COVID-19 Cases In Nepal Cross 60,000 Mark With Record High Daily Spike

KATHMANDU, Sept 19 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – With record high infection of over 2,000 cases in a single day, COVID-19 cases in Nepal surpassed 60,000 mark, Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population, said. “The cases reached 61,593 yesterday with 2,020 new cases confirmed in the last 24 hours,” Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson at…

Indian Gov’t Says 30 COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Under Various Stages Of Development

NEW DELHI, Sept 19 (NNN-UNI) – India’s federal health ministry said, 30 COVID-19 vaccines were under various stages of development. Of the 30 vaccines, three were in the advanced stage. “Nationally, nearly 30 COVID-19 vaccine candidates are under development, by both industry and academia. These vaccines are in different stages…

Aussie PM “Encouraged” In Fight Against Second Wave Of COVID-19 Infections In Hardest-Hit State

CANBERRA, Sept 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, declared that he is “encouraged” by the nation’s fight against a second wave of COVID-19 infections in the state of Victoria. Morrison yesterday held a meeting of the Cabinet, which is composed of the prime minister and state and territory…

Thai returnee dies of COVID-19, first fatality in more than 100 days

BANGKOK, Sept 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — A 54-year-old Thai man who returned from Saudi Arabia earlier this month died of COVID-19 today, the first death recorded in the country in more than 100 days. The man who had served as an interpreter at the Labour Ministry in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, arrived…

Tony Fernandes quashes news AirAsia Japan suspending flights

PETALING JAYA, Sept 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Airasia Group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes has quashed news that AirAsia Japan is to suspend all flights for most of October. “I don’t know where this came out from but obviously, (we do) re-value and evaluate all our operations at any one moment. “We will…

Indonesia capital eyes doubling of COVID-19 testing as cases soar

Health workers conduct a swab test on civilians, some of 28 living in the compounds of the Indonesian army’s Officer Candidate School in Bandung JAKARTA, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Indonesia’s capital plans to double its COVID-19 testing capacity in the near future, its governor said, as it fights surging infections…

Two-thirds of Japan public support new PM Suga, polls show

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (center) TOKYO, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government was backed by at least two-thirds of respondents in domestic polls taken in the early days of his administration. The Kyodo news agency said its telephone poll showed 66.4 per cent of…

Japan sending team to probe Mauritius ship grounding

Oil leaking from the MV Wakashio that ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius TOKYO, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Japan said it will send a five-person team to Mauritius to investigate the grounding of a Japanese-owned ship off the country’s coast that led to an environmental crisis. A bulk…

Covid-19: South Korea’s capital Seoul seeks US$4 million in damages from church over new outbreak

South Korean police stand guard near the Sarang Jeil Church, which has become a new cluster of coronavirus disease infections, in Seoul SEOUL, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The metropolitan government in South Korea’s capital Seoul said it would seek 4.6 billion won (US$4 million) in damages against a church for…

Covid-19: Cases top 30 million worldwide

PARIS, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of coronavirus cases registered worldwide topped 30 million on Thursday. The grim landmark came as the World Health Organization warned of “alarming rates of transmission” of Covid-19 across Europe. The tallies, using data from national authorities andinformation from the World Health Organization (WHO),…
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