People get across a street in Singapore on April 7, 2020. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)
-- Singapore reports daily record of 1,426 new cases, 8,014 in total.
-- Afghanistan reports 30 more cases, 1,026 in total.
-- Elective surgeries banned amid COVID-19 pandemic to resume in Australia.
-- New Zealand set to lower COVID-19 alert level.
HONG KONG, April 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia-Pacific countries.
SINGAPORE -- Singapore reported here 1,426 new cases of COVID-19 infection as of Monday noon, the highest daily increase so far, the Ministry of Health said.
This increase brings the city state's total confirmed cases to 8,014.
A cyclist rides on a footpath in Singapore on April 7, 2020. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)
KABUL -- Thirty more confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number in the country to 1,026 as of Monday morning, spokesman of Ministry of Public Health said Monday.
A firefighter sprays disinfectant in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, April 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Sanaullah Seiam)
CANBERRA -- Elective surgeries in Australia could resume within a month, health authorities said, after being banned amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Nick Coatsworth on Monday flagged a "safe and cautious re-introduction" of elective surgery.
Photo taken on April 15, 2020 shows a man running in Sydney, Australia. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)
WELLINGTON -- New Zealand will move from COVID-19 Alert Level 4 to Alert Level 3 at 11:59 p.m. on April 27, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.
The country reported seven new confirmed and two new probable cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed and probable infections to 1,440 in the country.
People observe social distancing while entering a supermarket in Wellington, New Zealand, April 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)
SUVA -- Fiji reported its 18th confirmed case of COVID-19 after a 51-year-old woman tested positive for the virus on Monday.
A road leading to where two confirmed patients of COVID-19 live is seen closed on Vanua Levu, Fiji's second largest island, April 5, 2020. (FIJI SUN/Handout via Xinhua)
NEW DELHI -- India's federal health ministry Monday morning said the death toll due to COVID-19 in India rose to 543 and the total number of confirmed cases in the country reached 17,265.
This is a jump of 24 deaths and an increase of 1,149 cases since Sunday evening.
People are seen at a quarantine center in Kolkata, India on April 18, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)
SEOUL -- South Korea reported 13 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Monday local time, raising the total number of infections to 10,674.
The daily caseload hovered below 30 for the eighth consecutive day. Of the new cases, seven were imported from overseas, raising the combined number to 1,006.
Staff disinfect the classroom at the Jukjeon Campus of Dankook University in Yongin of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, April 7, 2020. (NEWSIS/Handout via Xinhua)
YANGON -- The number of COVID-19 infections has surged to 111 in Myanmar, with four more confirmed cases reported late Sunday, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health and Sports.
A vendor wearing a face shield waits for customers at a street market in Yangon, Myanmar, April 14, 2020. (Xinhua/U Aung) ■
