Covid-19: Pre-orders of vaccine top five billion

PARIS, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Although none of the coronavirus vaccines under development has proved its efficacy yet in clinical trials, at least 5.7 billion doses have been pre-ordered around the world. First shipments of a COVID-19 vaccine created by Western laboratories have often been snapped up by the United…

Over 10,000 Myanmar Nationals Arrive Home By Relief Flights

YANGON, Aug 13 (NNN-MNA) – The Myanmar government brought 10,482 citizens back by relief flights and special flights, as of last night, according to a release from the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Due to the suspension of international commercial flights during the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has been bringing back its…

Thailand To Continue Price Control, Mask Export Restriction

BANGKOK, Aug 13 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce, said that, surgical mask factories were allowed to sell products directly to local markets, instead of sending them to the state as required before, during the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand. The Ministry’s Internal Trade Department, confirmed that surgical…

5.5-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Northern Philippines

MANILA, Aug 13 (NNN-PNA) – An earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5, shook Batanes province, in the northern Philippines today, the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology (Phivolcs), said. The institute said that, the quake, which struck at 6:32 a.m. local time, hit at a depth of 14 kilometres,…

Four Police Officers Killed In Bomb Attack In W. Afghanistan

FARAH, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least four police officers were killed and 16 people wounded, after a bomb explosion took place outside a provincial police station, in Afghanistan’s western Farah province yesterday, a local official confirmed. “Four killed and 16 wounded were admitted to a provincial main hospital following…

Australia Records 21 COVID-19 Deaths On 4th Consecutive Deadliest Day

CANBERRA, Aug 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – Australia’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed 350 on the nation’s deadliest day of the pandemic. Authorities yesterday confirmed 21 new deaths, all of which were in Victoria, taking the national death toll to 352 and Victoria’s to 267. Australia has now recorded its deadliest day of…

Roundup: Iran Calls For Enhancing Anti-COVID-19 Cooperation In E. Mediterranean Region; Saudi Arabia’s Cases Exceed 290,000

CAIRO, Aug 12 (NNN-MENA) – Iran called for extending cooperation on fighting COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Meanwhile, the tally of infections in Saudi Arabia surpassed 290,000. The total COVID-19 infections in Iran, the hardest-hit country in the Middle East, rose to 331,189, after 2,345 new cases were registered.…

US Pres Trump says coronavirus changed ‘great’ relationship with China’s Xi

WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump said his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping has frayed in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic and that he has not spoken to his Chinese counterpart for a long time. “I used to have a very good relationship with…

Anxious Mauritians use hair to stem Japanese ship’s oil spill

A satellite image shows the MV Wakashio ship and the oil spill off the southeast coast of Mauritius NAIROBI, Aug 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mauritians are making floating booms of human hair and leaves in a round-the-clock scramble to mop up oil leaking from a grounded Japanese ship onto their pristine…

At Least Five Dead As Bus Catches Fire In Southern India

MUMBAI, Aug 12 (NNN-PTI) – At least five people were killed, after a bus travelling to India’s southern city of Bengaluru caught fire on a highway, in the early hours of Wednesday (today). The private bus, carrying around 32 passengers, caught fire, after it developed a short circuit in the…
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