A Bangladeshi man receives COVID-19 vaccine in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Jan 30, 2022. (MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU / AP) BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / MANILA / HANOI / SINGAPORE / SEOUL / KUALA LUMPUR / DHAKA / NEW DELHI – Bangladesh began administering the 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday to priority groups in its capital city of Dhaka. The priority groups […]
Workers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant at Suri Seri Begawan Raja Pengiran Anak Damit Mosque in an effort to counter the spread of the COVID-19 in Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei on March 17, 2020. (PHOTO / AFP) BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / MANILA / HANOI / SINGAPORE / SEOUL / KUALA LUMPUR – Brunei logged a daily average […]
Workers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant at Suri Seri Begawan Raja Pengiran Anak Damit Mosque in an effort to counter the spread of the COVID-19 in Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei on March 17, 2020. (PHOTO / AFP) BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / MANILA / HANOI / SINGAPORE – Brunei logged a daily average of 503 new COVID-19 […]
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) BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / SINGAPORE / MANILA / HANOI / SYDNEY / NEW DELHI / SEOUL / KUALA LUMPUR – Australia's largest state will withdraw or refund tens of thousands of fines issued during […]
Workers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant at Suri Seri Begawan Raja Pengiran Anak Damit Mosque in an effort to counter the spread of the COVID-19 in Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei on March 17, 2020. (PHOTO / AFP) BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / SINGAPORE / MANILA / HANOI – The COVID-19 Steering Committee of Brunei announced on Monday the […]
Workers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant at Suri Seri Begawan Raja Pengiran Anak Damit Mosque in an effort to counter the spread of the COVID-19 in Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei on March 17, 2020. (PHOTO / AFP) BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / YANGON / SINGAPORE / HANOI / MANILA – Brunei logged a daily average […]
A person wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus stands in front of a public awareness notice for COVID-19 protection in Shinjuku district on July 14, 2022, in Tokyo. (EUGENE HOSHIKO / AP) TOKYO / BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / MANILA / HANOI / YEREVAN – An advisory panel for the finance minister on Monday […]
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) SYDNEY / MANILA / HANOI / SINGAPORE / YANGON / VIENTIANE – Immunoglobulin A (IgA) contributed to the neutralizing antibody response of wild-type COVID-19 virus, according to an Australian study published in the Clinical and Translational […]
Workers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant at Suri Seri Begawan Raja Pengiran Anak Damit Mosque in an effort to counter the spread of the COVID-19 in Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei on March 17, 2020. (PHOTO / AFP) BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / YANGON / SINGAPORE / HANOI / ISLAMABAD / MANILA – Brunei logged a daily average of 388 new […]
Visitors wearing face masks walk under the screen showing promotion video for tourism in Japan, at Narita International Airport in Narita, near Tokyo on June 10, 2022. (SHUJI KAJIYAMA / AP) BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / HANOI / SINGAPORE / MANILA / YANGON / TOKYO – Fears of a new COVID-19 wave loom in Japan as the country prepares to […]
People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk across a pedestrian crossing in Tokyo on July 29, 2022. (SHUJI KAJIYAMA / AP) TOKYO / ISLAMABAD / BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / MANILA / SINGAPORE / HANOI / YANGON – The Japanese government will run a new domestic tourism subsidy program from […]
A health worker inoculates a student with a dose of the Pfizer vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a school in Lahore on Sept 19, 2022. (ARIF ALI / AFP) ISLAMABAD / YANGON / SINGAPORE / MANILA / HANOI / BISHKEK / KUALA LUMPUR – Pakistan launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Monday for children aged five to 11 in […]
A man looks out a window while in quarantine at the Ramada Hotel in Auckland, New Zealand, March 30, 2020. (BRETT PHIBBS / NEW ZEALAND HERALD VIA AP) SYDNEY / MANILA / SINGAPORE / HANOI – New Zealand scrapped mask wearing rules and vaccine mandates on Monday, bringing an end to some of the toughest COVID-19 pandemic […]
A woman receives a shot of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Hanoi, Vietnam Sunday, June 27, 2021. (HAU DINH / AP) HANOI / MANILA / SINGAPORE – Vietnam recorded 2,161 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, up by 770 from Sunday, according to its ministry of health. Among the new cases, only one was imported and the rest were […]
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 / HANOI / MANILA / JAKARTA / SINGAPORE / BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / TOKYO – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Australia since the start of the pandemic has surpassed 10 million. There were more […]
A person wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus stands in front of a public awareness notice for COVID-19 protection in Shinjuku district on July 14, 2022, in Tokyo. (EUGENE HOSHIKO / AP) JERUSALEM / YANGON / BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / SINGAPORE / HANOI / MANILA – Japan is considering ending […]
Enrique Mora, deputy secretary-general of the European External Action Service, speaks to reporters after a meeting of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria, on Dec 3, 2021. (GUO CHEN / XINHUA) BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON – The European Union is assessing Iran's response to what the bloc has called its "final" proposal to […]
This photo shows security officers guarding Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine maker, in Pune, India, Jan 11, 2021. (PHOTO / AP) MANILA / HANOI / BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / SINGAPORE / YANGON – Serum Institute of India's (SII) Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla said he expects an Omicron-specific vaccine in the country in six months, NDTV […]
People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk near a landmark lion statue of a department store that also wears a mask in the Ginza shipping area of Tokyo on July 28, 2022. (SHUJI KAJIYAMA / AP) TOKYO / MANILA / HANOI / BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / SINGAPORE / YANGON / ANKARA – A new COVID-19 […]
A notice warning people not to gather in groups larger than five persons as part of restrictions to hald the spread of the coronavirus is displayed at Raffles Place financial business district in Singapore on Jan 4, 2022. (ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP) SINGAPORE / HANOI / MANILA / BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Singapore's Health Minister Ong Ye Kung […]
This handout picture taken and released by Singapore's Ministry of Communications and Information on Aug 1, 2022, shows Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (right) shaking hands with US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi at the Istana Presidential Palace in Singapore during a visit to the Asia-Pacific region. (HANDOUT / SINGAPORE'S MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS […]
A person wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus stands in front of a public awareness notice for COVID-19 protection in Shinjuku district on July 14, 2022, in Tokyo. (EUGENE HOSHIKO / AP) TOKYO / HANOI / BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / SINGAPORE – Japan on Monday reported 126,575 new daily COVID-19 cases amid […]
BEIJING, July 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) — Niu Technologies (“NIU” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: NIU), the world’s leading provider of smart urban mobility solutions, today announced that it will report its financial results for the second quarter 2022 before the market opens on Monday, Aug 15, 2022. The corporate presentation and financials spreadsheets […]
This photo shows a view of vials of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, at the Assad Iben El Fourat school in Oued Ellil, outside Tunis on Aug 15, 2021. (HASSENE DRIDI / AP) COLOMBO / SYDNEY / HANOI / BANGKOK / MANILA / SINGAPORE / TOKYO / JAKARTA / KUALA LUMPUR / SEOUL / WELLINGTON / SUVA / NEW DELHI / CANBERRA […]
Travelers wearing face maks walk through the arrivals terminal at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on July 1, 2022. (LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) COLOMBO / SYDNEY / HANOI / BANGKOK / MANILA / SINGAPORE – The number of severe COVID-19 cases and coronavirus-related deaths in Thailand has increased slightly, fuelled by the Omicron sub-variants and the country's long holidays. The […]
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) SYDNEY / CANBERRA / SUVA / MANILA / SINGAPORE / HANOI / KUALA LUMPUR / WELLINGTON / SEOUL / PHNOM PENH / […]
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) SINGAPORE / TEHRAN / DHAKA / HANOI / SYDNEY / WELLINGTON / KUALA LUMPUR / NEW DELHI / SEOUL / ISLAMABAD / BISHKEK – Health authorities of the Australian state of New South Wales […]
A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a mobile vaccine clinic bus at the Grand Bazaar of Tehran, Iran on Jan 22, 2022. (VAHID SALEMI / AP) SINGAPORE / TEHRAN / DHAKA / HANOI – Iran's daily COVID-19 cases on Monday surpassed 1,000 for the first time since April 27, according to the Iranian Health Ministry's website. A […]
An Israeli paramedic collects a swab sample from a child at the Magen David Adom (Red Shield of David) COVID-19 coronavirus testing center in Jerusalem on Jan 11, 2022. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP) HANOI / DHAKA / SINGAPORE / NEW DELHI / YANGON / BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / YEREVAN / JERUSALEM – The Israeli Ministry of Health on Monday reported 11,483 new […]
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 […]