Tokyo Organisers To Vaccinate Olympic Referees, Media And Volunteers

TOKYO, Jun 12 (NNN-NHK) – Tokyo Olympic organisers will start to vaccinate referees, media personnel and volunteers, who will have close contact with athletes during the Games, Olympic chief, Seiko Hashimoto, said here yesterday. Hashimoto told reporters at a regular news conference that, around 18,000 people will be vaccinated from…

COVID-19 Death Toll Rises To 3,239 In Myanmar

YANGON, Jun 12 (NNN-MNA) – The COVID-19 death toll rose to 3,239 in Myanmar, after two new deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry yesterday. The release said that, 188 new COVID-19 infections were reported after 2,781 samples were…

DPRK Leader Chairs Military Meeting To Enhance Army’s Fighting Efficiency

PYONGYANG, Jun 12 (NNN-KCNA) – Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), chaired a military meeting yesterday, to discuss important tasks of further enhancing fighting efficiency of the armed forces. Kim, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and president of DPRK,…

S. Korea Reports 565 More Covid-19 Cases, 147,422 In Total

SEOUL, Jun 12 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 565 more cases of COVID-19, as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 147,422. The daily caseload was slightly up from 556 in the previous day, staying below 600 for two days. The daily average…

Japan Considers Easing COVID-19 Restrictions In Tokyo, Osaka From Jun 21

TOKYO, Jun 12 (NNN-NHK) – The Japanese government is considering easing the COVID-19 restrictions in Tokyo and Osaka from Jun 21, a government official said yesterday. Tokyo and Osaka are likely to be kept under a quasi-state of emergency, with less tough measures to be implemented, and the state of…

Maldives Amps Up Anti-Pandemic Measures In Prisons

MALE, Jun 12 (NNN-PSM) – Maldives amped up anti-pandemic measures in prisons, in an effort to prevent COVID-19 from spreading in the prison system, state media reported here yesterday. The President’s Office Spokesperson, Mohamed Mabrook Azeez, was quoted as saying that, prisons are frequently disinfected and inmate temperatures are checked…

Covid-19: Global toll at 1000 GMT Friday

PARIS, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The novel coronavirus has killed at least 3,775,362 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources as at 1000 GMT on Friday. At least 174,762,040 cases of coronavirus have been registered. The vast majority have recovered,…

Covid-19: Germany to lift travel warning for most countries from July

BERLIN, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany will lift its pandemic travel warning for most countries from July 1, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said, bringing back more normalcy as citizens are increasingly vaccinated against Covid-19. Countries recording infection rates of 50-200 cases per 100,000 people in seven days would no longer…

Covid-19: G7 leaders at UK summit target plan for 1bn jabs

FALMOUTH (UK), June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — G7 leaders on Friday open a three-day summit aimed at helping to end the Covid-19 pandemic and forge a climate-centric economic recovery, after pledging to donate one billion vaccine doses for the world’s poorest countries. US President Joe Biden and his colleagues from Britain,…

Sri Lanka Further Extends Nationwide Travel Restriction Till June 21

COLOMBO, Jun 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Sri Lankan authorities, yesterday said, an ongoing nationwide travel restriction would be extended till Jun 21 in order to prevent further spread of COVID-19. Army Commander and Head of the National Operations Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19, General Shavendra Silva, said that, following a…
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