Covid-19: Kuwait reports 665 new cases
May 26, 2020, at 01:48 pm
Kuwait City/IBNS: Kuwait reported 665 new cases and nine more COVID-19 related deaths and The Ministry of Health said the country’s total coronavirus cases have risen to 21,967, while its death tally reached 165.
Covid-19: S Korea working to break Itaewon-linked transmission chain
May 25, 2020, at 06:04 pm
Seoul/UNI: South Korean health officials are striving hard to break the chain of transmission related to the cluster infections in Seoul's nightlife district of Itaewon as sporadic outbreaks are witnessed every now and then across the country.
Japan: Abe lifts COVID-19 state of emergency
May 25, 2020, at 05:56 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday lifted the state of emergency, imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic, in the remaining five prefectures, including Tokyo and Hokkaido.
China reports three new cases of coronavirus, no new fatalities
May 24, 2020, at 09:09 am
Beijing/UNI: Chinese health authority on Sunday informed that it received reports of three new confirmed COVID-19 cases since Saturday, of which two were imported.
White House butler who served under 11 US Presidents dies of Covid-19
May 24, 2020, at 12:56 am
Washington/IBNS: Wilson Roosevelt Jerman, a White House Butler, who served under 11 US Presidents, has died of COVID-19, media reports said. He was 91-years-old.
Coronavirus positive cases cross 30,000-mark in Bangladesh
May 22, 2020, at 05:37 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) positive cases on Friday surpassed 30,000-mark with 1694 fresh cases reported in the last 24-hour.
Coordination essential to beat coronavirus, keep development goals on track
May 20, 2020, at 12:38 pm
New York/IBNS: As the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis continues to wreak havoc across the world – with the most vulnerable suffering the most – the UN chief said on Tuesday that the task of eradicating poverty and achieving the development goals “has never been more challenging, more urgent and more necessary”.
Number of COVID-19 cases in US armed forces exceeds 5,700 - Pentagon
May 19, 2020, at 09:08 pm
Washington/Sputnik - The number of COVID-19 cases among the US armed forces, civilian personnel and their families has reached 8,697 of whom 5,765 are among active service personnel, the Department of Defense announced in a fact sheet on Tuesday.
China bracing for another COVID-19 wave: Authority put Shulan under Wuhan-like lockdown
May 19, 2020, at 05:50 pm
Beijing/IBNS: It seems that China is still struggling to cope up with the COVID-19 scenario as Wuhan like lockdown has been imposed in north-eastern city of Shulan where an outbreak of the deadly virus has been reported.
Improve or will stop funding: Trump gives 30 day ultimatum to WHO chief
May 19, 2020, at 02:49 pm
Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday took to Twitter and shared a three page letter to World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in which he has issued a 30-day ultimatum to the UN health body to make "substantive improvements" over repeated missteps in handling the coronavirus pandemic and siding with China in hiding important information.
Covid-19 crisis closes 90 percent of museums globally, UNESCO plans for reopenings
May 19, 2020, at 12:34 pm
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc globally, museums have not been spared, the UN cultural agency said on Monday, International Museum Day, revealing that nearly 90 per cent of the treasured cultural institutions have had to close their doors, while almost 13 per cent are under serious threat of never reopening.
Afghanistan: Security forces kill key Taliban commander in Uruzgan
May 17, 2020, at 08:28 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Security forces in Afghanistan have killed 23 Taliban militants including a key Taliban commander, media reports said on Sunday.
Blame game wrong, harmful remedy to COVID-19: Chinese ambassador
May 17, 2020, at 05:11 pm
Dublin/ Xinhua: Blame game is a wrong and harmful remedy to COVID-19 and can lead people to nowhere in the fight against the global pandemic, Chinese ambassador to Ireland He Xiangdong said here Saturday.
Trump weighs restoring partial US funding to WHO
May 16, 2020, at 08:04 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was considering restoring 10 percent of US funding to the World Health Organization that was frozen in April.
Slovenia becomes the first European country to call off COVID-19 pandemic
May 15, 2020, at 10:44 pm
Ljubljana(Slovenia)/IBNS: Slovenia has become the first European nation to call an end to Coronavirus pandemic after a joint assessment by its government and healthcare professionals.
COMMENTARY: Living a crisis with hope, to prepare for a changed world
May 15, 2020, at 07:52 pm
The Covid-19 pandemic around the world is now a “perfect storm”. It challenges our ways of living, working and celebrating. The impact in Myanmar until now has been slower in coming, but that may only mean it will last longer.
Treating severe COVID-19 patients will be hard in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh : WHO
May 15, 2020, at 07:10 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Valentina Shvartsman Treating severe patients suffering from the COVID-19 lung disease would be particularly challenging in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh due to crowded settings and lack of space for additional health facilities, Catalin Bercaru, a communication officer for the World Health Organization (WHO) country office in Bangladesh, told Sputnik.
Covid-19 cases under reported in Pakistan: Opposition blames Imran Khan govt
May 15, 2020, at 05:02 pm
Islamabad: Main opposition party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has accused the government of under reporting the number of Coronavirus cases in the country and claimed that the tally has crossed the 1,00,000-mark.
COVID-19: Britain may take harder stance against China
May 14, 2020, at 08:29 pm
London: The British government's mollifying stance on China is likely to harden in the coming months once the immediate concerns regarding the COVID-19 outbreak are dealt with, media reports said.
Take ‘all appropriate public health measures’ to protect detainees from coronavirus, UN urges
May 14, 2020, at 03:37 pm
New York/IBNS: UN agency chiefs on Wednesday highlighted the heightened vulnerability to COVID-19 of detainees, and others in confinement, urging Governments to take “all appropriate public health measures” to keep them safe from the deadly disease.
Amid COVID-19 scare, Chinese police clash with protesters in Hong Kong
May 13, 2020, at 05:47 pm
Beijing/Hong Kong: China seems to be using their trick of moving into Hong Kong even as the world is busy combating COVID-19.
Belgium registers 53,779 COVID-19 cases, death toll at 8,761
May 12, 2020, at 06:52 pm
Brussels/Xinhua: Belgium has recorded 330 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, pushing the total to 53,779 since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a statement by the public health institute Sciensano released Tuesday.
US to reach 10Mln COVID-19 tests this week
May 12, 2020, at 11:10 am
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: The United States stands to reach 10 million coronavirus testings this week, consolidating its world leadership in the field, US President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday.
Pakistan ranks 19th in COVID-19 infected list
May 11, 2020, at 05:11 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan has ranked in the 19th position in the global coronavirus ranking, as per data released on Sunday.
Amid COVID-19 outbreak, China starts trial of digital currency
May 11, 2020, at 04:11 pm
Beijing/IBNS: Amid financial meltdown globally due to COVID-19 outbreak, China's central bank—People's Bank of China (PBoC)— recently introduced the trial of a homegrown digital currency across four cities, media reports said.
Singapore reports 876 new COVID-19 cases
May 11, 2020, at 04:07 pm
Singapore/Xinhua/UNI: Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 876 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 23,336.
Ensure city poor and vulnerable are fed, amidst lockdown hunger risk, urges UN
May 10, 2020, at 06:39 pm
New York/IBNS: The UN food agency, FAO, warns that hunger and fatalities could rise significantly in urban areas, without measures to ensure that poor and vulnerable residents have access to food. In Latin America, cities are finding ways to keep food supplies flowing, despite the current restrictions on movement and supplies.
Breaking COVID-19 lockdown norms, Chinese nationals clash with police in Kathmandu
May 10, 2020, at 05:05 pm
Kathmandu/IBNS: Breaking all COVID-19 lockdown and social distancing norms, 33 Chinese nationals clashed with the police in Nepal's capital city Kathmandu recently, leaving six people hurt.
Bangladesh eases lockdown restrictions for businesses in some parts
May 10, 2020, at 04:59 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh has eased the nationwide lockdown imposed to curb the COVID-19 spread by allowing some of the businesses to reopen in different parts of the country like Dhaka and Chattogram, an official said on Sunday.
COVID-19 cases in Indonesia surpass 14,000
May 10, 2020, at 04:35 pm
Jakarta/Xinhua: The Indonesian government announced 387 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total number of infections in the archipelagic country to 14,032.