HONG KONG -- Two more patients were preliminarily tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Hong Kong, an official said on Friday, following two cases confirmed on Thursday after the virus gene sequencing test.

The two women, both 62, were under isolation in Tuen Mun Hospital and Prince of Wales Hospital respectively, Wong Ka-hing, controller of the Center for Health Protection (CHP) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, said at a press conference.(Hong Kong-Novel coronavirus)

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TOKYO -- A supplementary budget worth 4.47 trillion yen (40.77 billion U.S. dollars) for fiscal 2019, earmarked in part to underpin reconstruction efforts in Japan after a series of natural disasters, is likely to be approved by parliament next week, lawmakers were quoted as saying Friday.

The extra budget, which includes 2.31 trillion yen (21.07 billion U.S. dollars) allocated for ongoing reconstruction efforts in the wake of Typhoon Hagibis, the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in decades in October, along with other natural disasters, will be deliberated from Monday and is set to be approved on Thursday.(Japan-Reconstruction)

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NEW DELHI -- Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro arrived in New Delhi on Friday for a four-day state visit.

The highlight of his visit will be on Jan. 26 when he will be the "Chief Guest" for this year's Republic Day Parade in the Indian capital.(India-Brazil-Visit)

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JAKARTA -- Eight people have been dead and eight others treated at a hospital after consuming liquor mixed with a health supplement in West Java province's district of Tasikmalaya, Indonesia.

Four of the eight were dead on Friday and the rest died a day earlier, said Medita, a doctor at the SMC General Hospital in Tasikmalaya.(Indonesia-Liquor deaths) Enditem

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