Just In: COVID-19 Cases Surpass 800,000-Mark In India, Total Deaths At 22,123

NEW DELHI, July 11 (NNN-PTI) – The total number of COVID-19 cases surpassed the 800,000-mark in India today (Saturday), reaching 820,916, as the total deaths stood at 22,123, said the data, released by the federal health ministry a short while ago.– NNN-PTI

Illegal ivory trade shrinks while pangolin trafficking booms, UN says

Angela Me, Director of Research at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime VIENNA, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The illegal global trade in ivory has shrunk while the trafficking of pangolins has soared, a UN report on wildlife crime based on four years’ data said. National bans on selling ivory,…

India’s May Factory Output Down 34.7 Percent, Rebounds From Apr

MUMBAI, July 11 (NNN-UNI) – India’s factory output contracted sharply by 34.7 percent in May to 88.4, over the same month last year, but indicated a pickup in industrial activity from the preceding month, as data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, on Friday. In Apr, the…

Nightclubs In Focus As Tokyo’s COVID-19 Cases Surge To New Daily Record

TOKYO, July 11 (NNN-NHK) – The number of new COVID-19 infections in Tokyo hit a new daily record of 243 cases on Friday, marking the second straight day, cases having topped 200, with those connected to nighttime entertainment spots in the capital continuing to chart an increase, amid rising concerns…

Covid-19: US welcomes WHO inquiry into coronavirus origins in China as Pres Trump continue attack on the Asian country

GENEVA/MIAMI, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States welcomes the World Health Organization’s W(HO) probe into the origins of the novel coronavirus in China, its ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said. “We welcome the WHO’s investigation. We view the scientific investigation as a necessary step to having a…

Dengue Cases In Laos Reach 2,736 With Eight Deaths

VIENTIANE, July 11 (NNN-KPL) – Dengue cases in Laos rose to 2,736, with eight deaths since Jan, the Lao Ministry of Health said, on Friday. The highest number of dengue patients were recorded in the Lao capital, Vientiane, with 625, while 339 cases were reported in Bolikhamxay province, and 335…

Covid-19: WHO reports record daily increase in global cases, up over 228,000

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Chief of World Health Organization(WHO) GENEVA, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Friday, with the total rising by 228,102 in 24 hours. The biggest increases were from the United States, Brazil, India and South Africa, according…

Thailand Intensifies Border Control With Myanmar Amid Concerns Of COVID-19

BANGKOK, July 11 (NNN-TNA) – The Thai Immigration Bureau said, it dispatched hundreds of officers to patrol the porous areas bordering Myanmar, for fear of illegal migrants crossing to Thailand and spreading COVID-19. The Thai army, police and administrative officers of border town, Mae Sot, in the northern province of…

5.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Southern Philippines

MANILA, July 11 (NNN-PNA) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2, rattled Davao del Sur province, in the southern Philippines before dawn today (Saturday), the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology (Phivolcs), said. The institute said, the quake, which struck at 2:16 a.m. local time, hit at a…

Covid-19: WHO pair head to China for virus origin scoping mission

GENEVA, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An epidemiologist and an animal health specialist from the World Health Organization flew to China on Friday to try and identify the animal source of the new coronavirus pandemic. The WHO said the advance team would be in Beijing for the weekend as they lay…
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