A staff member sprays disinfectant on a passenger's luggage at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh on June 1, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)
-- Bangladesh reports 2,695 new cases, total at 55,140;
-- Infections in Indonesia increase by 684 to 28,233;
-- The Philippines announces 751 new cases, tally at 19,748;
-- Malaysia records 93 new cases, 7,970 in total.
HONG KONG, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia-Pacific countries:
DHAKA -- Bangladesh reported 2,695 more positive cases on Wednesday, bringing the total to 55,140.
A total of 37 deaths including 28 men and nine women were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 746.
A passenger with protective gear waits for his flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh on June 1, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)
JAKARTA -- The total infections in Indonesia rose by 684 within one day to 28,233, and the death toll increased by 35 to 1,698.
A vendor wearing a protective mask and a face shield sells vegetables at a traditional market in Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 2, 2020. (Photo by Zulkarnain/Xinhua)
MANILA -- The number of coronavirus cases in the Philippines surged to 19,748 after the Department of Health reported 751 more infections on Wednesday.
The number of recoveries further climbed to 4,153 after 90 more patients have recovered, and the death toll also increased to 974 after eight more deaths were reported.
People wearing face masks observe social distancing as they ride a train on the first day when the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions were further eased in Manila, the Philippines, on June 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia reported 93 newly-confirmed cases, pushing the national total to 7,970.
Health ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said at a press briefing that all the new cases are local transmissions, with 91 being foreign nationals and two are locals.
No new deaths had been reported, with the total standing at 115.
Residents of an area under the enhanced movement control order take COVID-19 tests in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, May 10, 2020. (Photo by Chong Voon Chung/Xinhua)
KABUL -- The Afghan Ministry of Public Health confirmed 758 new cases, bringing to 17,267 the total number of patients in the country.
Twenty-four patients died within the period, taking the death toll to 294.
Afghans ride bicycles during a cycling event in Shiberghan city of Jawzjan province, Afghanistan, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Mohammad Jan Aria/Xinhua)
NEW DELHI -- The number of infections surpassed the 200,000 mark, reaching 207,615, even as the death toll reached 5,815 in India on Wednesday, said the latest data issued by the federal health ministry.
As many as 217 new deaths and 8,909 fresh cases were reported in the past 24 hours, added the ministry's data. This is the highest single-day spike in terms of new cases in the country.
Migrant workers from different Indian states gather to board buses for their destinations during the coronavirus lockdown in Bangalore, India, May 23, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)
SEOUL -- South Korea reported 49 more cases compared to 24 hours ago as of 0:00 a.m. Wednesday local time, raising the total number of infections to 11,590.
The daily caseload stayed above 30 for three straight days due to small cluster infections from religious gatherings in the metropolitan area.
One more death was confirmed, leaving the death toll at 273. The total fatality rate stood at 2.36 percent.
South Korea unveiled the country's biggest-ever supplementary budget plan Wednesday to tackle an economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The extra budget plan worth 35.3 trillion won (28.5 billion U.S. dollars) will be submitted to the National Assembly for approval, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Students return to school for classes at Changduk Girls' High School in Seoul, South Korea, May 20, 2020. (Photo by Lee Sang-ho/Xinhua)
WELLINGTON -- Restrictions on businesses will be removed under COVID-19 Alert Level 1, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern explained the details as New Zealanders are seeing their lives returning to normal.
New Zealand reported no new case for 12 consecutive days on Wednesday.
The decision to move down to Alert Level 1 will be made on June 8, Ardern said, adding it was possible that New Zealand could move down to Alert Level 1 by June 10.
People exercise on a beach in Wellington, New Zealand, April 28, 2020. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)
SINGAPORE -- Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 544 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 35,836.
Of the new cases, 99 percent are linked to known clusters, while the rest are pending contact tracing.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has decreased, from an average of seven cases per day in the week before, to an average of four infections per day in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has remained stable at an average of two per day in the past two weeks.
A primary school student wearing a face shield arrives at school in Singapore on June 2, 2020. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua) ■
