Iran Registers 8,633 New COVID-19 Cases

TEHRAN, Nov 6 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s health ministry, yesterday reported 8,633 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s total infections to 5,973,457. The pandemic also claimed 132 lives in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 127,053, according to the update by Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education.…

Iran’s Reserves Of 60-Percent Enriched Uranium Hit 25 Kg

TEHRAN, Nov 6 (NNN-TASNIM) – The Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) said, Iran’s reserves of 60-percent enriched uranium have reached 25 kg, it was reported yesterday. “Iran is among the few countries in the world that are able to produce it (60-percent enriched uranium),” AEOI’s spokesman, Behrouz Kamalvandi, was…

Egypt Holds Major Conference On Vascular Surgery, Treatment

PORT SAID, Egypt, Nov 6 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt concluded yesterday, a three-day annual conference on vascular surgery and treatment, in the Mediterranean city of Port Said, where more than 70 scientists discussed the latest medical researches and techniques on the disease. Organised by Egypt’s Mansoura University, the 8th Mansoura EndoVascular…

Zika Cases Rise To 66 In North Indian City

NEW DELHI, Nov 6 (NNN-PTI) – With 30 more cases of the Zika virus, the total number of cases rose to 66, in the city of Kanpur, in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh yesterday, media reports said. The total cases were reported to include 45 males and 21 females.…

Update: Toxic Liquor Death Toll Rises To 24 In India’s Bihar

NEW DELHI, Nov 6 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll in the suspected toxic liquor consumption in the eastern Indian state of Bihar has risen to 24, officials said yesterday. The deaths were reported in West Champaran and Gopalganj districts, north of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. A police official…

Brunei Logs 99 New COVID-19 Cases, 13,545 In Total

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Nov 5 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei reported 99 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 13,545. According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, all the newly recorded cases were local infections. While the source of 48 local infections was still under investigation, five new clusters…

10 Killed After Consuming Toxic Liquor In India’s Bihar

NEW DELHI, Nov 5 (NNN-PTI) – Ten people were killed and many others taken ill, after consuming toxic liquor in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, local media reported yesterday. The casualties were reported from West Champaran and Gopalganj districts, north of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. “Prima facie,…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 34,333,754

NEW DELHI, Nov 5 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 34,333,754 today, as 12,729 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, the federal health ministry’s data showed. Besides, as many as 221 deaths have been reported since yesterday morning, taking the total death toll to 459,873. There…

New Zealand Secures Another COVID-19 Medicine

WELLINGTON, Nov 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – The addition of another drug, to the suite of COVID-19 medicines available in New Zealand, is good news for patients and for the health system, Health Minister, Andrew Little, said today. The national pharmaceuticals-buying agency, Pharmac, has secured supplies of another drug “Baricitinib” shown to…

Australia’s Northern Territory Plunged Into COVID-19 Lockdown On First Community Case

CANBERRA, Nov 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) has introduced COVID-19 restrictions, after reporting its first locally-acquired case. Michael Gunner, chief minister of the NT, last night announced that, an unvaccinated man in his 20s was diagnosed with the virus in Katherine, about 300 km south of the capital,…