KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded 16,863 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Sunday, bringing the total tally to 4,138,867, according to the health ministry. The newly reported infections included 238 imported cases and 16,625 local transmissions, showed data released on the ministry’s website. A further 37 deaths have been reported from COVID-19, bringing the death toll […]
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Israeli PM tests positive for COVID-19
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has tested positive for COVID-19, his office announced early Monday morning in a statement. “The prime minister is feeling well and will continue his schedule as planned from his home,” said the statement. On Sunday, Bennett met with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jerusalem. In the […]
Four new corona cases reported in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: As many as four more people were diagnosed with fatal coronavirus during the last 24 hours, raising the tally of confirmed cases to 46,472 in the district. As per the latest data released by the District Health Authority here on Saturday, the total infected cases included 42,975 from Rawalpindi and 3,497 from other districts. […]
12 fresh Covid-19 cases reported in capital
ISLAMABAD: Health officials on Thursday said that 12 new Coronavirus cases were reported in the federal capital during the last 24 hours. According to an official of the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), as many as 18 cases were reported on Wednesday while 10 cases were reported on Tuesday. He said so far 135,003 […]
World ‘sleepwalking’ to climate catastrophe: UN chief
Paris: UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday the world is “sleepwalking to climate catastrophe”, with major economies allowing carbon pollution to increase when drastic cuts are needed. The planet-saving goal of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius is already “on life support,” he told a sustainability conference in London. Keeping 1.5C in play requires […]
Global COVID-19 cases on rise again despite reduced testing: WHO
GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) sounded the alarm on Wednesday over a global spike in COVID-19 cases, despite reduced testing and several weeks of declining infections. WHO said cases are especially on the rise in parts of Asia, urging for vaccination coverage to be extended and caution to be exercised in lifting pandemic response […]
China’s COVID-hit Jilin builds more makeshift hospitals
CHANGCHUN: Hard hit by the COVID-19 resurgence, Jilin Province in northeast China is racing against time to build more makeshift hospitals to thwart the latest outbreak. The construction of eight makeshift hospitals, with 11,488 beds, has been completed, and two temporary quarantine facilities which boast 662 isolation rooms have been established, according to a press […]
Omicron spreads to 28 provinces and regions in China
BEIJING: The COVID-19 epidemic situation in China is grim and complex, making it more difficult to prevent and control, but the overall epidemic situation in China is still controllable, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday. Chinese mainland has reported more than 15,000 domestically-transmitted positive cases from March 1 to 14, affecting 28 provinces and […]
Tunisia may see new COVID-19 wave in May: minister
TUNIS: Tunisian Health Minister Ali Mrabet warned on Monday that his country may witness a new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in May. The progress of fighting the virus does not justify laxity on the preventive measures, the minister told Mosaique FM, a private radio station. He also stressed the importance of vaccination, adding that […]
India’s COVID-19 tally rises to 42,996,062
India’s COVID-19 tally rises to 42,996,062 NEW DELHI, India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,996,062 on Tuesday, as 2,568 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 97 related deaths since Monday morning took the total death toll to 515,974. There […]