S.Korea Reports 372 More COVID-19 Cases, 80,896 In Total

SEOUL, Feb 7 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 372 more cases of COVID-19, as of midnight yesterday, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 80,896. The daily caseload stayed below 400, for three straight days. It showed signs of moderating, after peaking at 1,240 on…

India’s COVID-19 Recovery Rate Improves To Over 97 Percent

NEW DELHI, Feb 7 (NNN-PTI) – The recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in India increased to 97.19 percent yesterday, the health ministry said. “Till now 10,510,796 patients have been cured and 148,590 patients are under active medical supervision,” the ministry added. During the last 24 hours, 11,713 fresh cases were…

Bangladesh COVID-19 Cases Rise To 537,770, Death Toll At 8,190

DHAKA, Feb 7 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh reported 305 new COVID-19 cases and eight new deaths yesterday, bringing the tally to 537,770 and death toll to 8,190, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said. The official data showed that 12,315 samples were tested in the last 24 hours across Bangladesh.…

Sri Lankan President Inaugurates Construction Of Irrigation Tunnel By Chinese Company

COLOMBO, Feb 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, inaugurated the construction of an irrigation tunnel, to be undertaken by the China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd (CSCEC), local media reported here yesterday. President Rajapaksa, on Friday, laid the foundation stone at the groundbreaking ceremony for the 28-km-long irrigation…

Survey Finds 59 Percent Population In Brunei Open To COVID-19 Vaccination

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Feb 7 (NNN-BBNEWS) – A total of 59 percent of Bruneians would definitely take the COVID-19 vaccine, when it becomes available in the country, a vaccine intention survey conducted by the sultanate’s Ministry of Health revealed. Thirty-three percent were unsure for the time being. Only eight percent…

Abd Jalil Hassan Is New Police Chief Of Malaysia’s Selangor State

PETALING JAYA, Feb 6 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Bukit Aman, the Royal Malaysian Police Headquarters, named Pahang police chief, Abd Jalil Hassan, as the new Selangor police chief. Its corporate communications division announced that, the appointment will take effect from Mar 1. This comes, after the retirement of former Selangor police chief,…

Palestinian Man Killed By Israeli Settlers’ Gunfire In The West Bank: Palestinian Medics

RAMALLAH, Feb 6 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian man was shot dead yesterday, by Israeli settlers’ gunfire, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian medical sources said. The sources said that Khaled Nofal, 34, was killed, after an Israeli settler opened fire at him, near the village of Ras Karkar,…

Israel Reports 6,403 New COVID-19 Cases, 680,856 In Total

JERUSALEM, Feb 6 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s Ministry of Health reported 6,403 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, raising the total tally in the country to 680,856. The death toll reached 5,020, after 27 new fatalities were added, while the number of patients in serious condition increased from 1,098 to 1,101, out of…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 10,814,304, As Active Cases Fall Below 150,000

NEW DELHI, Feb 6 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 10,814,304 today, as 11,713 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, said the latest data from the federal health ministry. According to the official data, the death toll mounted to 154,918, as 95 COVID-19 patients died since…

Airstrikes Kill 18 Militants In E. Afghanistan: Gov’t

JALALABAD, Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 18 Taliban militants were killed, when the Afghan Air Force struck a militants’ position, in eastern Nangarhar province overnight, the local government confirmed today. The airstrikes were conducted in the mountainous Sherzad district, in the west of Nangarhar, the government said in a…