Myanmar Reports 2,969 New COVID-19 Cases

YANGON, Jul 6 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar reported 2,969 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the tally in the country to 168,374, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports. The death toll has reached 3,461, after 42 more deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, the release…

Brunei Initiates COVID-19 Phase 3 Vaccination Drive

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jul 6 (NNN-ANN) – The Brunei government officially launched Phase 3 of its National Vaccination Programme yesterday, providing free COVID-19 vaccination for all citizens and residents over 18 years old, in the country. According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, the Sultanate’s vaccination arrangement is divided into three…

Covid-19: Germany lifts ban on tourists from UK and Portugal

Visitors from the UK, Portugal, Russia, India and Nepal have until now been banned from entering Germany  BERLIN, July 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany is lifting a Covid-related travel ban on people from the UK and four other variant-hit countries. The restrictions, which also applied to people from Portugal, Russia, India…

Support For Australian PM Falling Amid COVID-19 Outbreaks: Poll

CANBERRA, Jul 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Voter approval of Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has fallen, amid COVID-19 outbreaks across the country. According to a survey published by The Guardian today, approval of Morrison dropped from 57 percent in Jun, to 51 percent, while disapproval rose from 36 to 40 percent.…

Australian State Authorities Call On Public To Follow COVID-19 Restrictions

SYDNEY, Jul 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Authorities of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) said, compliance is key to a smooth exit from the two-week lockdown, as 35 locally acquired COVID-19 cases were reported yesterday. Of these local cases recorded in the past 24 hours, as of 8:00 p.m.…

UN Chief Saddened By Loss Of Life In Japan Mudslide

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, was saddened by the loss of life and destruction caused by a mudslide in Japan, said his spokesman yesterday. Guterres extended his deep condolences to the families of the victims, the government and people of Japan. He commended the work…

Senior Member Of Gulen Movement Caught By Turkish Intelligence: President

ANKARA, Jul 6 (NNN-ANADOLU) – A senior member of the Gulen movement was nabbed abroad and brought to Turkey, in an operation by Turkish intelligence, Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said yesterday. The senior member, Orhan Inandi, was responsible for the group’s operations in Central Asia, Erdogan said, at a…

Nepal Aims To Export Power After Inaugurating Largest Power Project

KATHMANDU, Jul 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nepali Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli, yesterday, inaugurated the Upper Tamakoshi hydropower project, the country’s largest, with an installed capacity of 456MW, which is expected to make Nepal a power exporter. Oli “switched on” the button, through a video conference, after the electricity, generated by…

Death Toll In Philippine Military Plane Crash Rises To 52, Full Investigation Ordered

MANILA, Jul 6 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll from a military plane crash in the southern Philippines has risen to 52, as two more critically injured soldiers died in hospital, Defence Secretary, Delfin Lorenzana, said, in an updated report yesterday. All 96 passengers and crew in the C-130H aircraft have…

Mongolia Logs 1,551 New COVID-19 Cases

ULAN BATOR, Jul 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia reported 1,551 new COVID-19 cases, over the past 24 hours, bringing the national caseload to 126,811, the country’s health ministry said, today. The ministry said that, a total of 8,699 samples were tested across the country in the past day, and the latest…
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