BEIJING – Beijing reported eight locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases from 11 a.m. Tuesday to 11 a.m. Wednesday, local authorities said Wednesday. The cases are from the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, Chaoyang District, Tongzhou District, Shunyi District and Xicheng District, according to a press briefing held by the municipal government. Liu Xiaofeng, deputy director of … Read more
HO CHI MINH CITY – New COVID-19 infections have been on the rise in Vietnam’s southern Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), the country’s former pandemic hotspot, in recent days, with Omicron currently the dominant variant here, according to the city’s center for disease control (HCDC). The southern hub recorded 1,356 new infections and 334 cases … Read more
BANGKOK – Thailand reported 21,232 new COVID-19 cases during the past 24 hours, the highest single-day case tally in more than six months, official data showed on Wednesday. The daily spike raised the total number of infections in the country to more than 2.77 million, according to the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA). The … Read more
SEOUL: The world should provide millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccines to North Korea, where “draconian” anti-pandemic measures are worsening an already-severe food crisis, a UN human rights expert said Wednesday. The impoverished nation has been behind a rigid self-imposed coronavirus blockade since early 2020 to protect itself from the pandemic, with the economy suffering … Read more
VIENTIANE – Laos has confirmed a total of 27 cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, including the first local transmission and 26 imported cases, since the beginning of 2022, the National Taskforce Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on Wednesday. Sisavath Soutthaniraxay, deputy director-general of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control under the … Read more
SUVA – Tonga reported 55 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of active cases in the South Pacific island nation to 133. According to Tonga’s news website Matangi Tonga Online, Tonga’s Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni said that from Feb. 1 to date there had been a total of 287 positive cases in … Read more
MANILA – The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,534 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,655,709. The DOH said 201 more people died from COVID-19 complications, pushing the death toll to 55,977. The number of active cases dipped to 55,449 as the country’s … Read more
ULAN BATOR – Mongolia recorded 525 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing its national tally to 463,380, the health ministry said Wednesday. Meanwhile, two more related deaths were reported, taking the death toll to 2,089, the ministry said. Based on the national infection rate, high vaccination coverage, and assessments by relevant authorities, … Read more
SEOUL – South Korea reported a new record high of 171,452 more COVID-19 cases as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 2,329,182, the health authorities said Wednesday. The daily caseload was sharply up from 99,573 in the previous day, topping the previous high of 109,822 tallied … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia reported 27,179 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Tuesday, bringing the national total to 3,273,958, according to the Health Ministry. There are 120 new imported cases, with 27,059 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further 43 deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll to 32,433. … Read more
SOFIA – Bulgaria will begin phasing out its COVID-19 “Green Pass,” as the pandemic is subsiding in the country, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Under an order by Health Minister Asena Serbezova, which takes effect on Thursday, managers of shopping malls, eateries and swimming pools, as well as organizers of cultural and sporting events … Read more
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s total COVID-19 death toll surpassed the 16,000 mark after 30 new deaths were reported, the Health Ministry said here in an update on Tuesday. According to official figures, the total death toll from the virus reached 16,024 on Monday evening, while the total number of positive cases reached 638,043 since March … Read more
SUVA – More than 97,000 persons have received booster vaccine doses in Fiji. The island country started its booster shot program in November last year. According to Fijivillage news website on Tuesday, Fiji’s Ministry of Health has confirmed that as of Monday, 97,215 individuals in Fiji had received booster doses. Currently, 93.1 percent of the … Read more
MANILA – The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,019 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, the lowest since Dec. 29, 2021, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,654,284. The DOH said 13 more people died from COVID-19 complications, pushing the country’s death toll to 55,776, with five testing laboratories … Read more
LAN BATOR – Mongolia on Tuesday confirmed 449 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 462,855. All the new cases were locally transmitted, and more than half of them were detected in the national capital Ulan Bator, which is home to over half of the country’s population of 3.4 … Read more
SEOUL – South Korea reported 99,573 more COVID-19 cases as of midnight Monday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 2,157,734, the health authorities said Tuesday. The daily caseload was up from 95,361 in the previous day, but it stayed below 100,000 for two days, according to the Korea Disease … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,851,929 on Tuesday with 13,405 new cases registered during the past 24 hours across the South Asian country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 235 more deaths were recorded since Monday morning, taking the death toll to 512,344. Currently there are 181,075 active cases in … Read more
JERUSALEM – The death toll from the COVID-19 in Israel exceeded 10,000 on Monday, nearly two years after the first fatality from the virus was reported in the country in March 2020. Israel reported 29 new deaths from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, increasing the death toll to 10,001, the Ministry of Health … Read more
SANTIAGO – Chile reported 23,254 COVID-19 infections and 144 deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours, for a total of 2,876,455 cases and 41,491 deaths, the Ministry of Health said Monday. In its daily report, the ministry also indicated that there were 131,408 active cases in the South American country. In addition, the … Read more
WELLINGTON – New Zealand recorded 2,846 new community cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. Among the new community infections, 1,802 were in the largest city Auckland. The rest of the cases were confirmed across the nation, including 36 in Northland, 285 in Waikato, 105 in Canterbury, 206 in … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia recorded 25,099 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Monday, bringing the total tally to 3,246,779, according to the health ministry. The newly reported cases were 85 imported cases and 25,014 local transmissions, showed data released on the ministry’s website. A further 43 deaths from the pandemic were reported, bringing the death … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 59 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday. Of the new local infections, 20 were reported in Inner Mongolia, 12 in Jiangsu, six in Liaoning, five each in Sichuan and Yunnan, four each in Beijing and Hubei, and three in Guangdong, the commission … Read more
KUNMING – Southwest China’s Yunnan Province reported five new locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, local health authorities said Tuesday. Among the new confirmed cases, four were registered in the border city of Ruili and the other in Hekou, a southern county of the Hani-Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Honghe. An imported confirmed case from Myanmar … Read more
NANJING – The eastern Chinese city of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province reported six confirmed COVID-19 cases and two asymptomatic cases in the first 15 hours of Monday. All cases were identified in designated quarantine locations, according to local authorities. As of 3 p.m. Monday, Suzhou had registered a total of 97 confirmed COVID-19 cases and … Read more
MANILA – The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,427 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,653,526. The DOH said 79 more people died from COVID-19 complications, pushing the country’s death toll to 55,763. The number of active cases dipped to 58,657 as the … Read more
VIENTIANE – The Lao government has vowed to expedite a nationwide vaccination program for children aged 6 and over against COVID-19, starting on Monday. The program is part of the government’s efforts to ensure that people of all ethnic groups are immunized against COVID-19 and are protected against the Omicron variant in particular, as the … Read more
ULAN BATOR – Mongolia registered 309 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, the lowest since Jan. 3, bringing the national tally to 462,406, the country’s health ministry said Monday. Meanwhile, no more COVID-19 related deaths were recorded in the past day, and the country’s death toll remains at 2,087, it said. So far, … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 71 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, down 30 from the day before, the National Health Commission said on Monday. Of the new local infections, 32 were reported in Inner Mongolia, 11 in Jiangsu, seven in Liaoning, six in Guangdong, five in Shanxi, four each in Sichuan and Yunnan, … Read more
