Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, July 16
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17 Jul 2021, 02:49 GMT+10
JAKARTA Indonesia on Friday recorded 54,000 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 1,205 new deaths in the past 24 hours, the country s Health Ministry said. Based on the latest data, the total number of coronavirus cases in the Southeast Asian country is now at 2,780,803, while the COVID-19-related death toll increased to 71,397. (Indonesia-COVID-19) - - - - COLOMBO Sri Lanka s National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) on Friday approved China s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in the country. Accordingly, all COVID-19 vaccines approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) can now be used in Sri Lanka, State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals Channa Jayasumana said. (Sri Lanka-Sinovac-Approval)
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