TOKYO: Japan reported 155 coronavirus deaths today, a daily record, Kyodo news agency said. It also recorded more than 100,000 new infections, a level it last hit on Saturday, Kyodo added.
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TOKYO: Japan serious Covid-19 cases crossed 1,000 for the first time in four months, data showed on Friday, as the Omicron variant fuelled record infections and burdened the medical system. Seriously ill patients climbed by 131 to 1,042 cases from the day before, the health ministry said, the highest since […]
BEIJING: Daily Covid-19 infections among athletes and team officials at the Beijing Winter Olympics jumped to 19 yesterday from two a day earlier, as Games organisers warned of more cases in coming days. Including the athletes and officials, 36 Games-related personnel were found to be infected – 29 when they […]
ZURICH : Austria will begin easing Covid-19 related restrictions next week, Chancellor Karl Nehammer told a news conference today, allowing shops and restaurants to remain open longer and easing restriction on the unvaccinated. The moves come as the Omicron variant leads to reduced hospitalisations despite high infection numbers. From February […]
BERLIN: Germany reported another record number of daily new Covid-19 infections on Thursday, crossing the 200,000 threshold for the first time, as the country debates whether to impose compulsory vaccinations. The Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases reported 203,136 positive tests in the last 24 hours, 69,600 cases more […]
BEIJING: Beijing has limited the movement of people in more parts of the Chinese capital, even as it reported fewer Covid-19 cases on Thursday, in a bid to lower virus risk less than 10 days before its hosting of the Winter Olympics Games. Beijing’s Fengtai district said late on Wednesday […]
NUKU’ALOFA (Tonga): A coronavirus-hit Australian warship docked in Tonga today, delivering desperately needed aid to the volcano-and-tsunami-struck nation under strict “no-contact” protocols. Tongan Health Minister Saia Piukala said the crew of the HMAS Adelaide would follow drastic health protocols to ensure the remote Pacific kingdom remains one of the few […]
SEOUL: South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases exceeded 13,000 for the first time, data showed today, while the government sought to revise its Covid-19 response to focus on the highly contagious but less-lethal Omicron variant. The record of 13,012 comes just a day after the tally topped 8,000 for the […]
SEOUL: South Korea’s daily count of new coronavirus cases topped 8,000 for the first time today, as the highly contagious Omicron variant spreads rapidly despite the recent extension of strict social-distancing rules to slow infection. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported 8,571 cases for yesterday, exceeding the […]
TOKYO: A Japanese advisory panel is set to approve the expansion of tougher measures against Covid-19 to 18 additional regions today, putting more than 70 per cent of the country under restrictions. The western prefectures of Osaka and Kyoto are among the areas covered by the measures, taken in response […]