Airport Blunder Allows 92 On Chicago Flight Into Japan Without Quarantine Request

TOKYO, Mar 28 (NNN-NHK) – More than 90 passengers and crew members on a flight to Japan’s Narita airport from Chicago, were given entry to the country without being requested to self-quarantine for 14 days, and not use public transport, the health ministry here said Friday. The self-quarantine measures, to…

Sri Lanka Closes Export Industrial Zones As COVID-19 Cases Rise

COLOMBO, Mar 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka closed export industrial zones and granted leave to thousands of workers, as part of the country’s efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the island’s state run Board of Investments said here. “All individuals transported were dropped off at their respective police stations, where…

Emergency Medical Supplies From China Arrive In Bangladesh To Help Combat COVID-19

DHAKA, Mar 28 (NNN-BSS) – A large consignment of emergency medical supplies, provided by the Chinese government to the Bangladeshi government, after Dhaka’s urgent request, arrived on Thursday afternoon at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, on a special Chinese flight. The aid consists of 10,000 testing reagents, 15,000 surgical masks,…

Pakistan Receives Medical Supplies Donation From China To Combat COVID-19

ISLAMABAD, Mar 28 (NNN-APP) – Nearly two tonnes of medical supplies from China were successfully handed over to Pakistan on Friday, at the Khunjerab pass in north Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region, to help the country fight COVID-19, according to the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan. The medical supplies, including ventilators, face masks,…

Foreign Countries Start Evacuating Their Nationals From Nepal After Nationwide Lock-down

KATHMANDU, Mar 28 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – Various countries have started to evacuate and repatriate their nationals on chartered flights from Nepal, after the Himalayan country imposed nationwide lock-down, suspending all domestic and international flights, including surface travels, Nepali officials said. The government imposed week-long lock-down starting from Tuesday, to prevent the…

Chinese Envoy Briefs UN Member States On Work Of Security Council In Face Of COVID-19

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, in his capacity as president of the Security Council for the month of Mar, attended a virtual joint briefing by the UN principal organs to member states on COVID-19. COVID-19 is posing huge challenges…

Japan To Set Up COVID-19 Task Force; No Emergency Now

TOKYO, Mar 26 (NNN-NHK) – Japan will set up a new COVID-19 task force, the government said today, as it warned of a high risk of a widespread of the virus, but the economy minister said, the government was not thinking of declaring a state of emergency now. Japan had…

Cruise Ships Told To Leave Australian Waters

SYDNEY, Mar 26 (NNN-BNA) – Two cruise ships, off the coast of Western Australia, have been told to “immediately” leave Australian waters, after the country’s worst outbreak of the COVID-19 was traced to a cruise liner that docked at Sydney Harbour last week. Cruise ships have become a flash point…

UAE Announces 85 New Covid-19 Cases, Seven More Recoveries

ABU DHABI, Mar 26 (NNN-WAM) – The UAE announced the detection of 85 new COVID-19 cases and the recovery of seven more individuals. The announcement was made by the Ministry of Health and Prevention, during a regular press briefing, wherein Dr. Farida Al Hosani, the official spokesperson for the UAE…

Bangladeshi Ex-PM Khaleda Zia Released From Jail For Six Months

DHAKA, Mar 26 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladeshi ex-Prime Minister, Khaleda Zia, has been released from jail for six months, on humanitarian grounds, in light of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. Zia, also chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), at around 4:15 p.m. local time on Wednesday, came out of Bangabandhu…