All Students In Australia’s New South Wales Can Return To Classroom As COVID Lockdown Lifts

SYDNEY, Oct 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) – After nearly four months of at-home-learning, all students across Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW) could return to the classroom. The final stage of the return to the classroom saw more than 500,000 students from across years 2 to 11, going to school from…

China Donates More COVID-19 Vaccines To Philippines

MANILA, Oct 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – China donated another batch of Sinovac CoronaVac vaccines to the Philippines yesterday, to support the country’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign. The donation arrived in Manila along with the vaccines of the same brand that the Philippines purchased from China. In a brief statement to reporters at…

Chinese COVID-19 Vaccines Boost Ethiopia’s Inoculation Drive

ADDIS ABABA, Oct 25 (NNN-ENA) – The latest batch of Chinese-donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines, totaling 800,000 doses, arrived in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, yesterday, giving a boost to the nation’s vaccination efforts. China has so far donated in excess of 1.8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Ethiopia, which the…

Singapore Reports 3,383 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Oct 25 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore recorded 3,383 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally in the country to 172,644, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a press release. Of the new cases, 2,708 were reported in the community and 667 in migrant workers’ dormitories, while eight…

Voting In Uzbekistan’s Presidential Election Ends With High Turnout

TASHKENT, Oct 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Voting in Uzbekistan’s presidential election ended with over 80 percent turnout yesterday, described by the country’s Central Election Commission as a historic achievement for the country. “Uzbekistan’s presidential election was held in accordance with international norms, domestic legislation and in line with democratic principles, open…

India’s First Banni Buffalo Calf Born Through IVF

NEW DELHI, Oct 24 (NNN-PTI) – For the first time in India, scientists have succeeded in having a calf of the Banni breed of buffaloes born yesterday, through IVF (in vitro fertilisation), officials said. The calf was born in the western state of Gujarat. Banni Buffalo, a rare breed of…

Over 330 Families Receive Solar Panels In Afghanistan’s Eastern Parwan Province

CHARIKAR, Afghanistan Oct 24 (NNN-BIA) – A total of 336 households have received solar power panels over the past four days, in the eastern Parwan province, it was reported, yesterday. “After a precise survey, each family received one solar panel along with all equipment to keep their houses bright, in…

Cambodia Lifts Ban On All Flights From Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines

PHNOM PENH, Oct 24 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia yesterday, lifted ban on all flights from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, after most of the kingdom’s population have been vaccinated against COVID-19, Health Minister, Mam Bunheng said, in a press statement. The decision to lift the ban was made by Cambodian Prime…

India’s Life Expectancy Drops By Two Years Due To COVID-19

MUMBAI, Oct 24 (NNN-PTI) – Life expectancy of Indians dropped by close to two years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as per statistical analysis, published by a Mumbai-based state-run institution, yesterday. “The life expectancy at birth in 2019 was 69.5 years for men and 72 years for women, which came…

Pakistan Sees Continuous Rise In Dengue Cases

ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (NNN-APP) – An additional 832 dengue fever cases were reported in different areas of Pakistan in the past 24 hours, health authorities said. The cases were detected in the country’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and eastern Punjab provinces, along with the federal capital, Islamabad. In Islamabad 118…
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