Indonesia Reports 12,408 Newly Confirmed COVID-19 Cases, 1,030 More Deaths

JAKARTA, Aug 23 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Indonesian Health Ministry said yesterday that, the number of COVID-19 cases in the country rose by 12,408 within one day, to 3,979,456, with the death toll adding by 1,030 to 126,372. During the past 24 hours, 24,276 recovered patients were discharged from hospitals, raising…

Three Robbers Shot Dead As Police Foil Bank Robbery Attempt In India’s Assam

NEW DELHI, Aug 23 (NNN-PTI) – Three dacoits (bandits) were killed, as police foiled a bank robbery attempt, in India’s north-eastern state of Assam, officials said yesterday. The incident took place early yesterday, at the village Bhotgaon in Kokrajhar district, about 190 km west of Dispur, the capital city of…

New Zealand Cream Team Creates New Product For Chinese Consumers

WELLINGTON, Aug 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – A cross-cultural research and development project, succeeded in harnessing the natural grass-fed goodness of milk from New Zealand’s remote West Coast, into a product suitable for discerning Chinese bakers, China’s Yili and New Zealand’s Westland said today. The product, Yili Pro UHT Whipping Cream, will…

Cambodia’s Delta Variant Cases Jump To 999 With 163 New Infections

PHNOM PENH, Aug 23 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s Ministry of Health (MoH) announced on Sunday that, another 163 new cases of the Delta COVID-19 variant were confirmed, bringing the total number of such cases in the Southeast Asian nation to 999. “So far, the Delta variant has hit 23 out of…

Bangladesh Records 4,804 New COVID-19 Cases, 139 More Deaths

DHAKA, Aug 23 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh reported 4,804 new COVID-19 cases and 139 more deaths yesterday, making the tally at 1,461,998 and death toll at 25,282, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. The official data showed that, 31,689 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, as of…

Pakistan Dispels Speculations On Foreign Minister’s Visit To Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD, Aug 23 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan yesterday dispelled speculations, regarding visit of the country’s foreign minister to Kabul, according to the Foreign Ministry. “No visit by the Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, to Kabul, is scheduled. Any speculation in this regard is baseless,” Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri,…

Anti-Taliban Fighters Evict Taliban From Districts In Afghanistan’s Northern Baghlan

KABUL, Aug 23 (NNN-ANA) – Militants opposing the Taliban have evicted Taliban fighters from three districts in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province, but the Taliban fighters have recaptured one of them, a local television channel, Tolo news, reported yesterday. The anti-Taliban fighters seized Pul-e-Hisar, Deh Salah and Banu districts on Friday,…

Vietnam Reports 11,214 New COVID-19 Cases, 348,059 In Total

HANOI, Aug 23 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam reported 11,214 new COVID-19 infections yesterday, including 11,208 locally transmitted and six imported, according to the Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, including 4,193 in the epicentre, Ho Chi Minh City, 3,795 in the nearby Binh Duong…

Thailand Strives To Elevate Tourism Industry Striken By Pandemic

BANGKOK, Aug 23 (NNN-TNA) – More than a year-and-a-half since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, Thailand’s tourism industry is now struggling to survive, and trying to shift from mass tourism to attracting more quality visitors. The country received some 40 million international visitors in 2019, and the number came down…

Iran Registers Daily High In COVID-19 Deaths

TEHRAN, Aug 23 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s daily COVID-19 death toll hit a new high yesterday by registering 684 new cases, taking the country’s total death cases to 102,038. The pandemic has so far infected 4,677,114 people in the country, after 36,419 new cases were registered in the past 24 hours,…
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