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Covid-2019 cases worldwide up by over 545K in past day
May 29, 2021, 7:37 pm
GENEVA – More than 545,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection were registered worldwide in the past day, with the overall number of such cases exceeding 168.59 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin on Friday. As of 18:03 Moscow time on May 28, as… Read More
India’s 186K new cases lowest in 44 days
May 28, 2021, 8:55 pm
NEW DELHI – The number of coronavirus cases increased in India over the past 24 hours by 186,364 to 27,555,457. The Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare reported on Friday on its website, the number of deaths associated with coronavirus increased by 3,660 per day to 318,895. The daily… Read More
Malaysia sees record-high daily Covid-19 cases
May 28, 2021, 7:11 am
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Malaysia on Thursday reported another 7,857 Covid-19 cases, its highest jump in daily infections, the country’s Health Ministry confirmed. With the recent addition, the country's total caseload rose to 541,224. The state of Selangor recorded 2,675 new cases, followed by… Read More
UK Covid-19 cases pass 3,000 for first time since mid-April
May 27, 2021, 2:53 pm
LONDON – Another 3,180 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, according to official figures released Wednesday, meaning that the number of daily Covid cases reported in the country passed 3,000 for the first time since mid-April. The latest figures brought the total number of… Read More
ASEAN nations step up efforts to beat Covid-19 by 2022
May 27, 2021, 1:42 pm
HANOI – ASEAN member countries are working towards accessing Covid-19 vaccine sources for large-scale immunization campaigns in a bid to reach herd immunity in 2022, a workshop held online in Hanoi on Wednesday was told. Vietnamese and foreign experts told the workshop that Covid-19 responding… Read More
Over 1.74B coronavirus vaccine shots administered worldwide
May 27, 2021, 7:42 am
ANKARA – Over 1.74 billion coronavirus vaccine shots have been given worldwide, figures compiled by Our World in Data, an online portal, showed on Wednesday. China is the most vaccinated country with 546.71 million jabs, according to the data, followed by the US with 287.79 million. India has… Read More
UN General Assembly head urges equitable distribution of vaccines
May 26, 2021, 8:51 pm
DHAKA, Bangladesh – A top UN representative visiting Bangladesh has called on the international community to ensure a fair and equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines across the world. “No one is safe until all are safe, and vaccines are the solution to this crisis,” Volkan Bozkir,… Read More
Global Covid-19 cases fall by 14% over the past week: WHO
May 26, 2021, 7:15 pm
GENEVA – Over 4.1 million coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases and more than 84,000 deaths were recorded worldwide last week, while the coronavirus incidence has dropped by 14 percent and the mortality rate by 2 percent compared to the previous seven days, the World Health Organization… Read More
Japan issues new travel advisory for UK, Denmark, other nations
May 25, 2021, 5:04 pm
ANKARA – Japan on Tuesday announced fresh travel measures for several countries with mandatory three-day coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) quarantine for those coming from the United Kingdom (UK), Denmark, Kazakhstan, and Tunisia. Katsunobu Kato, chief Cabinet secretary and top spokesman for… Read More
Over 200 injured in metro train collision in Kuala Lumpur
May 25, 2021, 1:13 pm
KUALA LUMPUR – Over 200 people were wounded, including 47 suffering serious injuries, as two metro light rail trains collided in a tunnel in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur on Monday, media reports said. The accident happened around 8:30 p.m. local time as an empty train collided head-on with… Read More
At least 15 dead, dozens homeless after volcano erupts in Congo
May 25, 2021, 7:30 am
YAOUNDE, Cameroon – At least 15 people died after a large volcano erupted in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, authorities said late Sunday. Thousands were forced to flee when Mt. Nyiragongo, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, erupted on Saturday, turning the sky… Read More
Suu Kyi makes first in-person court appearance since Myanmar coup
May 24, 2021, 9:13 pm
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi attended a court hearing on Monday, according to local media reports, in her first public appearance after being detained in the military coup this February. Prior to the hearing, she had only been allowed to speak with her… Read More
Japan begins mass vaccination as Olympics near
May 24, 2021, 5:45 pm
ANKARA – Japan on Monday launched a mass vaccination campaign in at least two provinces as Olympics and Paralympics games near. Two state-run Covid-19 vaccination centers were opened in capital Tokyo and Osaka province “in a bid to accelerate an inoculation program that has lagged far behind… Read More
Cable car in Italy plunges to ground, killing 14
May 24, 2021, 3:05 pm
ROME – A mountaintop cable car plunged to the ground near Italy's northern city of Verbania on Sunday, killing 14 people, according to authorities. A 9-year-old child who was seriously injured in the accident and was taken to a hospital in the city of Turin could not be saved, the National Corps… Read More
Egypt gets raw materials to manufacture Sinovac jabs
May 24, 2021, 2:59 pm
CAIRO – Egypt has received the first batch of the raw materials to manufacture China's Sinovac vaccine, said the Chinese embassy in Egypt on Sunday. Along with the Sinovac raw materials, a new shipment of China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines also arrived at the Cairo International Airport on… Read More
India’s 303K Covid-19 fatalities now third behind US, Brazil
May 24, 2021, 2:25 pm
NEW DELHI – India's coronavirus death toll crossed 300,000 as the country recorded more than 4,400 fatalities in the last 24 hours, according to Health Ministry figures released Monday. According to the ministry, there were 4,454 new deaths, taking the total to 303,720. India had seen an… Read More
India Covid cases rise to 26,530,132; daily deaths fall below 4K
May 23, 2021, 5:22 pm
NEW DELHI – India's Covid-19 tally rose to 26,530,132 with 240,842 new cases registered in the past 24 hours, said the federal Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday. As many as 3,741 deaths since Saturday morning took the death toll to 299,266. After two days, the number of daily… Read More
WHO records drop in Covid-19 cases worldwide
May 23, 2021, 11:46 am
GENEVA – More than 607,000 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) have been confirmed globally in the past 24 hours, which is down by 13,000 cases in comparison with the previous day, bringing the total number of infections to 165.77 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in… Read More
Trump sued for calling Covid-19 'China virus'
May 22, 2021, 2:53 pm
WASHINGTON – Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been sued by a civil rights group for calling coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) a "China virus." The complaint, filed in a federal court in New York by the Chinese Americans Civil Rights Coalition (CACRC), alleged that Trump's use of that… Read More
True global Covid-19 death toll might be up to three times higher
May 22, 2021, 1:28 pm
GENEVA – The actual figure of global coronavirus-related deaths might be two to three times higher than official numbers showed as many countries face challenges to properly estimate and report the number of fatalities, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Since its outbreak,… Read More
