Singapore further lifts border measures as Covid situation eases
Singapore: Non-fully vaccinated travelers entering Singapore will no longer be required to undergo a seven-day home quarantine upon arrival starting from 11:59 p.m. local time on August 28 after the latest Omicron BA.5 wave has subsided in the city-state, the health authority said on Wednesday.
Japan PM Fumio Kishida tests COVID-19 positive
Tokyo: Japan PM Fumio Kishida has tested COVID-19 positive, media reports said on Sunday.
US first lady Jill Biden tests COVID-19 positive
Washington: US first lady Jill Biden has tested COVID-19 positive.
Young workers have been hit hardest by COVID fallout, says UN labour agency
New York: The number of young people globally who can’t find a job this year is set to reach 73 million – that’s a full six million more than before COVID-19 – the UN labour agency said on Thursday.
Kim Jong Un 'seriously ill' during North Korea Covid outbreak, reveals sister
Pyongyang/IBNS: Kim Jong Un's sister revealed that the North Korean leader suffered from a "high fever" during a recent Covid-19 outbreak in the country, reports said.
China: COVID-19 lockdown strands tourists in Sanya
Beijing/ Sanya: Around 80,000 tourists are believed to be stranded in China's popular resort city Sanya after authorities announced lockdown measures amid COVID-19 outbreak, media reports said.
China: Yiwu imposes quasi-lockdown amid COVID-19 outbreak
Yiwu: The Chinese city of Yiwu, which is considered as a major source of manufactured goods for the rest of the world, has now imposed a quasi-lockdown amid COVID-19 outbreak, media reports said on Sunday.
Joe Biden remains Covid positive, to continue strict isolation: White House
Washington/UNI: US President Joe Biden tested positive again for the novel coronavirus and continues to experience less frequent, occasional cough with all other indicators being normal, presidential physician Kevin O’Connor said on Wednesday.
US President Joe Biden tests positive for Covid again, returns to isolation
Washington/IBNS: US President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 for a second time and is returning to isolation, the White House said Saturday.
Las Vegas of Asia shuts casinos amid Covid19 outbreak
Macau/UNI: For the first time in more than two years, the world's biggest gambling bub -- Macau -- on Monday shut its casinos.
COVID-19: Chinese authorities neglecting elderly citizens amid new Omicron variant threat
Beijing: Elderly citizens in China are being neglected by the authorities despite the detection of the new Omicron subvariant of Covid-19 recently in the country.
New Zealand reports 6,498 Covid-19 cases
Wellington/UNI/Xinhua: New Zealand has recorded 6,498 new community cases of Covid-19 and eight more deaths, the Ministry of Health said in a statement Monday.
Flight from cities due to COVID-19 short-lived, says flagship UN-Habitat report
New York: A new United Nations report says that rapid urbanization was only temporarily delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the global urban population back on track to grow by another 2.2 billion people by 2050.
Political or scientific: China’s patriotic COVID-19 medication
Beijing: Reuters reports that Chinese health regulators have authorized TCM medications, including the Lianhua-Qingwen capsules, for use by Covid patients despite a lack of valid clinical evidence.
Canada: Quebec sees spike in COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations
Montreal/IBNS: The province of Quebec witnessed an increase in infections related to COVID-19, with reportedly 1,226 hospitalizations in the last 24 hours and five more deaths.