Iran Urges Withdrawal Of U.S. Forces From Gulf

TEHRAN, Apr 20 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) called for full withdrawal of all American forces from the Gulf and West Asia. In a statement, the IRGC Navy said, the “illegal” presence of U.S. forces in the region is the source of insecurity in West Asia. “The…

Covid-19 toll at 1100 GMT Sunday

PARIS, April 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 160,685 on Sunday, according to a tally from official sources. More than 2,334,130 declared cases have been registered in 193 countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged in China in December. Of these…

Bangladesh Receives COVID-19 Preventive Medical Aids From China

DHAKA, Apr 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – Bangladesh Air Force (BAF), conducted a special ferry flight, to fetch home COVID-19 preventive medical aids from China, the Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) said here Sunday. ISPR, a department under the defence ministry, said in a statement that, the BAF C-130J transport aircraft, returned…

Singapore Reports Daily Record Of 942 COVID-19 New Cases

SINGAPORE, Apr 19 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore reported 942 new cases of COVID-19 infection as of Saturday noon, the highest daily increase so far, the Ministry of Health said. This increase brings the city state’s total confirmed cases to 5,992. All the new cases are locally transmitted cases. Of the total,…

Pakistan Extends Suspension Of All Flight Operations Till Apr 30

ISLAMABAD, Apr 19 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan extended the suspension of all domestic and international flight operations till Apr 30, a statement from the country’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said, Saturday. The decision comes after the country witnessed a regular increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, which had risen…

Turkish President Inspects Construction Of COVID-19 Hospitals From Air In Istanbul

ISTANBUL, Apr 19 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, inspected the construction of two COVID-19 hospitals in Istanbul from the air by a helicopter. Turkey has been building the hospitals for COVID-19 patients in the Ataturk Airport area, on the European side of the city, and the Sancaktepe district…

Covid-19: Outbreak at Philippine jail fuels calls for prisoner releases

MANILA, April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eighteen guards and inmates at a jam-packed Philippine prison have tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said, heightening fears of a rapid spread of the illness inside the country’s jails. Another 30 prisoners were showing symptoms inside the Quezon City Jail in the capital Manila…

Covid-19: South Asia cases hit 22,000 as Maldives locks down capital

NEW DELHI, April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of people infected with the coronavirus crossed 22,000 in densely populated South Asia on Friday driven by a rise in cases in India as the tiny Indian Ocean island nation of Maldives locked down its capital. Health officials have warned that the…

Indonesia’s COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 500, Confirmed Cases Reach 5,923

JAKARTA, Apr 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Indonesian government reported 24 new deaths of COVID-19 on Friday, raising the total fatalities in the country to 520, the highest in Southeast Asia. At a press conference, the government’s spokesperson for the COVID-19-related matters, Achmad Yurianto, said that, there were 407 new confirmed…

Singapore Reports 623 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Apr 18 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH), reported 623 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 5,050. The ministry also said that 69 percent of the new cases were linked to known clusters, while the rest were pending contact tracing.…
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