KATHMANDU, Nepal: Nepal's capital shut schools, ordered citizens to carry vaccination cards in public, banned religious festivals and instructed hotel guests to be...
KATHMANDU, Nepal: Nepal's capital shut schools, ordered citizens to carry vaccination cards in public, banned religious festivals and instructed hotel guests to be...
CANBERRA, Australia: Australia on Friday reported its deadliest day of the pandemic with 80 coronavirus fatalities, as an outbreak of the omicron variant...
DHAKA: Bangladesh on Friday closed all schools and colleges for two weeks to counter an "alarming" rise in COVID-19 infections, just four months...
NEW DELHI: India's capital Delhi will remain under curfew over the weekend and overnight to help curb the spread of the Omicron variant...
BEIJING: China reported on Friday the lowest daily tally of confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in nearly two months, while infections edged up...
Hong Kong is locking down about 2,700 residents for five days, the first time it’s closed off an apartment building for more than...
BANGKOK:Thailand will ease entry requirements for vaccinated visitors from all countries next month as concerns about the omicron variant of the coronavirus decline,...
MUMBAI: India's wealthiest state will reopen schools next week, its education minister said on Thursday, as new cases of the Omicron variant of...
The Philippines again tops Southeast Asia in daily Covid-19 infections, with record cases last week prompting tighter restrictions, disrupting businesses and filling up...
Philippine vice-presidential candidate Sara Duterte said she will push mandatory military service for the young people if elected, signaling she would continue with...
WELLINGTON: A 57-year-old Tongan man who said he swam around 27 hours after getting swept out to sea during Saturday’s devastating tsunami has...
TOKYO: Japan's western prefecture of Osaka and two neighbouring regions are expected to join in a widening declaration of COVID-19 prevention measures, Osaka's...
The first aircraft carrying humanitarian supplies arrived in Tonga on Thursday, five days after the South Pacific island nation was hit by a...
The Indian drug regulator's subject expert committee on Wednesday recommended full approval for Covishield and Covaxin, the two COVID-19 vaccines that have dominated...
Two New Zealand navy vessels will arrive in Tonga on Friday carrying critical water supplies for the Pacific island nation reeling from a...
Vietnam has recorded its first cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in the community, state media reported on Wednesday, as health...
SYDNEY: Telephone links between Tonga and the wider world began to be reconnected on Wednesday, though restoring full internet connectivity is likely to...
NEW DELHI: India reported new coronavirus infections at an eight-month high on Wednesday and a government scientist warned it will take weeks before...
