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11.04.2022 12:49

Sydney airport faces continued delays as workers isolate

SYDNEY. KAZINFORM Prolonged delays at Australia's busiest airport, Sydney Airport, has seen travelers waiting hours amid worker shortages and a rush for domestic travel ahead of the Easter holidays.

11.04.2022 11:13

Tokyo sees week-on-week rise in COVID cases for 4th straight day

TOKYO. KAZINFORM - Tokyo reported 8,026 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, seeing a week-on-week increase for the fourth consecutive day as health experts have warned of another wave of infections, Kyodo reports.

11.04.2022 08:14

S. Korea’s new COVID-19 cases below 100,000 for first time in 7 weeks

SEOUL. KAZINFORM - South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 100,000 for the first time in seven weeks on Monday, as the omicron wave is slowing after reaching its peak in mid-March, Yonhap reports.

11.04.2022 07:18

Macron, Le Pen lead 1st round of French presidential election

PARIS. KAZINFORM - French incumbent President Emmanuel Macron and far-right wing candidate Marine Le Pen are the top two leaders of the first round of the 2022 presidential election with respectively 28.2 percent and 23.4 percent of the votes, according to a preliminary exit poll carried out Sunday by Elabe and released by French television BFMTV, Xinhua reports.

10.04.2022 15:19

Germany logs 55,471 new COVID-19 cases, 36 deaths

BERLIN. KAZINFORM - Germany reported 55,471 COVID-19 cases and 36 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute, WAM reports.

10.04.2022 14:37

Voting begins in 2022 French presidential election

PARIS. KAZINFORM - Voting for the 2022 French presidential election began at 8:00 a.m. local time (0600GMT) on Sunday in Metropolitan France, Xinhua reports.

10.04.2022 13:44

Turkiye reports 6,986 new coronavirus cases

ANKARA. KAZINFORM - Turkiye registered 6,986 new coronavirus cases over the past day, official data showed on Saturday, Anadolu reports.

10.04.2022 12:39

Chinese mainland reports 1,318 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases

BEIJING. KAZINFORM - The Chinese mainland reported 1,318 new locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, down from 1,334 on Friday, the National Health Commission said Sunday, Xinhua reports.

10.04.2022 10:47

S. Korea’s new COVID-19 cases below 200,000 for 2nd day amid slowdown in omicron wave

SEOUL. KAZINFORM - South Korea's daily COVID-19 cases fell below 200,000 for the second straight day Sunday amid a downtrend in the virus curve, as the country is poised to further relax antivirus curbs in efforts to return to normalcy, Yonhap reports.

09.04.2022 14:15

Shanghai builds over 100 makeshift hospitals for COVID-19 treatment

SHANGHAI. KAZINFORM - Shanghai has built over 100 makeshift hospitals for COVID-19 treatment with over 160,000 beds, the Shanghai municipal government said at a press conference on Saturday, Xinhua reports.

09.04.2022 11:41

New COVID-19 cases fall below 200,000 in 5 days amid downward trend

SEOUL. KAZINFORM - South Korea's new coronavirus cases fell below 200,000 on Saturday as the spread of the omicron variant slowed down after peaking last month, Yonhap reports.

08.04.2022 22:24

COVID-19 kills 36 more Iranians over past 24 hours

TEHRAN. KAZINFORM - The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 140,528 with 36 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Friday, IRNA reports.

08.04.2022 21:14

Russia’s COVID-19 cases surge by almost 14,300 — crisis center

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM - Russia’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 14,311 over the past day to 17,969,431, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Friday, TASS reports.

08.04.2022 20:20

Armed attack leaves 2 dead, multiple wounded in Israel

JERUSALEM. KAZINFORM - At least two people were killed in a shooting on Thursday in the Israeli capital Tel Aviv, the country's army radio announced, Anadolu Agency reports.

08.04.2022 18:08

At least 10 dead, several missing in Colombian landslide

BOGOTA. KAZINFORM At least 10 people were killed and several others were missing after a landslide hit the northwestern Colombian town of La Antigua on Thursday, authorities said.

08.04.2022 17:39

Brazil likely to see record harvest this year

BRASILIA. KAZINFORM Brazil’s official statistics agency IBGE reduced its estimate for the production of cereals, legumes, and oilseeds in the country this year. According to the March estimate, the harvest should close out 2022 at 258.9 million tons, down one percent (2.7 million tons less) from February’s prediction.

08.04.2022 17:18

US House speaker tests positive for coronavirus

WASHINGTON. KAIZNFORM - US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for the coronavirus, her spokesman said Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports.

08.04.2022 15:41

Recovery in air travel gathering steam as governments in many parts of the world lift travel restrictions: IATA

GENEVA. KAZINFOM The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that air travel posted a strong rebound in February 2022 compared to January 2022, as Omicron-related impacts moderated outside of Asia.

08.04.2022 12:14

Japan seeing signs of coronavirus resurgence, warns PM Kishida

TOKYO. KAZINFORM Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that there are «signs of a resurgence» in coronavirus infections in Japan, particularly among young people.

08.04.2022 11:42

S. Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stay in 200,0000s for 4th day

SEOUL. KAZINFORM - South Korea's new coronavirus cases remained in the 200,000s for the fourth consecutive day Friday in a downward trend that could cause health officials to lower the infectious disease level of COVID-19 amid eased social distancing rules, Yonhap reports.