Bangladeshi Ex-PM Khaleda Zia Released From Jail For Six Months

DHAKA, Mar 26 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladeshi ex-Prime Minister, Khaleda Zia, has been released from jail for six months, on humanitarian grounds, in light of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. Zia, also chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), at around 4:15 p.m. local time on Wednesday, came out of Bangabandhu…

Australian Army Reservists Called On For COVID-19 Support

CANBERRA, Mar 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Australian Army is preparing to deploy reservists to assist with the Australian Defence Force’s response to COVID-19. The Guardian Australia, today published an email sent by Carmen Sieger, the acting director of the directorate of contingent workforce management army, earlier in Mar, in which…

Vietnam’s Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Total 148

HANOI, Mar 26 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s Ministry of Health, today (Thursday) morning, confirmed seven new cases of COVID-19 infection, bringing the total in the country to 148. The seven new cases included a French and a South African, travelling to Vietnam recently, four Vietnamese citizens, returning home from Britain, the…

New Zealand Reports 78 New Cases Of COVID-19

WELLINGTON, Mar 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand recorded 78 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 today (Thursday), the first day of the national lock-down, bringing the total number of confirmed and probable cases to 283. Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield, told a press conference that 27 people have recovered.…

Covid-19: More than 3 billion told to stay home worldwide as death toll passes 20,000

PARIS, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than three billion people have been asked to stay at home in almost 70 countries and territories as governments battle the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe. Most of the countries concerned, including Argentina, Britain, France, India and Italy as well as many US states,…

Non-Urgent Surgery Suspended In Australia To Facilitate COVID-19 Fight

CANBERRA, Mar 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Australian government announced that, non-urgent elective surgery will be suspended, to allow more capacity in hospitals, while the country is combating COVID-19. According to the government, from 11:59 p.m. local time Wednesday, only category one and some exceptional category two surgery will continue, in…

7.5-magnitude quake hits off Russia’s Kuril Islands: USGS

MOSCOW, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 7.5-magnitude quake hit off Russia’s Kuril Islands on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake hit at a depth of 59 kilometres, around 1,400kilometres northeast of the Japanese city of Sapporo, USGSadded. The US National Tsunami Warning Center said it was “analyzing the…

Roundup: Iran’s COVID-19 Death Toll Nears 2,000, As Saudi Arabia Reports 1st Death

CAIRO, Mar 25 (NNN-MENA) – Iran’s death toll from COVID-19 approached 2,000, after 122 new deaths were reported on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia reported the first death from the virus. The death toll in Iran surged to 1,934, while the total number of infections rose to 24,811, after 1,762 new…

Philippine President Signs Self-Granting Special Law To Deal With COVID-19

MANILA, Mar 25 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, signed a law that authorises him to exercise “stand-by powers,” necessary to carry out urgent measures, to deal with COVID-19, Senator Christopher Go said, early on Wednesday. The act, entitled the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, was passed by the…

G20 Virtual Summit On COVID-19 To Be Held Tomorrow

RIYADH, Mar 25 (NNN-SPA) – The Saudi Arabian G20 Presidency, will host a virtual G20 Summit, on response to the COVID-19 pandemic, tomorrow, March 26, the G20 Saudi secretariat said. Saudi King, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, will chair the meeting, to advance a coordinated global response to the COVID-19…
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