Nepal Reports Record High Fatality From COVID-19 As Cases Surpass 30,000 Mark

KATHMANDU, Aug 22 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – The Nepali government, confirmed the record-high single day fatality of 11 deaths due to COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 137. As the COVID-19 pandemic started to spread among the different clusters of communities in recent days, the fatality rate has also jumped sharply. “Eleven…

Japan Continues To Be Scorched By Heatwave As Fatalities Rise

TOKYO, Aug 22 (NNN-NHK) – Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), yesterday said, wide swathes of the nation continued to be gripped by a scorching heatwave. The number of fatalities have risen on an almost daily basis, since the extreme heat began to bake regions across eastern and western Japan. Yesterday, the…

Foreign Visitors To Japan Plummets 99.9 Percent In July Amid Pandemic

TOKYO, Aug 22 (NNN-NHK) – The number of foreign visitors to Japan in July, plummeted by 99.9 percent from a year ago, for the fourth consecutive month, due to the global COVID-19 outbreak, the government said in a report yesterday. According to estimates by Japan Tourism Agency, only 3,800 foreign…

Israel’s Tally Of COVID-19 Cases Exceeds 100,000

JERUSALEM, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Israel’s confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed the mark of 100,000 yesterday, Israeli Health Ministry said. The total number of cases in the country has reached 100,716, with 1,117 new cases registered since Thursday night. The death toll rose to 809, with 14 new death cases, while…

391 New COVID-19 Cases Reported In UAE, 66,193 In Total

DUBAI, Aug 22 (NNN-WAM) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE), yesterday announced 391 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 66,193. UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention, said in a statement, the new cases are all in stable condition and receiving medical treatment. And 143…

West Nile Virus Claims First Victim In Spain: Reports

MADRID, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A 77-year-old man from the southern Spanish town of La Puebla del Rio, becomes the first victim of the West Nile virus in Spain, on Thursday night, Spanish media reported yesterday. According to Spanish TV network, Telecinco, and family sources, who confirmed the news, the…

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Reached 419 In Myanmar With Increasing Local Transmissions

YANGON, Aug 22 (NNN-MNA) – The number of COVID-19 cases reached 419 in Myanmar yesterday, with increasing number of local transmissions, according to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry. Ten more people, including a 10-year-old child, in Sittwe township of Rakhine state, tested positive on Friday night. On…

Singapore Reports 117 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Aug 22 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 117 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 56,216. Of the new cases, 13 are imported cases, six are community cases and the rest are linked with the dormitories of foreign workers. Yesterday,…

Nepali Gov’t Decides To Resume Scheduled International Flights From Sept 1

KATHMANDU, Aug 22 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – The Nepali government has decided to resume scheduled international flights from Sept 1, after nearly six months of flight suspension, a cabinet minister said yesterday. The Nepali government suspended international flights since Mar 22, to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The country had earlier planned…

Roundup: All Nine Men Trapped In India’s Hydroelectric Plant Fire Killed

by Peerzada Arshad Hamid NEW DELHI, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Rescuers yesterday recovered bodies of all the nine people, who were trapped inside a hydroelectric power plant that caught fire Thursday night, in India’s southern state of Telangana, officials said. The fire broke out Thursday night, in its under tunnel…