JAKARTA– Indonesia yesterday confirmed 21,311 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 5,847,900, the country’s health ministry said.According to the ministry, the death toll from COVID-19 in the country rose by 278 to 151,413, while 38,3…

1. Let me give a brief update of the epidemic situation. As everyone knows, we are going through an Omicron wave.a. Ours is largely driven by the BA.2 variant, which accounts for about 90% of daily cases today.b. There are good indications that th…

Mr Speaker, I thank the Members for their support of the Bill.2. I totally agree with some of the sentiments they have about the challenges we face, how far we have gone, and some of the things that we should look forward, in the coming year…

KATHMANDU– At least 14 people died this morning, when a passenger bus plunged about 300 metres down the road, in eastern Nepal, local police said.“We recovered 14 bodies from the accident site, while five injured people have been sent to nearby hospita…

SINGAPORE– Singapore reported 17,051 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 885,593.Of the new cases, 2,356 cases were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests, and 14,695 through ART (antigen rapid test) tests, acco…

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN– The total number of COVID-19 cases in Brunei exceeded the 100,000 mark yesterday, with 3,155 new infections reported.The new cases brought the total tally to 100,173 in the country, including 60,748 recoveries from the pandemic.Bru…