ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Tuesday reported 50 deaths caused by COVID-19 after a period of four months, increasing the country’s overall death toll to 29,601, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Wednesday. Earlier, the country confirmed the death of 54 people in a single day on Oct. 4, 2021, before the number … Read more
WELLINGTON – New Zealand recorded 204 new community cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. Among the 204 new community infections, 135 are in the largest city Auckland, 35 in Waikato, 11 in Bay of Plenty, eight in Northland, two in the Lakes and MidCentral regions each, three in … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Tuesday recorded 73 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday. Of the new local infections, 72 were reported in Guangxi and one in Liaoning, the commission said in its daily report. Tuesday also saw seven provincial-level regions reporting 37 imported COVID-19 cases, said the commission. … Read more
PARIS: France will soon drop its requirement of a negative Covid test for vaccinated travellers from outside the European Union, as daily infection numbers continue to fall, Europe Minister Clement Beaune said Tuesday. “We again required tests in December over the Omicron variant. In the coming days we will announce that tests are no longer … Read more
SOFIA – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 1,003,448 after 8,012 new infections were reported in the past 24 hours, the country’s health ministry said on Tuesday. Most of the new and total COVID-19 cases — standing at 1,448 and 258,437, respectively — were registered in the capital city Sofia. The nationwide … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia will not shut down its economic and industrial activities even if new COVID-19 cases spike, Malaysian Minister of International Trade and Industry Mohamed Azmin Ali has said. Previous lockdowns had caused 826,000 people to lose jobs in the first three months of the total lockdown in 2020, Mohamed Azmin said following … Read more
MANILA – The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) reported 3,574 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,619,633. The DOH said 83 more people died from COVID-19 complications, bringing the country’s death toll to 54,621. The number of active cases dropped to 105,550 as the … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Monday confirmed 2,799 new COVID-19 cases and 37 more deaths, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Tuesday. The NCOC, a department leading the country’s campaign against the pandemic, said that the country’s overall number of cases has increased to 1,465,910, including 1,349,189 recoveries. The number of active cases … Read more
MOSCOW – Russia registered 171,905 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, fewer than a day earlier for the first time since Jan. 10, taking the national tally to 12,982,023, the official monitoring and response center said Monday. The nationwide death toll grew by 609 to 336,023, the lowest increase since June 27, and … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,339,611 on Tuesday with 67,597 new cases registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. As many as 1,188 deaths due to the pandemic since Monday morning took the total death toll to 504,062, showed the data. There are … Read more
SEOUL – South Korea recorded 36,719 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Monday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total tally to 1,081,681, the health authorities said Tuesday. The daily caseload was up from 35,286 in the previous day, hovering above 30,000 for the fourth consecutive day, according to the Korea Disease Control … Read more
SANTIAGO – The death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile reached 40,060 on Monday following 73 more deaths in the previous 24 hours, the Health Ministry said. The ministry said that tests detected 31,063 new infections, bringing the national count to 2,405,672. The COVID-19 positivity rate stood at a nationwide average of 23.67 percent … Read more
ADDIS ABABA – Up to 10,933,814 COVID-19 cases were reported in Africa as of Monday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The specialized healthcare agency of the African Union said the death toll across the continent stands at 241,723 and some 9,969,966 patients have recovered from the disease so … Read more
BEIJING – Beijing on Monday reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the municipal health commission said Tuesday. This is the first time the Chinese capital has reported zero new confirmed local cases since Jan. 17. Beijing reported one imported COVID-19 case and eight imported asymptomatic carriers on Monday, according to the health commission. Read … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Monday recorded 65 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday. Of the new local infections, 64 were reported in Guangxi and one in Tianjin, the commission said in its daily report. Monday also saw seven provincial-level regions reporting 40 imported COVID-19 cases, said the commission. … Read more
MOSCOW – Russia registered 171,905 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, fewer than a day earlier for the first time since Jan. 10, taking the national tally to 12,982,023, the official monitoring and response center said Monday. The nationwide death toll grew by 609 to 336,023, the lowest increase since June 27, and … Read more
MANILA – The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) reported 6,835 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,616,387. The DOH said 12 more people died from COVID-19 complications, bringing the country’s death toll to 54,538. The number of active cases dropped to 116,720 as the … Read more
ULAN BATOR – Mongolia registered 860 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 450,590, the country’s health ministry said Monday. The latest confirmed cases were all locally transmitted, the ministry said. Meanwhile, three more COVID-19 patients aged over 60 died in the past day, pushing the death toll to … Read more
TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday said he has put into action plans to rapidly increase the number of COVID-19 booster shots available to combat the highly-transmissible Omicron variant of the virus that is wreaking havoc on the country. At a lower house budget meeting on Monday, Kishida said he has informed … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,272,014 on Monday, as 83,876 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, the health ministry’s latest data showed. Besides, as many as 895 deaths due to the pandemic since Sunday morning took the total death toll to 502,874. There are still 1,108,938 … Read more
BEIJING – Beijing reported three new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Sunday, according to local health authorities. Of the three cases, one had been reported as an asymptomatic carrier before and the other two were detected among people under quarantine, said the Beijing Municipal Health Commission. Read more: Beijing reports another new locally-transmitted COVID-19 case … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia reported 10,089 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Sunday, bringing the national total to 2,914,220, according to the health ministry. There are 143 new imported cases, with 9,946 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further nine deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll to 32,034. … Read more
SEOUL – South Korea reported 35,286 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 1,044,963, the health authorities said on Monday. The daily caseload was down from 38,689 in the previous day, but it hovered above 30,000 for the third consecutive day, according … Read more
WELLINGTON – New Zealand reported 188 new community cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. Among the 188 new community infections, 117 are in the largest city Auckland, 15 in Waikato, 20 in Bay of Plenty, 16 in Northland, 12 in the Lakes Region, three in Canterbury, two in … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Sunday recorded 45 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Monday. Of the new local infections, 37 were reported in Guangxi, four in Guangdong, three in Beijing, and one in Tianjin, the commission said in its daily report. Read more: Chinese mainland reports 54 new local … Read more
KARACHI: At a time when the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly and is expected to reach its peak by the middle of this month, the Sindh government, in view of the dire situation, has decided to take extraordinary measures to send health teams door to door to vaccinate the general public. According … Read more
CANBERRA – Australia reported more than 40,000 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday when more than 50 million doses had been delivered in total during the vaccine rollout. Nationally there were 70 deaths reported on Wednesday, including 27 in New South Wales, 25 in Victoria, 16 in Queensland and one each in the Northern Territory (NT) … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Tuesday confirmed 6,047 new COVID-19 cases and 29 more deaths, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Wednesday. The NCOC, a department leading the nation’s campaign against the pandemic, said that the country’s number of confirmed cases has increased to 1,436,413 while 1,304,980 out of them have recovered. The … Read more
