Ghana sets up 6,000 vaccination centres to accelerate COVID-19 inoculation

ACCRA, Feb 9 (NNN-GNA) – Ghanaian health authorities, set up at least 6,000 vaccination centres nationwide, to accelerate COVID-19 immunisation, Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu said, yesterday. The country had a stock of 10 million COVID-19 vaccines available, for the current vaccination drive, in addition to the 16 million already administered,…

13 Million People Facing Hunger Across Horn Of Africa

GENEVA, Feb 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The World Food Programme (WFP), yesterday warned that, an estimated 13 million people are facing hunger across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, as the Horn of Africa grappled with severe drought, caused by the driest conditions since 1981. Tomson Phiri, spokesperson for the WFP, told a…

Aussie Police Seize 220kg Of Drug In Sydney

SYDNEY, Feb 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), seized 220 kilograms of drug and 1.1 million Australian dollars (about 0.8 million U.S. dollars) in cash, in a drug investigation, unveiled today. Officers were called to a property in Canterbury, in south-west Sydney, on…

S.Korea’s Daily COVID-19 Cases Hit Record High Of Nearly 50,000

SEOUL, Feb 9 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s daily number of COVID-19 cases hit a new record high, amid the spread of the Omicron variant, the health authorities said today. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), the country reported 49,567 more cases of COVID-19 for the past…

Six Killed, Three Injured As Truck Plunges Off Cliff In Central Vietnam

HANOI, Feb 9 (NNN-VNA) – A total of six people were killed and three others injured, after a truck plunged off a cliff, in Vietnam’s central highlands Gia Lai province, early this morning. The accident occurred when the 16-tonne truck, carrying dried cassava chips, while heading to a national highway,…

Israel Confirms Killing Three Palestinians In West Bank

JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH, Feb 9 (NNN-WAFA) – Israel confirmed yesterday, its forces killed three Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, during an alleged “operation to thwart a terror cell.” The three men were “armed terrorists who were … killed during clashes with the security forces,” Israel’s Border Police announced. Earlier in the…

Russian, Iranian FMs Discuss JCPOA Revival As Negotiations Resume In Vienna

MOSCOW, Feb 9 (NNN-TASS) – Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, and his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, agreed in a telephone conversation yesterday, on the urgent need to fully restore the Iran nuclear deal. They discussed the situation around the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), amid the ongoing talks…

Global COVID-19 Cases Surpass 400 Million: Johns Hopkins University

NEW YORK, Feb 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 400 million yesterday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The global case count amounted to 400,244,031, with 5,761,208 deaths worldwide, as of 5:21 p.m. local time (2221 GMT) yesterday, showed the data. The United States reported 77,025,027 cases and…

Vietnam’s Domestic Tourists Hit 6.1 Million During Lunar New Year Holiday

HANOI, Feb 9 (NNN-VNA) – Tourist hotspots across Vietnam received some 6.1 million domestic visitors during the nine-day Lunar New Year holiday that ended on Sunday, the country’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said, yesterday. During the biggest holiday of the year, domestic travellers surpassed the number posted in…

Israel Reports 52,600 New COVID-19 Cases Amid Relaxed Restrictions

JERUSALEM, Feb 8 (NNN-PNA) – Israel’s Ministry of Health, reported 52,600 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total cases to 3,218,391. The number of deaths from the virus rose to 9,180, with 20 new fatalities, while the number of patients in serious condition in the regime, decreased from 1,263 to…