Izah Azahari BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Aug 29 (NNN-ANN) – About 81 percent of COVID-19 positive cases in Categories One and Two are placed at government isolation centres. They will be allowed to return home to continue their quarantine once their recovery is confirmed. This was stated by the Minister of…

NEW DELHI, Aug 29 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 32,695,030 today, as 45,083 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, according to the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 460 deaths due to the pandemic since yesterday morning, took the total death toll…

WELLINGTON, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported 85 new cases of COVID-19, said Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health from the Ministry of Health, at a press conference today. Of the 85 new cases reported, 83 were community cases in Auckland and Wellington, two were recent returnees in managed isolation…

ULAN BATOR, Aug 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia recorded 2,414 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the national count to 208,871, the health ministry said today. Meanwhile, three more patients aged 61-80 died from the viral disease in the past day, bringing the death toll to…

HANOI, Aug 29 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam reported 12,103 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, including 12,097 locally transmitted and six imported, according to the country’s Ministry of Health. The new infections brought the country’s total tally to 422,469, with 10,405 deaths, the ministry said. Most of the community cases were detected in…

SINGAPORE, Aug 29 (NNN-CNA) – The first batch of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine will be available at some hospitals and clinics in Singapore from tomorrow. The IHH Healthcare Singapore, a private healthcare provider, said in a Facebook post yesterday that, it will open appointment bookings for the Chinese vaccine tomorrow, and…