This picture taken on May 17, 2022 and released from the DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency on May 18 shows a doctor promoting pandemic control measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Pyongyang. (STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) PYONGYANG / MANILA / NEW DELHI – More than 78 percent of the […]
This undated picture released from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on May 20, 2022 shows employees of the Central Ideals Zoo disinfecting the zoo to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 in Pyongyang. (STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) SEOUL / NEW DELHI – The Democratic People’s Republic […]
Passengers wait in line before moving onto their temporary housing for quarantine as they come out of an arrival gate for international flights at the Narita International Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, on Dec 2, 2021. (HIRO KOMAE / FILE / AP) SEOUL / YANGON / SINGAPORE / KUALA LUMPUR / WELLINGTON / TOKYO / NEW […]
Staff check a client at a drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on Jan 8, 2022. (MARK BAKER / AP) YANGON / HANOI / BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / SINGAPORE / SEOUL / WELLINGTON / SYDNEY / VIENTIANE / KUALA LUMPUR – Police and health officials will assist the availability of ambulance services in the state […]
A health worker wearing protective clothing conducts a swab test on a boy at a testing center for the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Hanoi on Aug 8, 2020. (NHAC NGUYEN / AFP) SYDNEY / JAKARTA / WELLINGTON / KUALA LUMPUR -Vietnam's Ministry of Health has called for speeding up COVID-19 vaccination for children aged five […]
Passengers wait in line before moving onto their temporary housing for quarantine as they come out of an arrival gate for international flights at the Narita International Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, on Dec 2, 2021. (HIRO KOMAE / FILE / AP) SEOUL / HANOI / SINGAPORE / JERUSALEM / TOKYO / WELLINGTON / CANBERRA / MANILA – […]
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to the media during a press conference on COVID-19 restrictions at Parliament in Wellington on March 23, 2022. (MARTY MELVILLE / AFP) UNITED NATIONS / JAKARTA – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tested positive for COVID-19 with moderate symptoms, her office said in a statement on Saturday. […]
This picture taken on October 10, 2021 and released by the DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency on October 11 shows DPRK top leader Kim Jong-un giving a speech to mark the 76th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang. (STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) SEOUL / VIENTIANE / SINGAPORE / SUVA / PYONGYANG […]
A medical worker takes a swab sample from a citizen at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site during a mass testing for COVID-19 in Haidian district, Beijing, capital of China, April 26, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Shanghai’s response to the city’s surge in COVID-19 infections has been a continuation of China’s strong yet dynamic response […]
Health workers give a first dose of COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine to a woman, part of the 65 years and older tier, at a school being used as a vaccination site in Yangon on Feb 5, 2021. (STR / AFP) BAKU / SINGAPORE / HANOI / PYONGYANG / NEW DELHI / WELLINGTON / SEOUL / MUMBAI / SYDNEY […]
Staff members from the Hoshinoya Tokyo hotel demonstrate the "Lantern Dining Experience", where lanterns made by Kojima Shoten – a shop in Kyoto – are used to shroud diners for mask-free dining amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, during a media event at the hotel in Tokyo on Feb 28, 2022. (PHILIP FONG / AFP) ISLAMABAD […]
People return to shopping at Newmarket in Auckland, New Zealand as some COVID-19 restrictions were eased on Nov 10, 2021. (ALEX BURTON / NEW ZEALAND HERALD VIA AP) ISLAMABAD / SINGAPORE / HANOI / KUALA LUMPUR / SEOUL / WELLINGTON – New Zealand has reported 1,001,898 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the […]
Staff check a client at a drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on Jan 8, 2022. (MARK BAKER / AP) CANBERRA / JERUSALEM / YANGON / SEOUL / KUALA LUMPUR / WELLINGTON / NEW DELHI / SUVA – A leading expert has warned of a COVID-19 reinfection surge across Australia in the lead-up to winter. […]
This handout photo taken and released by the Cambodia National Assembly on Oct 25, 2021 shows Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen sits during a parliament session in Phnom Penh. (HANDOUT / CAMBODIA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY / AFP) KUALA LUMPUR / PHNOM PENH / SEOUL / SINGAPORE – Cambodia reported no new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the first […]
Relatives and friends put on personal protective equipment (PPE) suits before the burial of their loved one who died from the COVID-19 coronavirus, at a graveyard in New Delhi on April 30, 2021. (TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP) YANGON / JAKARTA / SINGAPORE / SYDNEY / NEW DELHI / SUVA – India's main opposition Congress party on Friday […]
A girl walks past a poster at a vaccination center in New Delhi on April 10, 2022. (MONEY Money SHARMA / AFP) NEW DELHI / SINGAPORE / HANOI / KUALA LUMPUR – India's federal government in its newly released the Civil Registration System (CRS) report 2020 has stated that the country recorded an increase of 6.2 percent […]
Staff check a client at a drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on Jan 8, 2022. (MARK BAKER / AP) NEW DELHI / SUVA / HANOI / SINGAPORE / SEOUL / SYDNEY / VIENTIANE / WELLINGTON – Three new sub variants of the highly transmissible Omicron strain of COVID-19 have been detected in Australia, […]
A woman walks past posters showing precautions against the COVID-19 coronavirus at a subway station in Seoul on April 15, 2022. (JUNG YEON-JE / AFP) SEOUL / MANILA / YANGON / WELLINGTON – South Korea has loosened rules requiring masks to be worn outdoors as COVID-19 cases drop, but many people are not taking them off yet […]
Passengers and loved ones reunite at the arrivals hall on the first day of New Zealanders returning from Australia after the border reopened for travelers observing home self-isolation rules, at the Auckland international airport on Feb 28, 2022. (DAVID ROWLAND / AFP) WELLINGTON / SEOUL ? KUALA LUMPUR – New Zealand reported its first case […]
Staff check a client at a drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on Jan 8, 2022. (MARK BAKER / AP) SEOUL / YEREVAN / JAKARTA / KUALA LUMPUR / VIENTIANE / SUVA – Health authorities in Australia's state of New South Wales confirmed that the Omicron sub-lineage BA.4 was detected in the state. […]