Kazakhstan Bans Export Of Key Food Products, Amid COVID-19 Spread

NUR-SULTAN, Mar 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Kazakhstan suspended exports of socially significant food products, since Mar 22, to guarantee domestic supply, Kazakh Minister of Trade and Integration, Bakhyt Sultanov, said. The banned products include buckwheat, wheat and rye flour, sugar, potatoes, carrots, turnips, beets, onions, cabbages, sunflower seeds and oil. According…

U.S. Aid Cut Will Not Impact Afghan Sectors: President Ghani

KABUL, Mar 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Afghan President, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, said, a one-billion-U.S. dollar reduction in economic aid to Afghanistan would not have an impact on the country’s key sectors. “Governments always have plans for prudential circumstances. We also had some basic plans for unexpected situation,” Ghani said. “I can…

Sharing Wuhan experience, expert says patients must be treated with differentiated therapies

BEIJING, March 24 (BERNAMA-NNN-XINHUA) — Chinese medical experts have emphasized using different therapies to treat patients with different symptoms of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), reported Xinhua news agency. “Patients with mild symptoms should be subject to centralized quarantine, have their vital signs monitored, and be transferred to designated hospitals…

Medical Workers Return Home After Finishing Their Task In Hubei

HUBEI, Mar 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Vice-Premier, Sun Chunlan, asked for the orderly, safe and smooth withdrawal of the medical staff supporting virus-hit Hubei province. Leading a central government group, to guide the epidemic control work in Hubei, Sun, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of…

Laos Celebrated Party’s 65th Anniversary

VIENTIANE, Mar 24 (NNN-VNA) – Streets across Laos have been decorated with national and Party flags, to celebrate the 65th founding anniversary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP). To mark the day, the country’s media ran articles and broadcast Vorachith’s speech, in which he affirmed that the formation of…

Pakistan Announces Lock-down Of Major Provinces To Curb COVID-19 Spread

ISLAMABAD, Mar 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Pakistan announced to lock-down east Punjab province, hours after locking down south Sindh province, to curb the spread of COVID-19, after the number of infected patients rose above 800 across the country, officials said. All markets and shopping malls, except grocery shops and medical stores,…

Iran’s COVID-19 Death Toll Rises To 1,812; More Mideastern Countries Impose Curfew To Curb Virus Spread

CAIRO, Mar 24 (NNN-MEHR) – Iran’s death toll from COVID-19 climbed to 1,812 on Monday, after 127 new deaths were reported. Meanwhile, more countries in the Middle East decided to impose curfew, to curb the spread of the virus. The total number of COVID-19 infections in Iran, the worst-hit country…

Myanmar Receives 6.7 Million USD From China Under LMC Special Fund

NAY PYI TAW, Mar 24 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar received over 6.7 million U.S. dollars from China, under the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Special Fund, on Monday. The signing ceremony of the agreement on the transfer of fund for LMC Special Fund (2020) projects, was held in Myanmar’s capital, Nay Pyi Taw.…

New Zealand To Go Into Lock-down In Two Days: PM

WELLINGTON, Mar 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, said today that, the country will shut down, in response to the community transmission of COVID-19, in two days. Ardern announced, the country would adopt the most severe response, level four of New Zealand’s COVID-19 response system, in 48…

Iran’s COVID-19 Death Toll Approaches 1,700, While Syria Reports First Case

CAIRO, Mar 23 (NNN-MENA) – The death toll from COVID-19 in Iran, soared to 1,685 on Sunday, as Syria reported the first case of infection. A total of 21,638 people have been infected with the highly infectious virus so far, 7,913 of whom have recovered. Earlier Sunday, the Iranian authorities…
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