TAIPEI – Taiwan reported 44 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including four locally transmitted infections and 40 imported ones, the island’s disease monitoring agency said. The new local infections, three in Taoyuan and one in Taipei, are all related to previously reported cases, it said. Read more: Taiwan reports 130 new COVID-19 cases To date, … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Monday recorded 861 new COVID-19 cases and 18 more deaths, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Tuesday. The NCOC said the total tally has surged to 1,510,221 cases, including 1,442,938 recoveries. There are currently 37,087 active cases in the country including 988 patients in critical condition. Statistics 1 … Read more
BEIJING: China could move away from its zero-Covid strategy “in the near future” and co-exist with the virus, a top Chinese scientist said in a possible sign that the country’s leadership is rethinking its strict approach. The country where the coronavirus was first detected in 2019 is now one of the last places still hewing … Read more
SINGAPORE – Singapore reported 13,544 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total tally to 724,424. Of the new cases, 1,973 cases were detected through PC+R (polymerase chain reaction) tests and 11,571 through ARTs (antigen rapid tests), according to statistics released by the Ministry of Health. Among the PCR cases, 1,907 were local … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,931,045 on Tuesday with 6,915 new cases registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 180 more deaths due to the pandemic since Monday morning took the total death toll to 514,023. There are currently 92,472 active COVID-19 cases … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia recorded 23,100 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Monday, bringing the total tally to 3,442,736, according to the health ministry. The new infections included 298 imported cases and 22,802 local transmissions, showed data released on the ministry’s website. A further 75 deaths were reported from COVID-19, bringing the death toll to … Read more
SEOUL – South Korea recorded 138,993 more COVID-19 cases as of midnight Monday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 3,273,449, the health authorities said Tuesday. The daily caseload was slightly down from 139,626 in the previous day, staying below 140,000 for two straight days, according to the Korea Disease … Read more
WELLINGTON – New Zealand recorded 19,566 new community cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. A total of 12,530 cases were reported in the largest city Auckland. In addition, 22 new cases were detected at the New Zealand border. Currently 373 COVID-19 patients are being treated in New Zealand … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 75 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday. Of the new local infections, 31 were reported in Guangdong, 14 in Inner Mongolia, six each in Tianjin, Guangxi and Yunnan, four in Heilongjiang, three in Jiangsu, two in Hubei, and one each in Shanxi, … Read more
HAVANA – Cuba saw no COVID-19 deaths for the fifth day in a row, with 475 new infections reported in the past 24 hours, said the health ministry Monday. The ministry also said that the country’s total caseload now stands at 1,069,862 and the national death toll from COVID-19 keeps at 8,494. There are currently … Read more
JAKARTA: Ahead of the two-day meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers scheduled to be held in Jakarta on Thursday, US Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, reportedly called on China to be ‘more active’ in the G20 debt relief efforts. Yellen said in an interview that the G20’s Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) ‘has not … Read more
ISLAMABAD: A major chunk of the iron fence at the F-9 Park, also known as Fatima Jinnah Park, at Jinnah Avenue in Islamabad has been stolen. The incident has put a question mark on the efficiency of the Capital Development Authority (CDA). Bol News has learnt that due to the negligence of the CDA officials, … Read more
After non-stop action for nearly a month, the seventh edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) is set to come to an end with a grand finale on Sunday at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. More than 400 sixes have been smashed by the batters in the competition whereas more than 900 fours have been … Read more
Germany’s Alexander Zverev has been expelled from the Mexican Open in Acapulco after smashing his racket on the umpire’s chair several times and directing a foul-mouthed rant at the official, the ATP announced Wednesday. “Due to unsportsmanlike conduct at the conclusion of his doubles match, Alexander Zverev has been withdrawn from the tournament in Acapulco,” … Read more
KARACHI: The global trade in liquefied natural gas (LNG) increased 6 per cent to 380 million tonnes during 2021, as many countries rebounded from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Shell’s latest annual LNG Outlook. The rising LNG demand, combined with supply constraints, caused gas and LNG prices to remain volatile throughout the year. The … Read more
BANGKOK – Thailand on Thursday reported a record daily increase of 23,557 new COVID-19 cases during the past 24 hours, as the Omicron variant continues to spread across the Southeast Asian country. That brought the total number of infections in the country to 2.79 million, while that of fatalities to 22,768, according to the Center … Read more
NANJING – The eastern Chinese city of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province reported one confirmed COVID-19 case in the first 15 hours of Thursday. The new case was detected among those people quarantined in designated places, according to local authorities. As of 3 p.m. Thursday, the city had registered a total of 107 confirmed COVID-19 cases … Read more
MANILA – The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,745 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,657,342. The DOH said 188 more people died from COVID-19 complications, bringing the country’s death toll to 56,165. The DOH reported under 2,000 new cases for five straight … Read more
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s health authorities have urged citizens to get their COVID-19 vaccines as 900,000 locals were yet to receive their doses due to an anti-vaccination movement spreading across the country, local media reported here Thursday. Epidemiology Unit Director of the Health Ministry, Samitha Ginige quoted in the Daily Mirror said that 17.6 million … Read more
Karen Khachanov, the world number 26 who will face Novak Djokovic in the second round in Dubai, stated on Tuesday that he admired the Serb’s adamant opposition to the Covid-19 vaccine. After winning his first match, Djokovic’s major contender for the title, second seed Andrey Rublev, shared the idea, saying that tennis “needs” Djokovic. Khachanov … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia reported 31,199 new COVID-19 infections in the highest daily spike as of midnight Wednesday, bringing the national total to 3,305,157, according to the health ministry. There are 119 new imported cases, with 31,080 being local transmissions, the ministry’s data showed. A further 55 deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll … Read more
WELLINGTON – New Zealand recorded 6,137 new community cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. More than half of the infections were reported in the largest city Auckland. In addition, eight new cases were detected at the New Zealand border. Currently 205 COVID-19 patients are being treated in New … Read more
NEW DELHI – The Omicron variant of COVID-19 has accounted for more deaths than the Delta variant in the United States, an Indian news agency Asian News International (ANI) reported. The ANI, quoting a local U.S. daily, The Seattle Times, reported that since Nov. 24 last year, when South Africa first reported the Omicron variant … Read more
SYDNEY – As active cases in the state of Western Australia (WA) tip past 2,000, the nation’s last COVID-19 stronghold has begun to ponder living with the virus as it plans to open its borders from March 3. WA recorded 617 new cases in the 24 hours till 8:00 p.m. Wednesday night (1200 GMT). It … Read more
The health and safety procedures for the ongoing seventh edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) have been updated ahead of the seventh edition’s play-offs. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has amended the protocols in accordance with NCOC standards and the country’s current Covid-19 positivity trend. The PCB has decreased the asymptomatic cases’ isolation time … Read more
CANBERRA – Spraying face masks with sanitizer reduces their effectiveness, Australian scientists have found. In a world-first study published on Thursday, a team from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) revealed that exposing N95 and P2 face masks to alcohol-based sanitizers risks “serious degradation” of their ability to protect from airborne hazards. Jurg … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,881,179 on Thursday, as 14,148 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 302 deaths from the pandemic since Wednesday morning took the total death toll to 512,924. There are still 148,359 active COVID-19 cases … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 85 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Thursday. The commission’s daily report showed that Inner Mongolia reported 40 of the new local infections. Meanwhile, Hubei reported 10, Liaoning and Guangdong each reported eight, Sichuan reported six, Jiangsu, Guangxi and Yunnan each reported three, … Read more
