BANGKOK -- New COVID-19 caseload continued to rise in Thailand on Tuesday, up by 427 from the previous day, and a majority of them were linked to a seafood market in a province near the capital Bangkok.
Of the new cases, 397 were Myanmar migrant workers in Samut Sakhon province, where the latest COVID-19 outbreak was first detected. (Thailand-COVID-19)
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NEW DELHI -- Amid rising fears over a new variant of COVID-19 virus, five air passengers arriving in the Indian capital New Delhi from London have tested positive for infection, local media reported on Tuesday.
The five passengers tested upon arrival in New Delhi were among the 266 people aboard an Air India flight on Monday. (India-Air Passengers-COVID-19)
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SUVA -- Fiji's Ministry of Agriculture will provide farming materials to cyclone-affected farmers in the north, Agriculture Minister Mahendra Reddy said on Tuesday.
The move came after tropical cyclone Yasa, the strongest of its kind in four years, hit the island country on Dec. 17 and killed four people. (Fiji-Cyclone-Aid)
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MANILA -- Rescue efforts were underway at a mining pit in Cebu province of the central Philippines to find six miners buried by a landslide that killed at least four, the mining company said on Tuesday.
Carmen Copper Corporation (CCC), the operator of the mining site located in Toledo city in the Cebu province, said the disaster occurred in its pit around 4:15 p.m. local time on Monday. (Philippines-Mine-Landslide)
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SEOUL -- South Korea announced a plan Tuesday to launch a nationwide ban on the gatherings of five or more people in restaurants amid a COVID-19 resurgence ahead of the year-end peak season for meetings and events.
Reservation for and entrance to restaurants by four or fewer people will only be permitted across the country from Thursday through Jan. 3, according to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters. (South Korea-COVID-19-Ban)
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KABUL -- Five people were killed and two others injured as a blast hit the car of the doctors of Kabul's Pul-e-Charkhi jail in Police District 7 on Tuesday, police spokesman Ferdaus Faramarz said.
The blast took place at Doghabad area in the morning rush hour, killing five including four doctors and injuring two others, the spokesman added. (Afghanistan-Blast) Enditem
