Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Resurge In Asia-Pacific As Philippines Reports Record High Of 6,352 New Infections

HONG KONG, Aug 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has been accelerating in the Asia Pacific, as the Philippines reported a record high of 6,352 new cases, yesterday, and India announced over 50,000 infections for the sixth consecutive day. The number of cases in the Philippines surged…

Iran’s President Says Enemy Wages “Psychological Warfare”

TEHRAN, Aug 5 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, said that, enemies have waged “a psychological warfare” against the country, to downplay its achievements. One of the enemy’s main strategies in harming Iran’s economy, beside sanctions, is to “portray a poor image of the administration’s economic management and downplay the…

Indonesia Reports 1,922 Newly-Confirmed COVID-19 Cases, 86 New Deaths

JAKARTA, Aug 5 (NNN-ANTARA) – COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 1,922 within one day, to 115,056, with the death toll adding by 86 to 5,388, the health ministry said yesterday. According to the ministry, 1,813 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to…

Thailand to widen medical cannabis production

BANGKOK: File photo of Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister, Anutin Charnivarkul. Photo courtesy of Yuttachai Kongprasert/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire/dpa By Linda Khoo BANGKOK, Aug 4 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Thai cabinet today agreed to amend the Narcotics Act to widen medical cannabis production, a move towards developing…

Foreign Visitors To Cambodia Down 64.6 Percent In H1 Due To COVID-19

PHNOM PENH, Aug 4 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia attracted 1.18 million international visitors during the first half of 2020, down 64.6 percent from 3.33 million over the same period last year, said the latest report released by the Ministry of Tourism today. China, Vietnam and Thailand were the biggest sources of…

Covid-19: Wuhan not necessarily where coronavirus crossed from animals into humans – WHO expert

GENEVA, Aug 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — Although the first clusters of atypical pneumonia were reported in Wuhan, China, it doesn’t necessarily mean that is where the COVID-19 disease crossed from animals into humans, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) expert said. Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies…

Pres Trump says TikTok ‘out of business’ in US if not sold by mid-Sept

WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump said that Chinese-owned hugely popular video-sharing app TikTok will be “out of business” in the United States if not sold to a US firm by Sept 15. “I set a date of around September 15, at which point it’s going to be…

JAL Posts Net Loss Of 880 Million USD In Apr-June Quarter Due To Pandemic

TOKYO, Aug 4 (NNN-NHK) – Japan Airlines Co. said, it posted a net loss of 93.71 billion yen (881.63 million U.S. dollars) in the Apr-June quarter, as the global pandemic wreaked havoc on the global aviation industry. Owing to uncertainty amid the continued pandemic, JAL said, it had once again…

ADB Approves 100-Million-USD Loan To Uzbekistan To Fight COVID-19

TASHKENT, Aug 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said, it approved a loan worth 100 million U.S. dollars, to strengthen Uzbekistan’s response to public health emergencies, including the COVID-19 pandemic. ADB said, its COVID-19 Emergency Response Project will help fund the country in increasing testing capacity for COVID-19…

Plasma Therapy Cures Critically Ill COVID-19 Patient In Nepal

KATHMANDU, Aug 4 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – A 60-year-old patient of COVID-19, recovered from the critical stage of the disease, after being treated with plasma therapy, the first time in the Himalayan country, a doctor involved in the treatment said. “The patient, who was in serious danger before, was treated with plasma…
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