Over 23,000 Prisoners Remitted Sentences In Myanmar

YANGON, Feb 12 (NNN-MNA) – The State Administration Council of Myanmar, remitted sentences of 23,314 local prisoners and 55 foreign prisoners today, according to the council’s orders. Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, chair of the council, granted pardon to inmates who received punishments before Jan 31 this year. The state pardon…

New Zealand’s First COVID-19 Vaccine To Arrive Earlier Than Expected: PM

WELLINGTON, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand’s first batch of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is set to arrive in New Zealand next week, subject to transportation plans and quality temperature control, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said today. “We have been working behind the scenes to secure the timely arrival of vaccines…

Lao Gov’t Urges Public To Stay Vigilant Against Dengue

VIENTIANE, Feb 12 (NNN-KPL) – The Lao Ministry of Health, urged officials and people across the country, to stay vigilant and help control the spread of dengue fever. Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control, under the Lao Ministry of Health, Sisavath Soutthaniraxay, told a press conference…

Covid-19: Equatorial Guinea veep to be first vaccinee as China donates vaccines

Equatorial Guinea VP, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue MALABO, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Equatorial Guinea vice-president, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, has announced that he will be the first citizen to receive the coronavirus vaccine.He made the disclosure when he on Thursday received a consignment of 100,000 doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccines.…

New Zealand Reports Two Cases Of COVID-19 In Managed Isolation

WELLINGTON, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported two cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation today. There are no new cases in the community. Both of the new border cases came from Britain, and have remained in Auckland’s managed isolation facilities, according to the Ministry of Health. Twelve previously reported…

Cross-Border Attack Leaves Minor Killed, Seven Injured In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Feb 12 (NNN-APP) – A five-year-old child was killed and seven other children were injured, in a cross-border attack from Afghanistan into Pakistani territory yesterday, an army statement said. The incident happened at 2:50 p.m. local time (9:50 a.m. GMT), when terrorists fired five rockets from inside Afghanistan, into…

Uzbekistan Starts Registration Of Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine

TASHKENT, Feb 12 (NNN-CAN) – Uzbekistan launched a process to register Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, Uzbek Health Ministry press service said, yesterday. According to the ministry, Uzbekistan’s special commission against the pandemic, reviewed results of the third stage clinical trials of Sputnik V. “And it was approved that…

Covid-19: Latest global developments

PARIS, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Here are some of the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: . The virus has killed at least 2,355,410 people since the outbreak emergedin China in December 2019. The US is the worst-affected country with 471,575 deaths followed byBrazil with 234,850, Mexico with 169,760, India…

Pakistan Conducts Training Launch Of Cruise Missile: Army

ISLAMABAD, Feb 12 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan yesterday conducted a successful training launch of a cruise missile, with a range of 450 km, the Pakistani military said. An army statement said that, the Babur cruise missile is capable of engaging targets, at land and sea, with high precision. “The missile was…

PM Lee: Singapore Should Be Able To Offer COVID-19 Vaccinations To Entire Population This Year

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, Feb 11 (NNN-Bernama) — Singapore should be able to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to its entire population within this year, provided that the vaccine supplies come in as scheduled, according to the republic’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Lee who completed his full vaccination regimen on Jan…
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