Brunei Reports First COVID-19 Death

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Mar 28 (NNN-BBNEWS) – Brunei reported the first death case from COVID-19 in the country, the Ministry of Health said today (Saturday). According to the health ministry, the deceased was a 64-year-old man, who returned to Brunei from Malaysia and Cambodia, on Mar 4. The man, who…

Chinese Mainland Reports Zero Increase In Domestic COVID-19 Cases

BEIJING, Mar 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese health authority, today (Saturday), said that, no new domestically transmitted cases of the COVID-19 disease were reported, on the Chinese mainland on Friday. The National Health Commission received reports of 67 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, on the Chinese mainland on Friday, all of which…

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…

COVID-19: Death toll rises to 23 in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Malaysian government is set to unveil another multi-billion ringgit stimulus package on Friday to ease the financial burden of almost all segments of the society following the enforcement of the Movement Control Order (MCO) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 23 deaths have been recorded…

COVID-19: Indonesia’s death toll rises to 78

By Mohd Shukri Ishak JAKARTA, March 26 (Bernama) — The COVID-19 death toll in Indonesia has become worrying after 20 more fatalities were reported in the country in the past 24 hours.  The death toll now stands at 78 cases, Indonesian government spokesman for COVID-19 Achmad Yurianto said. The highest number of…
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