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Australian Authorities Baffled Over Death Of 30-Year-Old With COVID-19

SYDNEY, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian authorities were scrambling today, to find the source of a COVID-19 infection, which killed…

New Zealand Confirms No New Case Of COVID-19 For Six Consecutive Days

WELLINGTON, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported no new case of COVID-19 today, for six consecutive days, with the…

Hong Kong ‘no longer autonomous from China’, says US Sec of State Pompeo

WASHINGTON, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told Congress that Hong Kong no longer merits special treatment under…

US offers to mediate in India-China frontier showdown

Indian and Chinese soldiers are in a bitter standoff in the remote and picturesque Ladakh region WASHINGTON, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES)…

Singapore Reports 533 New COVID-19 Cases, 32,867 In Total

SINGAPORE, May 28 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH), reported 533 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total…

Thai Public Health Minister Honoured By WHO For Tobacco Control

BANGKOK, May 28 (NNN-TNA) – Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, yesterday was awarded with the…

Bulgarian police seize $44 million worth of cocaine destined for western Europe, Asia

SOFIA, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bulgarian police seized more than $43 million worth of cocaine from an apartment in the…

Covid-19: Some countries still using hydroxychloroquine despite WHO suspended trials using the anti-malarial drug

World Health Organization’s logo GENEVA, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Claims that hydroxychloroquine could prove a viable treatment for Coronavirus have been dealt…

S.Korea Reports 79 More COVID-19 Cases, 11,344 In Total

SEOUL, May 28 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 79 more cases of COVID-19, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the…

Mumbai To Conduct Sero-Surveillance To Study Rising COVID-19 Spread

MUMBAI, May 28 (NNN-PTI) – With the rising incidence of COVID-19 positive cases in Mumbai, the city will under-go sero-surveillance,…