Truck Collision Kills One, Injures Two In Central Vietnam

HANOI, Apr 6 (NNN-VNA) – A traffic accident between two trucks, in Vietnam’s central Ninh Thuan province, killed one and injured two on Monday (today). A truck, carrying goods, in the direction from central Nha Trang to southern Ho Chi Minh City, collided with another, transporting frozen shrimp, in the…

Japan expected to effect a state of emergency on April 8

TOKYO, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — With death toll in Japan from the COVID-10 pandemic surpassing 100 Sunday, Japan is most likely expected to declare a state of emergency, the first of its kind in the country, on Tuesday. Japan’s news agency Kyodo, quoted a government official saying on Monday that…

Iran’s COVID-19 Cases Nudge 59,000 As Slowdown Continues; Israel’s Tally Crosses 8,000

CAIRO, Apr 6 (NNN-MENA) – Iran’s COVID-19 cases rose by 2,483 to 58,226, as the slowdown continued for five consecutive days. Meanwhile, the tally of infections in Israel surpassed 8,000. The death toll from the disease in Iran rose by 151 to reach 3,603. So far, a total of 22,011…

New Zealand Can Put COVID-19 Under Control: PM

WELLINGTON, Apr 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – New Zealand believed the country can put COIVD-19 under control, as the country reported 89 new cases on Sunday, making the total number of cases to 1,039 in the country. Director-General of Health, Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, from the Ministry of Health, gave the update at…

First Batch Of Students Released From Isolation In Brunei

Lyna Mohamad BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Apr 5 (NNN-BBNEWS) – The first batch of Bruneian students, who underwent isolation at several isolation centres, from Mar 20, completed their 14-day isolation yesterday. Parents and family members were seen waiting patiently at various hotels, which had isolation centres, while the children underwent the…

Indian PM Talks To U.S., Brazilian, Spanish Leaders On Global COVID-19 Situation

NEW DELHI, Apr 5 (NNN-PTI) – Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, held telephone conversations with U.S. President, Donald Trump, Brazilian President, Jair Messias Bolsonaro and Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez Perez-Castejon, on Saturday, and discussed global COVID-19 situation, the Ministry of External Affairs said. Modi expressed deep condolences for the…

Sri Lanka Conducts First Online Tea Auctions Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

COLOMBO, Apr 5 (NNN-SLNEWS) – The Colombo Tea Auction, one of largest and oldest ongoing tea auctions in the world, conducted it’s first online sessions Saturday, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Colombo Tea Auction, which was suspended for two weeks, due to a curfew imposed by the government, to contain…

New York State Governor Says 1,000 Ventilators Coming From China

NEW YORK, Apr 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – A donation of 1,000 ventilators arrived in New York City on Saturday from China, said New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo. “We finally got some good news today,” said the governor on Twitter. “The Chinese government helped facilitate a donation of 1,000 ventilators that will…

Iran’s COVID-19 Cases Top 53,000 As Turkey’s Total Surpasses 20,000

CAIRO, Apr 4 (NNN-MENA) – The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Iran climbed to 53,183 on Friday, as the total of confirmed cases in Turkey rose to 20,921. Iran, the worst-hit country in the Middle East, reported 134 more deaths, raising the death toll to 3,294. So far,…

Covid-19: ‘Worst yet to come’ for countries in conflict, says UN chief

UNITED NATIONS, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres renewed his call for a global ceasefire, urging all parties to conflict to lay down arms and allow war-torn nations to combat the coronavirus pandemic. “The worst is yet to come,” Guterres said, referring to countries beset with fighting like…
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