A citizen receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac in Bangkok, Thailand, May 12, 2021. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak) BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the world with some countries bracing for fresh surges of confirmed cases. Yet vaccination worldwide has been picking up as more countries witness the Chinese vaccines showing high efficacy. GLOBAL CASELOADS.
2021-05-13 07:35:59 GMT2021-05-13 15:35:59(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the world with some countries bracing for fresh surges of confirmed cases. Yet vaccination worldwide has been picking up as more countries witness the Chinese vaccines showing high efficacy.
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Asia-Pacific countries have witnessed various increases in both cases and deaths. India s coronavirus death toll crossed the 250,000 mark, and Thailand reported a new daily record of 34 COVID-19 fatalities.
India registered as many as 4,205 deaths, the highest so far, during the past 24 hours, with 348,421 new cases, taking the total to 23,340,938, confirmed the federal health ministry.
2021-05-13 13:05:24 GMT2021-05-13 21:05:24(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
TEHRAN, May 13 (Xinhua) Iran on Thursday reported 14,246 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country s total infections to 2,722,007.
The pandemic has so far claimed 76,231 lives in Iran, up by 297 in the past 24 hours, Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman of the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said during her daily briefing on the state of pandemic in the country.
A total of 2,179,890 people have recovered from the disease or been discharged from hospitals across the country, while 5,481 remain in intensive care units, said Lari.
The ministry said 17,616,446 tests have so far been carried out across the country.
2021-05-11 16:05:28 GMT2021-05-12 00:05:28(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
TEHRAN, May 11 (Xinhua) Iran on Tuesday reported 18,133 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country s total infections to 2,691,352.
The pandemic has so far claimed 75,568 lives in Iran, up by 307 in the past 24 hours, Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman of the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said during her daily briefing on the state of the pandemic in the country.
A total of 2,144,197 people have recovered from the disease or been discharged from hospitals across the country, while 5,522 remain in intensive care units, said Lari.
The ministry said 17,343,568 tests have so far been carried out across the country.
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09 May 2021, 02:05 GMT+10
KABUL At least 25 people were killed and 52 wounded after three consecutive explosions rocked outside a school in western part of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan on Saturday, the capital police confirmed. The latest figures found 25 martyred and 52 wounded were transported from today s incident and the toll and number of wounded may change, Basir Mujahed from capital police told reporters via a text message. (Afghanistan-Kabul-Explosion) - - - - TEHRAN Iran reported on Saturday 13,576 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country s total infections to 2,640,670. The pandemic has so far claimed 74,524 lives in Iran, up by 283 in the past 24 hours, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education said in a written briefing published on its official website. (Iran-COVID-19)