Japan Continues To Be Scorched By Heatwave As Fatalities Rise

TOKYO, Aug 22 (NNN-NHK) – Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), yesterday said, wide swathes of the nation continued to be gripped by a scorching heatwave. The number of fatalities have risen on an almost daily basis, since the extreme heat began to bake regions across eastern and western Japan. Yesterday, the…

Covid-19: Pandemic could be over within two years – WHO head Tedros

Dr Tedros said globalisation had allowed the virus to spread more quickly GENEVA, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says he hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be over in under two years. Speaking in Geneva, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Spanish flu of 1918…

Foreign Visitors To Japan Plummets 99.9 Percent In July Amid Pandemic

TOKYO, Aug 22 (NNN-NHK) – The number of foreign visitors to Japan in July, plummeted by 99.9 percent from a year ago, for the fourth consecutive month, due to the global COVID-19 outbreak, the government said in a report yesterday. According to estimates by Japan Tourism Agency, only 3,800 foreign…

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Reached 419 In Myanmar With Increasing Local Transmissions

YANGON, Aug 22 (NNN-MNA) – The number of COVID-19 cases reached 419 in Myanmar yesterday, with increasing number of local transmissions, according to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry. Ten more people, including a 10-year-old child, in Sittwe township of Rakhine state, tested positive on Friday night. On…

Singapore Reports 117 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Aug 22 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 117 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 56,216. Of the new cases, 13 are imported cases, six are community cases and the rest are linked with the dormitories of foreign workers. Yesterday,…

Nepali Gov’t Decides To Resume Scheduled International Flights From Sept 1

KATHMANDU, Aug 22 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – The Nepali government has decided to resume scheduled international flights from Sept 1, after nearly six months of flight suspension, a cabinet minister said yesterday. The Nepali government suspended international flights since Mar 22, to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The country had earlier planned…

Roundup: All Nine Men Trapped In India’s Hydroelectric Plant Fire Killed

by Peerzada Arshad Hamid NEW DELHI, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Rescuers yesterday recovered bodies of all the nine people, who were trapped inside a hydroelectric power plant that caught fire Thursday night, in India’s southern state of Telangana, officials said. The fire broke out Thursday night, in its under tunnel…

China To Raise Gasoline, Diesel Retail Prices Today

BEIJING, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – China will raise the retail prices of gasoline and diesel starting today, the country’s top economic planner said, yesterday. The price of gasoline will go up by 85 yuan (about 12.3 U.S. dollars) per tonne, while that of diesel will increase by 80 yuan, according…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Surpasses 2.9 Million, Philippines Confirms 4,786 New Cases

HONG KONG, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – India’s COVID-19 tally surpassed 2.9 million yesterday, as cases in Bangladesh climbed past 290,000, while the Philippines reported 4,786 newly confirmed cases, bringing the total cases in the Southeast Asian country to 182,365. India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 2,905,823, and the death toll surged…

Thailand to extend state of emergency to end of September

BANGKOK, Aug 21 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Thailand will extend the country’s state of emergency until the end of September – its fifth extension – citing the COVID-19 situation across the globe as a remaining concern. The current state of emergency will end on August 31. Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) spokesman Thaweesilp Wissanuyothin said a CCSA…
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