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COVID-19 QUASI-STATE OF EMERGENCY TO BE LIFTED FROM 3 PREFECTURES
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- COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency to be lifted from 3 prefectures.
- Restrictions in Gunma, Ishikawa and Kumamoto prefecture are expected to be lifted by the weekend.
- The government is likely to make a similar call on five ...
JAPAN TO PROVIDE COVID-19 VACCINE OF 1.29 MILLION DOSES TO TAIWAN
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- Japan to provide COVID-19 vaccine of 1.29 million doses to Taiwan.
- Japan will provide AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to Taiwan.
- The vaccines will arrive in Taipei by air later Friday.
- The offer was arrang...
INDIAN GOVERNMENT WORRIED ABOUT COVID SITUATION IN MAHARASHTRA
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- The Health Ministry is concerned about the coronavirus situation in several states, especially Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana and Gujarat.
- Maharashtra has over one hundred-thousand active COVID-19 cases.
- As cases are also i...
LOCKDOWN IN THAILAND IN WET MARKETS POSTPONED
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- The governor of the Thanyaburi region has expanded the lockdown of two nearby wet markets for nine additional days as efforts keep on halting the spread of the Covid-19 bunch focused there
The business sectors were shut on Frid...
NEW YEAR’S MARKED MOSTLY DRINK AND DRIVE CASES; MORE RESTRICTIONS OBSERVED ACROSS TOWNS AS CASES SURGE
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- Drink-driving represented 95% of cases during the 2021 New Year security crusade from Dec 29 to Jan 4, as per the Probation Department
Division boss Vittawan Sunthornkajit said on Thursday that during the period the office's bran...
NSW-VICTORIA BORDER HURDLE CAUSES LONG QUEUES
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- Drivers hurried to cross the New South Wales on Thursday night after Victoria declared the closure of borders, with long lines of vehicles in a row at checkpoints
On New Year's Eve Victoria's acting head, Jacinta Allan,...
JAPAN GOVT. REPORTS PLUNGE IN FOREIGN VISITORS BY 97.7% IN NOVEMBER
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- Japan Govt. reports a plunge in foreign visitors by 97.7% in November.
- The estimated number declined to 56,700 from a year earlier for the 14th straight month.
- Japan reportedly received over 4.05 million...
SEOUL IN CONCLUDING PHASE OF VACCINE DEAL NEGOTIATIONS
- The Korean government said Tuesday it is in the final stage of negotiations to buy COVID-19 vaccines, including the ones being manufactured by Pfizer and Moderna.
- There are nearly about 10 vaccine candidates in Phase 3 trials.
Excluding those vaccine candidate...
U.S. REPORTS ITS BIGGEST SINGLE-DAY SPIKE OF OVER 177,000 COVID-19 CASES ON FRIDAY
• Current Total Cases: 11,064,164
• Total Deaths : 249,975
• Cumulative recoveries : 6,788,926
• Top five states that has the maximum number of cases :
Texas: Cases 1,078,194, number of deaths 19,946. New deaths 216
Calif...
DANIEL ANDREWS SAYS, VICTORIA MIGHT SEE ZERO-CASE DAY TODAY
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- Victoria State will note its first day of zero cases in months says, Premier Daniel Andrews. This is an indication that the restrictions uplifting can now facilitate from November 1
Mr. Andrews said one case recorded is from Brimbank...
U.S DOLLAR ROSE AGAINST THE ODDS OF RISING CORONAVIRUS CASES
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- U.S dollar rose against the odds of rising coronavirus cases.
- Friday saw its biggest daily gains this week.
- The dollar rose less than 0.1%, to 97.249 at 1353 GMT =USD.
- Investors are worried about the rising nu...