Health

Philippines To Relax Ban On Foreign Travellers From Feb

MANILA, Jan 29 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines will relax its ban on travellers, starting next month, from over 30 countries…

COVID-19 Vaccines From India Arrive In Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Jan 29 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lanka yesterday received 5,00,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine gifted by India, the country’s first…

COVID-19 Cases Rise To 139,152 In Myanmar

YANGON, Jan 29 (NNN-MNA) – The number of COVID-19 cases rose to 139,152 in Myanmar yesterday, according to the Health…

Brunei Issues Guidelines For Chinese New Year After Recording More Imported COVID-19 Cases

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jan 29 (NNN-ANN) – The Brunei government yesterday released a direction for precautionary measures, during the upcoming…

Brunei-China Joint Petrochemical Venture Organises Blood Donation

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jan 28 (NNN-ANN) – Hengyi Industries Sdn Bhd, a joint venture between China and Brunei, held a…

Philippines Logs 2,245 New COVID-19 Cases, India’s Tally Rises To 10,689,527

HONG KONG, Jan 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread in Asia-Pacific as the Philippines reported 2,245 new…

Pregnant Australians Advised Against Getting COVID-19 Vaccines

CANBERRA, Jan 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Pregnant Australian women are advised against receiving COVID-19 vaccines, until more data is available. Vijay…

All Nippon Airways To Suspend Int’l Flights On 16 Routes As Demand Slumps

TOKYO, Jan 27 (NNN-NHK) – All Nippon Airways (ANA), announced yesterday, it will suspend services on 16 international routes, from…

Indonesia’s COVID-19 Cases Pass One-Million Mark Amid Vaccination Drive

JAKARTA, Jan 27 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia registered more than one million confirmed cases of COVID-19, since the first infection was…

Jordan Voices Appreciation To Gulf States’ Support

AMMAN, Jan 27 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan voiced appreciation to the Gulf states’ support and expressed keenness to boost cooperation between…