Coronavirus

An Afghan health worker administers polio drops to a child during a four-day anti-polio vaccination campaign in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 15 March 2023. Photo: EPA
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26 April 2023
UN launches major push for child vaccination amid Covid
Trial of plasma enrichment technique to treat COVID-19 patients will start in 2-3 days: Kejriwal ANI Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that doctors will soon start the trial of plasma therapy to treat the coronavirus patients in the national capital. Addressing a press conference he said, "The trial of plasma enrichment technique will start in the next 3-4 days. If successful, we can save the lives of serious COVID-19 patients." He said that the Delhi government on April 14 had sought pe
News
17 April 2020
Singapore reports record jump in virus infections
Singapore late Thursday reported a record jump in coronavirus cases, most of them linked...
Pyay General Hospital in Bago region. Photo: mdn.gov.mm
News
17 April 2020
Doctor tests positive, as 85 cases confirmed for...
A Myanmar doctor who treated a coronavirus patient has tested positive for the deadly...
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO). Photo: EPA
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16 April 2020
WHO chief hails India's step to engage in...
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday appreciated India's...
The draw for the Asian Football Confederation playoff and group stages was made at AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur in December, but so far less than two of the first six rounds have been played (AFP Photo / Mohd RASFAN)
Lifestyle
16 April 2020
Asian football body extends virus shutdown...
The Asian Football Confederation announced Tuesday the indefinite postponement because of...
Photo: Than Htike Aung/Mizzima
News
16 April 2020
Health check-ups and personal bio data taken at...
Checking of health conditions and taking personal bio data is taking place on all people...
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi attends the Special ASEAN Summit on COVID-19 yesterday. Photo: MNA
News
16 April 2020
State Counsellor participates in ASEAN Summit on...
State Counsellor and Chairperson of the National-Level Central Committee on Prevention,...
Cars drive in a traffic jam on a road in Beijing, China, 17 March 2020. Photo: EPA
Business
15 April 2020
COVID-19: Can China offset the long-term Socio-...
Daily reports of the economic impact of the Coronavirus are being replaced by regular...
A general view of a street in Noida sector 41 which is under a complete lockdown in Gautam Budh Nagar and one of the Covid-19 hotspots that is sealed in Noida, near New Delhi, India, 13 April 2020. Photo: EPA
News
15 April 2020
India's COVID-19 cases surge to 10,815
With the sharpest ever increase of 1,463 new positive COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours...
State Counsellor participates in online Special ASEAN Summit, ASEAN+3 Summit on COVID-19 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nay Pyi Taw on April 14, 2020. Photo: Myanmar State Counsellor Office
News
15 April 2020
As virus bites, ASEAN leaders make vow on food...
Southeast Asian leaders pledged to keep trade routes open to protect food supplies and...
President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 14 April 2020. Photo: EPA
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15 April 2020
Trump announces funding halt to World Health...
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday a suspension of US funding to the World Health...
An armed policeman walks by the gate near Taungpyo Bangladesh-Myanmar border entrance in Maungdaw district, Rakhine State of western Myanmar. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
News
15 April 2020
Border crossings through Myanmar-Bangladesh...
Myanmar announced restrictions on border crossing through Myanmar-Bangladesh border gates...
Hip Hop singer J-Me
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15 April 2020
Hip Hop singer J-Me and family sent to quarantine...
After a person who attended a small religious ceremony tested COVID-19 positive, the...

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