WELLINGTON – New Zealand recorded 1,160 new community cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. Among the new community infections, 861 are in the largest city of Auckland, 73 in nearby Waikato, 32 in the Capital and Coast region, and 24 in Northland, according to the ministry. In addition, … Read more
RAMALLAH/GAZA – The Palestinian territories on Tuesday reported 3,648 new COVID-19 cases and 24 related deaths in the last 24 hours. In a press statement, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said that 1,640 new cases were recorded in the coastal enclave Gaza Strip, ruled by the Islamic Resistance Movement of Hamas, with 1,128 new cases … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia recorded 22,133 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Tuesday, bringing the total tally to 3,083,683, according to the health ministry. Among the newly reported cases are 80 imported cases and 22,053 local transmissions, showed data released on the ministry’s website. A further 31 deaths were reported from the pandemic, bringing the … Read more
ULAN BATOR – Mongolia’s COVID-19 tally rose to 459,368 after 834 new infections were reported over the past 24 hours, the country’s health ministry said Wednesday. Meanwhile, one more related death was reported in the past day, bringing the death toll to 2,077. So far, 66.8 percent of the country’s population of 3.4 million people … Read more
SEOUL – South Korea’s daily number of COVID-19 cases hit a record high amid the spread of the Omicron variant of the virus, the health authorities said Wednesday. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), the country reported 90,443 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, raising the total … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,723,558 on Wednesday with 30,615 new cases registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 514 more deaths have been reported from the pandemic since Tuesday morning, taking the total death toll to 509,872. There are currently 370,240 … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has recorded 2,465 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Wednesday. With the new infections, the overall number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has risen to 1,491,423 in the Asian country, said the NCOC, a department leading the country’s campaign against the … Read more
MOSCOW – Russia has registered 166,631 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the national tally to 14,480,596, the official monitoring and response center said Tuesday. The country’s national death toll grew by 704 to 341,635, while the number of recoveries increased by 137,881 to 11,470,925. Moscow, Russia’s worst-hit region, reported 8,160 new … Read more
MANILA – The Philippine Department of Health (DOH) reported 2,010 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,641,940. The DOH said 52 more people died from COVID-19 complications, bringing the country’s death toll to 55,146. The number of active cases dropped to 72,305 as the … Read more
URUMQI – Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has been cleared of all COVID-19 confirmed and asymptomatic cases as of Tuesday, local authorities said. The last confirmed case in the recent outbreak was discharged from the hospital and the last two asymptomatic carriers were released from medical observation on Monday, according to the regional health … Read more
SKOPJE – Random COVID-19 testing kicked off across North Macedonia on Monday, in order to determine the percentage of the population that is immunized against the virus. According to the country’s Health Minister Bekim Sali, the random serology testing will show “the real immunity of the population against the virus.” Sali said that a total … Read more
ADDIS ABABA – A total of 11,041,815 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 COVID-19 death toll across the continent stands at 244,440, and 10,159,813 patients have recovered from the disease … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia reported 21,315 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Monday, bringing the national total to 3,061,550, according to the health ministry. There are 81 new imported cases, with 21,234 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further 24 deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll to 32,149. … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 40 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday. Of the new local infections, 29 were reported in Liaoning, eight in Jiangsu, two in Guangdong, and one in Guangxi, the commission said in its daily report. Tuesday also saw nine provincial-level regions reporting 40 … Read more
SEOUL – South Korea’s daily number of COVID-19 cases hit a record high amid the spread of the Omicron variant, the health authorities said Tuesday. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, the country reported 57,177 more cases of COVID-19 for the past 24 hours, raising the total number of infections to 1,462,421. … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,692,943 on Tuesday, as 27,409 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 347 deaths due to the pandemic since Monday morning took the total death toll to 509,358. There are still 423,127 active COVID-19 … Read more
LISBON – Portugal registered 8,463 new COVID-19 cases and 35 more deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the national counts to 3,093,723 and 20,565 respectively, the country’s Directorate General of Health said Monday. The daily epidemiological bulletin showed that 2,364 people are currently hospitalized, of which 148 are in intensive care units. Read more: … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,655,534 on Monday, as 34,113 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 346 deaths due to the pandemic since Sunday morning took the total death toll to 509,011. There are still 478,882 active COVID-19 cases … Read more
health, with this weeks Air Quality Index Rating averaging at ‘Unhealthy.’ This is because the provincial capital finds itself engulfed in a deadly smog. According to the National Geographic, smog is a form of air pollution that reduces visibility, and is a mix of smoke and fog, which had in previous decades originated from the … Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil saw a record daily count of 228,954 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 24,764,838, the National Council of Health Secretaries (CONASS) said Thursday. The previous record was set on Wednesday with 224,567 new cases, according to CONASS. Meanwhile, the total death toll in the … Read more
LAHORE: Sarah Ahmad is a name which comes to mind when one talks about children’s rights and their protection in Punjab. During her tenure as chairperson of the Punjab Child Protection Welfare Bureau (CPWB) she got rid of ‘ghost workers’ which were previously on the payroll of the department. This week Bol News talked exclusively … Read more
The Sehat Sahulat Programme – commonly known as the health card scheme – is a flagship programme of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government which has brought great relief and sense of protection to millions of families, who hardly make ends meet. The card provides free of cost medical treatment coverage of up to Rs1 million … Read more
Natives of upper Sindh are mired in a number of problems including poverty, dearth of food and health resources, lack of academic institutions and shambolic state of civic amenities. However, law and order has now started to figure prominently among them. It is a popular belief in urban areas that various clean-up operations undertaken by … Read more
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s health authorities on Friday said with a rise in the number of Omicron infected patients, the new variant was soon becoming dominant that would overtake the Delta variant in the country. To date, over 160 people have been infected with the Omicron variant, but the number was much higher than recorded, … Read more
VIENTIANE – Lao health authorities have lifted restrictions on COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital, allowing them to resume their lives without further testing or isolation, local media reported on Wednesday. The move is part of changes made by the health sector towards a “new normal” way of life, and follows a decline in the number … Read more
TBILISI, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) — Georgia on Tuesday reported 7,521 new COVID-19 cases, taking its total to 1,006,864, according to the country’s center for disease control. Tamar Gabunia, the country’s deputy health minister, said that more than half of the infections were probably from the Omicron variant, but only a small percentage required hospital treatment. … Read more
MANILA, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) — The Philippines reported 28,471 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, raising the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,270,758. The Department of Health (DOH) said the number of active cases dipped to 284,458 from an all-time high of 290,938 recorded on Monday. The country’s positivity rate dipped … Read more
BEIJING – China on Monday cancelled plans to sell tickets to the public for the Winter Olympics in Beijing, as the number of Covid-19 cases in the country reached its highest since March 2020. Organisers said last year there would be no international spectators at the Games partly due to China’s weeks-long quarantine requirements but … Read more
