S.Korea To Secure COVID-19 Vaccines For 88 Percent Of Population

SEOUL, Dec 8 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea planned to secure COVID-19 vaccines for 44 million people, or 88 percent of the country’s total population, the health ministry said today. The Ministry said, it pre-ordered 20 million doses of vaccines each from Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca, which require two shots, as…

Myanmar To Hold New Parliamentary Session In Feb 2021

YANGON, Dec 8 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar will hold the next parliamentary session in the first week of Feb, 2021, state-run media reported today. The term of the current parliamentary session is set to conclude at the end of Jan next year. According to the 2008 Constitution, the first regular session…

Cambodia Reports Two More COVID-19 Cases In The Capital

PHNOM PENH, Dec 8 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia confirmed two more local COVID-19 cases in the capital, bringing the total number of infected people linked to the first-ever community transmission to 34, the Ministry of Health said today. The first community transmission was detected on Nov 28, after six people in…

Explosions Heard In Syria’s Golan Heights Area

DAMASCUS, Dec 8 (NNN-SANA) – A series of explosion were heard in Syria’s south-western Quneitra Governorate today, causing no casualties, so far, Syrian media reported. According to reports by Alikhbaria TV (Syrian News Channel), the sounds of powerful blasts were heard, in the southern suburbs of the largely destroyed and…

Japan’s Suga Announces 700 Billion USD Additional Economic Package

TOKYO, Dec 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, today said that Japan will compile an additional economic package. “We will maintain employment, keep businesses going, revive the economy and open a path to growth, including through green and digital technology,” Suga said, at a meeting of the government…

China, U.S. To Work Together To Rebuild Mutual Trust: FM

BEIJING, Dec 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, yesterday urged joint efforts from China and the United States, to ensure “a stable transition” of China-U.S. relations against disruptions of all kinds. They should be striving to resume dialogue, bring ties back on track, and rebuild…

Thailand Approves New Year Mega Countdown Events With COVID-19 Health Guidelines

BANGKOK, Dec 8 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), yesterday approved the holding of New Year mega countdown events, as long as health safety standards are implemented, to prevent the spread of COVID-19. National Security Council Secretary General, Natthapon Nakpanich, who is also director of the CCSA,…

Turkey Reports Record Daily COVID-19 Deaths

ISTANBUL, Dec 8 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey reported 32,137 new COVID-19 cases, including 6,420 symptomatic patients, as the total number of symptomatic coronavirus patients in the country increased to 545,711, the health ministry announced. The number of deaths from COVID-19 in Turkey rose by 203, the highest daily rise in the…

Iraq Reports 1,815 New Covid-19 Cases, 566,015 In Total

BAGHDAD, Dec 8 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Ministry of Health, reported yesterday, 1,815 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total nationwide infections to 566,015. The ministry also reported 28 new deaths and 2,158 recovered cases, raising the death toll to 12,460 and the total recoveries to 495,725. A total of 3,705,069…

U.S. “Inhumane” Sanctions Block Iran’s Purchase Of COVID-19 Vaccines: Central Bank Head

TEHRAN, Dec 8 (NNN-IRNA) – The governor of Iran’s central bank said yesterday, the U.S. “inhumane sanctions” have blocked Iran’s purchase of vaccines, needed to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. “Because the purchase of the COVID-19 vaccine has to be done through the official channels of the World Health Organisation (WHO),…