South Korea's President Moon Jae-in delivers speech on the government budget at the National Assembly in Seoul on Oct 25, 2021. (JUNG YEON-JE / POOL / AFP) SYDNEY / SUVA / KUALA LUMPUR / ANKARA / SEOUL / TOKYO – South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that the country will begin returning to normalcy from the […]
In this file photo taken on July 1, 2021, an international passenger reacts after a medical worker gave him a COVID-19 swab test following his arrival for the “Phuket Sandbox” tourism scheme that allows the entry of vaccinated visitors, at Phuket International Airport in Phuket, Thailand. (LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) MUMBAI / YANGON – Thailand’s […]
Island of Langkawi (MOHD RASFAN / AFP / GETTY IMAGES) WELLINGTON / MELBOURNE / TOKYO / KUALA LUMPUR / JERUSALEM / TEHRAN / BANGKOK / PHNOM PENH / MANILA / SEOUL / SINGAPORE / NEW DELHI – Malaysia will reopen the tourist haven of Langkawi islands to overseas visitors beginning Nov 15, under a pilot international tourism bubble project that will […]
A medic from Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service prepares a booster shot of the coronavirus vaccine in Tel Aviv, Israel on Aug 14, 2021. (TSAFRIR ABAYOV / AP) SYDNEY / YANGON / COLOMBO / KUALA LUMPUR / NEW DELHI / WELLINGTON / TOKYO / NEW DELHI / RAMALLAH / GAZA / SEOUL / JERUSALEM […]
Cyclists ride past the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in the Marina Bay area of Singapore, Sept 25, 2021. (ORE HUIYING / BLOOMBERG) SYDNEY / JERUSALEM / ANKARA / TEHRAN / SEOUL /KUALA LUMPUR / NEW DELHI / TOKYO / ULAN BATOR / SINGAPORE / YANGON – Singapore's health ministry reported 3,994 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, […]
A health worker inoculates a woman with a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination at a zoo in Surabaya on Sept 13, 2021. (JUNI KRISWANTO / AFP) SYDNEY / RIYADH / JERUSALEM / ANKARA / KUALA LUMPUR / WELLINGTON / NEW DELHI / TOKYO / BANGKOK / JAKARTA / BENGALURU / MANILA – Indonesia expects to enter […]
A health worker prepares a dose of Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination drive at the Baiturrahman grand mosque in Banda Aceh on Sept 7, 2021. (CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP) MELBOURNE / JERUSALEM / PHNOM PENH / JAKARTA – Indonesia added 19 fatalities in the 24 hours through midday Sunday, the fewest since May 25, […]
Whangarei Mayor Sheryl Mai, left, and Kirk Milner at the Ngati Hine Health Trusthold hold up placards advertising a vaccination center in Whangarei, New Zealand, Oct 16, 2021. (MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM / NZME VIA AP) NEW DELHI / AUCKLAND / SYDNEY / KUALA LUMPUR / ANKARA / TEHRAN – New Zealand vaccinated at least 2.5 percent of […]
Worshippers circumambulate the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand mosque in the holy Saudi city of Mecca, on the first day of the al-Adha feast celebrated by Muslims worldwide, on July 20, 2021. (FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP) PHNOM PENH / SYDNEY / HANOI / BAGHDAD / SINGAPORE / KUALA LUMPUR / SEOUL / ANKARA / NEW DELHI […]
An undated handout photo received on Oct 28, 2015, shows Palau's Rock Islands. (AFP PHOTO / THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS / MATT RAND) SYDNEY / DENPASAR / TEHRAN / VIENTIANE / BEIRUT / KUALA LUMPUR / YANGON / WELLINGTON / SINGAPORE / ANKARA – The tiny Pacific nation of Palau has the world's highest percentage […]
In this file photo taken on Aug 16, 2021, a health worker inoculates a woman with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against COVID-19 at an inoculation site in Amritsar, India.(NARINDER NANU / AFP) MANILA / SEOUL / NEW DELHI / ISLAMABAD / WELLINGTON/ SEOUL / ANKARA / YANGON – India is building up a […]
A health worker prepares a dose of Covaxin in the COVID-19 vaccination room at the Super Speciality Hospital Hospital in Srinagar, India, on Jan 29, 2021. (PHOTO / BLOOMBERG) ISTANBUL / SYDNEY / DHAKA / NEW DELHI / TEHRAN / KUALA LUMPUR / ULAN BATOR / YANGON / WELLINGTON / ISLAMABAD / SINGAPORE / SEOUL […]
In this file photo taken on July 1, 2021, an international passenger reacts after a medical worker gave him a COVID-19 swab test following his arrival for the “Phuket Sandbox” tourism scheme that allows the entry of vaccinated visitors, at Phuket International Airport in Phuket, Thailand. (LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) SYDNEY / BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN […]
People wait to receive COVID-19 vaccines in Klang, Selongor, Malaysia, Sept 12, 2021. (CHONG VOON CHUNG / XINHUA) MELBOURNE / JERUSALEM / WELLINGTON – Malaysia reached its target of fully vaccinating 90 percent of the adult population, a milestone that allows the government to end a months-long ban on interstate travel. Fully inoculated people will […]
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaks to a health worker at a COVID-19 test site set up at a public housing estate in the Ang Mo Kio area of Singapore on July 25, 2021. (BLOOMBERG) Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong wants to push on with the strategy of living with COVID-19 without being […]
People at a cross junction in Shibuya, Japan, Oct 1, 2021. (KIICHIRO SATO / AP) SINGAPORE / JERUSALEM / SYDNEY / BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / NEW DELHI / TEHRAN / TOKYO / BEIRUT / ULAN BATOR / WELLINGTON / ISLAMABAD / SEOUL / MANILA / HANOI / JAKARTA – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said […]
A medic from Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service administers a Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at a school in Holon, Israel on Sept 3, 2021. (TSAFRIR ABAYOV / AP) SEOUL / MOSCOW / KUALA LUMPUR / SYDNEY / NEW DELHI / JAKARTA / TEHRAN / ULAN BATOR / YANGON / KATHMANDU / WELLINGTON / ISLAMABAD / SINGAPORE […]
A health worker inoculates a man with a dose of the Johnson and Johnson CPOVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on July 14, 2021. (NOORULLAH SHIRZADA / AFP) NEW DELHI / SEOUL / SYDNEY / NEW DELHI / TEHRAN / JERUSALEM / BISHKEK / VIENTIANE / KUALA LUMPUR / ULAN BATOR / WELLINGTON […]
A woman waits with others to receive a dose of the Covaxin vaccine against the coronavirus at a vaccination center in New Delhi on Sept 29, 2021. (SAJJAD HUSSAIN / AFP) SYDNEY / NEW DELHI / TEHRAN / JERUSALEM / YANGON / SINGAPORE / ANKARA / KUALA LUMPUR / WELLINGTON / SEOUL / VIENTIANE / NEW DELHI / ULAN […]
People walk along a street in Shibuya, an entertainment district of Tokyo, on Oct 1, 2021, as Japan lifts the coronavirus state of emergency for the first time in more than six months. (KIICHIRO SATO / AP) MELBOURNE / PHNOM PENH / JAKARTA / JERUSALEM / TEHRAN / YANGON / KUALA LUMPUR / WELLINGTON / […]