Day: July 4, 2021

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Thailand Registers 6,230 New COVID-19 Cases, 41 More Deaths

BANGKOK– Thailand yesterday reported its highest daily rise in new COVID-19 cases in 47 days, at 6,230, while deaths rose by 41.

The country’s tally now stands at 277,151, and the death toll has reached 2,182, according to the country’s Centre for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).

Of the new infections, four were imported and 6,226 were locally transmitted, of which, nearly one-third were registered in the capital, Bangkok.

The government currently has no intention to further tighten the existing COVID-19 restrictions, Nataphol Narkpanich, head of the CCSA subcommittee, was quoted as saying by local media.

To fight the latest surge in infections, Thailand reimposed its dine-in ban in Bangkok and neighbouring provinces, late in Jun, after lifting it one and half months ago.

As of Friday, more than 10.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Thailand, with about 4.4 percent of its population fully vaccinated, CCSA data showed.

 

 

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK

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Mongolia Adds 2,520 New COVID-19 Cases

ULAN BATOR– Mongolia reported 2,520 new COVID-19 cases, in the last 24 hours, raising its national caseload to 125,260, the country’s health ministry said today.

The ministry said that, a total of 8,834 samples were tested across Mongolia, in the past day.

One of the latest confirmed cases was imported from abroad, and the remaining ones were local infections.

In the past day, 10 patients died from the virus, pushing the death toll to 641, while the number of recoveries grew by 1,886 to 84,819, said the ministry.

The Asian country launched a national vaccination campaign in late Feb, aiming to vaccinate at least 60 percent of its population of 3.3 million.

So far, more than 1,759,600 Mongolians have been fully vaccinated.

 

 

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK

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Philippine Military Plane Crashes In Southern Sulu Province

MANILA– A Philippine Air Force C-130 cargo plane, with 85 people on board, crashed today, while attempting to land in Sulu province, in the southern Philippines, the armed forces said.

Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff, Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, said, the plane was transporting troops from Cagayan de Oro City on Mindanao island, when it crashed around 11:30 a.m. local time in Patikul, in Sulu.

“The plane missed the runway and tried to regain power but failed,” Sobejana said, confirming that 40 people have been rescued from the wreckage, so far.

“Responders are at the site now,” he said, expressing hope that more people on the ill-fated plane will be saved.

 

 

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK

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Philippines Logs 5,966 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Rises To 1,436,369

MANILA– The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH), reported today, 5,966 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,436,369.

The death toll climbed to 25,149, after 86 more patients died from the viral disease, the DOH said.

The Philippines, which has more than 110 million population, has tested more than 14 million people, since the outbreak in Jan, 2020.

 

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK