Aussie National Airline Qantas Reports Loss Of 2.8-Billion-USD As Revenue Hit

SYDNEY, Aug 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s national airline, Qantas, reported a 2.8-billion-U.S. dollar revenue hit, for the second half of the 2020 financial year, today, due to the crippling effects of COVID-19. In a statement to shareholders, the company posted an 89-million-U.S. dollar before tax profit, for the 12 months…

No Virus Found From Thais In Contact With Infected Malaysian Visitor: Health Authorities

BANGKOK, Aug 20 (NNN-TNA) – The Thai Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), said that, through contact tracing, they have not found any COVID-19 infection among those who had been in close contact with a Malaysian man who tested positive. The 46-year-old Malaysian visited Thailand and returned to Kuala Lumpur…

More Local Transmissions Of COVID-19 Reported In Myanmar, 396 Cases In Total

YANGON, Aug 20 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar reported two more locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 this morning, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 396, said the Health and Sports Ministry. One patient is a 41-year-old male, living in Sittwe township of Rakhine state who was under quarantine…

Older Black, Ethnic People Among Poorest 20 Percent In England: Study

LONDON, Aug 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people, aged 50 to 70, are more likely to be in the poorest 20 percent of the population in England, a new study revealed yesterday. Carried out by the Centre for Ageing Better, with the Institute for Public Policy…

Ghana’s Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Surpass 43,000

ACCRA, Aug 20 (NNN-GNA) – Ghana registered 101 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the caseload to 43,094, according to the latest government update. A total of 167 more patients were discharged from hospital, taking the total number of recoveries to 40,963, the service said. The West African country…

Gunmen Kill At Least 11 In Northern Nigeria

ABUJA, Aug 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Gunmen in Nigeria’s northern state of Kaduna, killed at least 11 villagers, in attacks extending over multiple days, according to local authorities yesterday. A village head was among those killed in the attacks, recorded in the three local communities of Zangon Kataf, Kajuru, and Kachia,…

Chinese Medical Expert Team In South Sudan For Anti-Virus Mission

JUBA, Aug 20 (NNN-SUNA) – A team of Chinese medical experts arrived in South Sudan yesterday, to strengthen the east African nation’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The eight-member team from China’s Anhui Province, consists of experts in the fields, including laboratory technology, infection, insensitive care, public health, and nursing.…

U.S. COVID-19 Cases Surpass 5.5 Million: Johns Hopkins University

NEW YORK, Aug 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 5.5 million on Wednesday, according to the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE), at Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. case count rose to 5,505,074, with the national death toll reaching 172,418, as…

Yemeni Military Official, Soldiers Killed In Battle With Houthis In Al-Jawf

SANAA, Aug 18 (NNN-SABA) – A Yemeni senior military official and eight soldiers were killed, in battle with the Houthi rebels, in Yemen’s northeastern province of al-Jawf, a local medical source said. General Mohammed Ali al-Roqn, commander of the 122 Brigade, along with eight soldiers, were killed in the battle,…

Iraq Reports 3,202 New COVID-19 Cases, 180,133 In Total

BAGHDAD, Aug 18 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Health Ministry, on Monday reported 3,202 new COVID-19 cases, indicating a decline in the daily infections, compared to the past few days, while the total nationwide infections climbed to 180,133. The Health Ministry’s teams and institutions used 21,403 testing kits across the country…