Health

South Asia’s Recovery Continues Amid Uncertainties Due To COVID-19: World Bank

DHAKA, Oct 8 (NNN-BSS) – South Asia’s recovery continues, as global demand rebounded and targeted containment measures helped minimise the…

Indonesia Approves Emergency Use Of China’s Zifivax COVID-19 Vaccine

JAKARTA, Oct 8 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s drug and food authority BPOM, said yesterday, it has issued an emergency use authorisation…

M’sian Government Signs Letter Of Undertaking To Purchase Antiviral Drug, Molnupiravir

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (NNN-Bernama) — The Malaysian government, through the Ministry of Health (MOH), on Thursday signed a letter…

Malaysia Detects 392 COVID-19 Cases Involving Variants Of Concern Until Wednesday

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (NNN-Bernama) — A total of 392 positive COVID-19 cases involving variants of concern (VOC) was detected…

Mongolia Logs 2,237 New COVID-19 Cases, 15 More Deaths

ULAN BATOR, Oct 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia’s COVID-19 infections grew by 2,237 to 319,247 in the past 24 hours, the…

ASEAN Urged To Step Up Cooperation On Vaccination, Mental Health – Erywan

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (NNN-Bernama) — Brunei’s Foreign Minister II Erywan Mohd Yusof called on all ASEAN members to step…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 33,894,312, Death Toll Nears 450,000

NEW DELHI, Oct 7 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 33,894,312 today, with 22,431 new confirmed cases registered in…

M’sian Government Will Not Arbitrarily Open Borders – PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (NNN-Bernama) — The Malaysian government will not arbitrarily open the country’s borders to foreign travellers as…

Australian Most Populous State Adds New Freedom To Roadmap

SYDNEY, Oct 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Premier of Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales (NSW), Dominic Perrottet, today introduced…

New Zealand Reports 29 New Community Cases Of COVID-19 Delta Variant

WELLINGTON, Oct 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported 29 new Delta variant cases of COVID-19 in the community today, bringing…