A woman wearing mask passes a closed department store in Tokyo, Japan, April 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)
-- Japan's capital reports 201 new cases of COVID-19, total number tops 2,700.
-- Cases rise to 906 in Afghanistan.
-- Number of South Koreans retesting positive rises to 163.
-- Spread in Australia continues to slow, government to underwrite costs of domestic flights.
HONG KONG, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia-Pacific countries.
TOKYO -- Tokyo confirmed 201 new cases of COVID-19 as of Friday afternoon, local media reported, pushing the total number of COVID-19 cases to 2,796 in the Japanese capital.
It is the first time the daily increase of Tokyo has exceeded 200, a day after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency for the entire country
Customers check out at a supermarket in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan, April 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)
KABUL -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has risen by 66 over the past 24 hours to 906 in Afghanistan, said Wahidullah Mayar, the spokesman for Public Health Ministry on Friday.
A firefighter sprays disinfectant in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, April 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Sanaullah Seiam)
CANBERRA -- The Australian government announced on Friday a support package to guarantee that domestic flights continue amid the coronavirus crisis.
The spread of coronavirus in Australia has continued to slow, with 6,497 confirmed cases reported as of Friday morning, an increase of 0.6 percent from Thursday morning.
Photo taken on April 16, 2020 shows the temporary closure sign of services on the entrance of Murrays Coaches in Canberra, Australia. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)
NEW DELHI -- India's federal health ministry Friday morning said the death toll due to COVID-19 in India rose to 437 and the total number of confirmed cases in the country reached 13,387.
This is a jump of 17 deaths and an increase of 628 cases since last evening.
People work at a warehouse of the Food Corporation Of India during a nationwide lockdown in the outskirts of Agartala, the capital city of India's northeastern state of Tripura, April 15, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)
YANGON -- Myanmar President U Win Myint Friday urged people in the country to cooperate and participate in combating the COVID-19 pandemic in unity as a national duty.
The Myanmar president made the remarks in his message delivered on the first day of the Myanmar calendar New Year.
A vendor waits for customers at a street market in Yangon, Myanmar, April 14, 2020. (Xinhua/U Aung)
WELLINGTON -- Two more people died of COVID-19 in New Zealand over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said on Friday, sending the total number of deaths to 11.
Photo taken on April 3, 2020 shows a temporary tent for initial diagnosis at the entrance area of a comprehensive hospital in Auckland, New Zealand. (New Zealand Ministry of Health/Handout via Xinhua)
SEOUL -- The number of South Koreans who retested positive for the COVID-19 after having been released from quarantine with full recovery rose to 163, the health authorities said Friday.
South Korea reported 22 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Friday local time, raising the total number of infections to 10,635.
Voters stand in line with a social distance as they enter a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, April 15, 2020. (Photo by Lee Sang-ho/Xinhua)
SINGAPORE -- Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 728 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, hitting a new daily record high and bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 4,427.
Of the newly confirmed cases, 81 percent were linked to known clusters, while the rest were pending contact tracing.
Photo taken on April 3, 2020 shows people practicing social distancing outside ArtScience Museum in Singapore's Marina Bay Sands. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)
DHAKA -- As the COVID-19 virus spreads almost across the country from its epicenter in capital Dhaka initially, health authorities on Thursday night declared the entire Bangladesh at risk of the pandemic.
Professor Abul Kalam Azad, director general of Bangladesh's health services under the government's Ministry of Health, made the announcement in a statement on Thursday night.
Law enforcers distribute food to low-income people hit hard by COVID-19 outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 5, 2020. (Str/Xinhua) ■
