Thailand Reopens 37 Border Checkpoints For Cross-Border Cargo Transport

BANGKOK, June 30 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand will reopen checkpoints on the border with all neighbouring states, to resume cross-border cargo transport and trading from July 1, according to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), chaired by Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha. CCSA decided to reopen a total of 37 checkpoints…

S.Korea Reports 42 More COVID-19 Cases, 12,757 In Total

SEOUL, June 29 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 42 more cases of the COVID-19, compared to 24 hours ago, as of 0:00 a.m. Monday local time, raising the total number of infections to 12,757. The daily caseload moved roughly between 30 and 60 in recent weeks, due to the continued…

Over Eight Million In Beijing Receive COVID-19 Tests

Test results from about 7.69 million people have come back so far, said Zhang Qiang, deputy head of the Organisation Department of Beijing Municipal Party Committee. BEIJING, June 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nearly 8.3 million residents of Beijing have received nucleic acid tests, as of Sunday noon, since the resurgence of…

Singapore To Permit Resumption Of Tourism Businesses

SINGAPORE, June 29 (NNN-CNA) – The Singapore Tourism Board (STB), said on Sunday that, tourism businesses in Singapore will be permitted to resume operations, at stages, from July 1, beginning with 13 attractions. The authority said, this is part of the resumption of activities in Phase 2, after the Circuit…

New High-Speed Railway Connects East, Central China

HEFEI, June 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – A new high-speed railway route connecting east and central China started operation on Sunday. With a designed speed of 350 kph, the route connects the city of Shangqiu in central China’s Henan Province, and Hefei and Hangzhou, the capital cities of east China’s Anhui and…

Thailand’s Deputy PM Becomes Leader Of Ruling Palang Pracharath Party

BANGKOK, June 28 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister, Prawit Wongsuwon, was named leader of the Palang Pracharath Party on Saturday. Prawit, who has earlier acted as head of the ruling party’s strategic campaign committee, was given overwhelming votes as the new party leader from the party’s acting executive board.…

One Killed, Four Taken Ill Due To Gas Leak In Factory In India

NEW DELHI, June 28 (NNN-PTI) – One person was killed and four others were taken ill, two of them critically, due to a gas leak inside a factory in the southern Indian state of Andhara Pradesh, officials said. The ammonia gas leaked inside a factory in Nandyala town of Kurnool…

12 People Found With COVID-19 Antibodies In Latest Brunei Survey

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, June 28 (NNN-BB NEWS) – A serology survey conducted this month, at several selected mosques in Brunei, found 12 cases with COVID-19 antibodies, the country’s Ministry of Health said. According to the ministry, preliminary findings showed that 12 out of 504 participants tested positive for the serology…

India COVID-19 Death Toll Rises To 16,095 As Total Cases Reach 528,859

NEW DELHI, June 28 (NNN-UNI) – India’s federal health ministry, this morning said, 410 new deaths due to COVID-19, besides fresh 19,906 positive cases, were reported during the past 24 hours across the country, taking the number of deaths to 16,095 and total cases to 528,859. This is the biggest…

Singapore PM Calls For Coordinated Global Response Against COVID-19 Pandemic

SINGAPORE, June 28 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, wrote in a Facebook post today that, a global pandemic requires a coordinated global response, especially in scientific research and government actions. He wrote that Singapore has been doing its part collecting and analysing data on the COVID-19, in…
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