BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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MOSCOW -- Russia has registered 5,236 COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, raising the total number to 57,999 as of Wednesday, the country's coronavirus response center said in a statement.
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SINGAPORE -- Singapore reported here 1,016 new cases of COVID-19 infection as of Wednesday noon, the Ministry of Health said.
This increase brings the city state's total confirmed cases to 10,141.
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BANGKOK -- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has provided a total of 71 temporary venues throughout the Thai capital for donors of food and items to hand them out to people in social distancing order.
According to the government's Thai Khu Fah Facebook page, the BMA has prepared the temporary spots in all 50 districts of the city for the hand-out of food and subsistent items to the mask-wearing people under social distancing rule in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NEW DELHI -- India's Health Ministry on Wednesday morning reported 37 new deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic and an additional 999 confirmed cases nationwide since Tuesday evening, bringing its total tally of deaths and of confirmed cases to 640 and 19,984 respectively.
According to ministry officials, so far 3,870 patients have been discharged from hospitals after recovery. Wednesday marks the 29th straight day of a nationwide lockdown extended to May 3.
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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand reported one more death from the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing its death toll to 14 in total, according to the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, New Zealand reported 6 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of the coronavirus infections to 1,451, with 1,036 people having recovered.
Over 94,797 coronavirus tests have been carried out across the country.
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WELLINGTON -- Moving Day, which celebrates the first day of the dairy season in New Zealand, will go ahead as planned this year, but with strict controls amid the COVID-19 outbreak, New Zealand Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor said on Wednesday.
On June 1 each year, the first day of the dairy season, a large number of dairy farming families, sharemilkers, contract milkers and employees move to new farms to commence new employment and milking contracts. This movement of people, their possessions, livestock and machinery is known as "Moving Day."
"This annual movement is a critical part of the dairy industry," O'Connor said, adding that the industry contributes more than 18 billion New Zealand dollars (10.75 billion U.S. dollars) a year in exports to the economy and provides jobs for around 46,000 people in rural communities.
"It's also an industry that will play a critical role in New Zealand's economic recovery after COVID-19, so it was vital that Moving Day went ahead," he said. Enditem
