Covid-19: Massive homecoming blocked as Indonesia ramps up strides to curb virus spread

Passengers walk inside the domestic flight terminal of Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, following the government’s suspension of commercial flights JAKARTA, April 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Indonesian police have thwarted thousands of people planning to go back to hometowns for celebrating the Islamic festivity as the country has been…

North Korea’s Kim ‘alive and well’: South Korea security adviser

SEOUL, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is “alive and well”, said a top security adviser to the South’s President Moon Jae-in, downplaying rumours over Kim’s health following his absence from a key anniversary. “Our government position is firm,” said Moon’s special adviser on national security…

Covid-19: New Zealand has won battle against virus transmission, says PM

WELLINGTON, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday claimed New Zealand had scored a significant victory against the spread of the coronavirus, as the country began a phased exit from lockdown. “There is no widespread, undetected community transmission in New Zealand,” Ardern declared. “We have won that…

Update: Covid-19 cases top 2.9 million with 204,696 deaths

PARIS, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The new coronavirus has claimed at least 204,696 lives since its outbreak in China in December, according to a tally from official sources as at 1900 GMT on Sunday. More than 2,929,630 cases were registered in 193 countries and territories. Of these cases, at least…

Kim’s special train spotted in Wonsan amid rumors over his health: U.S. monitor

SEOUL, April 27 (NNN-YONHAP) — A train presumed to belong to North Korean leaderr Kim Jong-un has been spotted at a station in the communist state’s eastern coastal town of Wonsan amid speculation about Kim’s health, a U.S. monitor said Sunday, citing commercial satellite imagery on the region. According to 38 North,…

Covid-19: Hospitalized cases in Wuhan drop to zero as China seizes over 89 million shoddy face masks

BEIJING, April 27 (NNN-XINHUA) — The number of hospitalized COVID-19patients in Wuhan, the central China city hardest hit by the epidemic, hasdropped to zero, a health official said. The result is achieved with the hard efforts of medical workers in Wuhan and those who were dispatched to assist Wuhan in…

Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 5 more deaths, 418 fresh positive cases

DHAKA, April 27 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh reported five more deaths, including a child, from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 418 fresh positive cases overnight. “Five more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 145,” DGHS Additional Director General (administration) Prof Nasima…

Covid-19: India’s death toll rises to 824, cases climb to 26,496

NEW DELHI, April 27 (NNN-PTI) — The death toll due to COVID-19 roseto 824 and the number of cases climbed to 26,496 in India on Sunday, according to the Union health ministry. The death toll increased by 45 and the number of cases has gone up by 1,554 since the…

COVID-19 claims 23 more lives in Indonesia

JAKARTA, April 26 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Indonesia has recorded 23 more deaths due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The government’s spokesperson for the COVID-19-related matters Achmad Yurianto said the new deaths bringing the COVID-19 death toll in the republic to 743 cases while the total number of positive cases…

Pakistan’s Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Rise To 12,723 With 269 Deaths

ISLAMABAD, Apr 26 (NNN-APP) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 12,723, with 269 deaths in Pakistan, according to the data updated by the country’s health ministry on Sunday morning. The data revealed that 15 patients died and 783 persons tested positive during the last 24 hours across…
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