Roundup: Iraq Reports Highest Daily COVID-19 Cases As Iran Calls For Avoiding Travelling During New Year Holiday

CAIRO, Mar 4 (NNN-MENA) – The Iraqi health ministry reported yesterday, 5,173 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily increase since the outbreak of the disease in Feb, 2020. Meanwhile, Iran called on its people to refrain from travelling, during the two-week holiday of the Iranian New Year, starting Mar 21,…

Iraq Starts Vaccination Of Health Workers With China-Donated Vaccines

BAGHDAD, Mar 4 (NNN-NINA) – In a health centre of Medical City, Iraq’s largest medical complex, medical staff members gathered, to register for COVID-19 vaccination with the Sinopharm vaccine donated by China. “We are very optimistic about the vaccination programme, and we started the vaccination of some 40 medics in…

Vietnam’s Garment Export Stable In First Two Months

HANOI, Mar 4 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s textile and garment export revenue, totalled nearly 4.8 billion U.S. dollars in the first two months of this year, down just 0.01 percent, against the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office today. In Feb alone, Vietnam’s textile and garment export…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 11,156,923

NEW DELHI, Mar 4 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 11,156,923 today, as 17,407 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, according to the latest data from the federal health ministry. According to the official data, the death toll mounted to 157,435, as 89 COVID-19 patients died…

Maldives Tightens COVID-19 Restrictions Despite Vaccine Progress

MALE, Mar 4 (NNN-PSM) – The Maldivian government tightened restrictions, to prevent the spread of COVID-19, despite progress in vaccination. The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, earlier this week announced that, all prayer congregations at mosques in the Greater Male Region, must be conducted with social distancing. The ministry also urged…

RTM To Broadcast Royal Wedding Of The Malaysian King And Queen This Saturday

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 (NNN-Bernama) — Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) will broadcast a documentary on the royal wedding between the Malaysian King Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and the Queen Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, held 35 years ago, this Saturday. RTM,…

Volcanologists Raise Alert Level Over Philippine Volcano

MANILA, Mar 4 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine volcanologists, today, raised alert level 1, over Mount Pinatubo volcano, about 100 km north-west of the Philippine capital, Manila, due to “persistence of seismic activity.” “This means that, there is low-level unrest that may be related to tectonic processes, beneath the volcano,” the Philippine…

S. Korea’s Foreign Reserves Hit Record High In Feb

SEOUL, Mar 4 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s foreign reserves hit a new record high last month, as the weak U.S. dollar increased the conversion value of non-dollar assets, central bank data showed today. Foreign currency reserves reached 447.56 billion U.S. dollars, as of the end of Feb, up 4.83 billion…

Japanese PM Says Extending COVID-19 Emergency In Tokyo Region Necessary

TOKYO, Mar 4 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, said, extending the COVID-19 state of emergency for the greater Tokyo area by about two weeks would be necessary, as infection numbers have not fallen enough for the emergency period to be lifted as scheduled. Following a meeting with health…

Australian Gov’t Urged To Investigate Attorney-General’s Rape Allegations

CANBERRA, Mar 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Australian government is facing renewed calls, to establish an independent inquiry, into historical rape allegations against Attorney-General (AG), Christian Porter. Porter yesterday identified himself as the minister accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in 1988, when he was 17, and denied the allegations, declaring…
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