Three weeks ago, it would have come as a surprise that the 10th game of the season would arrive for the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets with one trying to st
Prompts tougher movement restrictions
Reuters
January 10, 2021
A medical worker in a protective suit collects a swab sample from a middle school student during a mass nucleic acid testing following a recent coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Xingtai, Hebei province, China January 6, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
BEIJING:
The daily number of new coronavirus cases has doubled in China, prompting tougher movement restrictions and, in the capital, passengers must scan a health code before boarding a cab or ride-hailing car, officials said on Sunday.
Mainland China reported 69 cases on Jan 9, compared with 33 reported a day earlier, the country’s national health authority said on Sunday.
National
January 10, 2021
LAHORE: As many as 21 COVID-19 patients died and 600 new infections were confirmed in Punjab during the last 24 hours, according to report issued by Primary and Secondary Healthcare (P&SH) Department on Saturday. Whereas in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, four more deaths were reported on Saturday, as the number of infections has increased sharply far worse than any part of the country.
The toll of fatalities was raised to 4,242 in Punjab, while confirmed cases of coronavirus reached 144,111 in the province.
According to the spokesperson of Corona Monitoring Room at Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department, as many as 15,438 tests have been conducted in the last 24 hours, which raised the total number of tests to 2,581,317 in the province.
Coroner finds drink-driver to blame for double fatal crash in Hawke s Bay
10 Jan, 2021 11:12 PM
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Wiremu Armitage and Kirsty Parsons died after their vehicles collided on May 10, 2019. Photo / Paul Taylor
Wiremu Armitage and Kirsty Parsons died after their vehicles collided on May 10, 2019. Photo / Paul Taylor
Wiremu Armitage was almost five times over the legal drinking limit when he crashed into Kirsty Parsons, killing her and himself.
Both Parsons, 26, and Armitage, 31, died after their vehicles collided on Taihape Rd, Omahu, on May 10, 2019.
A coroner s report found that Armitage was solely to blame for the double fatal, after his truck crossed the centre line and collided head-on with Parsons hatchback.