For many Australians, face masks are among the most visible symbols of the pandemic.The country of 25 million people has had some of the world’s toughest disease control measures. Its borders were closed to most foreign nationals for two years,
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 12 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported 1,709 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the national total to 4,524,727, according to the health ministry.There are three new imported cases, with 1,706 being local transmissions, da…
SINGAPORE, Singapore reported 2,969 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 1,335,625.Of the new cases, 325 cases were detected through polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, and 2,644 through antigen rapid test (ART), according to…
YANGON– The United Nations (UN) yesterday, condemned the killing of a staff member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in south-eastern Myanmar.Ramanathan Balakrishnan, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Myanmar, called for all parties and stakehold…
SEOUL– South Korea reported 13,358 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 18,188,200, the health authorities said today.The daily caseload was up from 6,172 the previous day, but it
GENEVA— The World Health Organization said that 780 laboratory-confirmed monkeypox cases had been reported to it from 27 non-endemic countries, while maintaining that the global risk level was moderate.The WHO said the 780 figure, for cases from May 13…
