Thailand reports highest daily spike with 20,000 Covid-19 cases
BANGKOK, Thailand: Thailand has reported 20,200 new coronavirus cases and 188 additional deaths – both records since the start of the pandemic last year. The...
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India hits grim milestone of 200,000 Covid deaths as army steps in
NEW DELHI, India: India’s coronavirus death toll is nearing the bleak milestone of 200,000 with another 2,771 fatalities reported while its armed forces have pledged...
Over 56% of New Delhi residents exposed to Covid, govt survey reveals
NEW DELHI, India: Around 56.13% of the New Delhi’s 20 million population have been infected with the coronavirus, according to a government serological survey whose...
China jails citizen journalist for four years over Wuhan virus reports
BEIJING, China: A Chinese journalist who covered Wuhan’s coronavirus outbreak has been jailed for four years. Zhang Zhan was found guilty of “picking quarrels and...
More than 40 countries ban UK arrivals amid Covid-19 outbreak
LONDON, UK: More than 40 countries have banned UK arrivals because of concerns about the spread of a new variant of coronavirus. Flights from the...
Pizza worker’s ‘lie’ forces SA state-wide lockdown
ADELAIDE, South Australia: The government has decided to impose a state-wide lockdown after learning a man with Covid-19 had lied about his link to a...
Schools, shopping centres added to hotspots as five new virus cases confirmed
ADELAIDE, Australia: Long queues of people at testing sites across South Australia with waiting times currently sitting at three hours were witnessed as five new...
MERS death toll in Saudi Arabia reaches 61
Riyadh (AFP) – Saudi health authorities announced on Sunday the death of an elderly woman from the MERS coronavirus, bringing the death toll from the...