis symptoms or similar to COVID-19, you can call 514-644-4545 and 1-877-644-4545 (toll free) elsewhere in Québec. She assumed the question wasn’t asked in the U.S. because her family barely got out of the car on Friday.Processing thousands of people per day puts border agents at increased risk for contracting COVID-19 and passing it along to others.CBP employees have been permitted to use personal protective equipment, such as masks, in appropriate circumstances.Both the U.S. and Canada border agencies have reported increasing their questions at entry about international travel and health to spot ill travelers during the spread of the coronavirus.On the eastern part of the border, Canadian tourism in the North Country has remained unchanged, even as fears of the coronavirus continue to mount.