BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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JOHANNESBURG -- African countries have to be innovative, collaborative, and comprehensive to tackle the scourge of COVID-19, said organs of the African Union (AU) in South Africa.

Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, CEO of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), said his organization has developed a COVID-19 comprehensive response plan of action which is proactive and multidimensional to help tackle the COVID-19 challenges and post-pandemic effects at regional and country levels.

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DHAKA-- Bangladesh confirmed 22 more fatalities from the COVID-19 Wednesday, bringing the country's death toll to 544.

Nasima Sultana, a senior health ministry official, told an online media briefing in Dhaka that "1,541 new COVID-19 positive cases and 22 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours across Bangladesh."

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ACCRA -- Ghana has confirmed 153 more COVID-19 cases, bringing its total number of cases to 7,117, as of Wednesday morning, said the Ghana Health Service (GHS).

The latest update by the GHS also captured 220 more recoveries, increasing the number of recovered cases to 2,317, while the number of deaths increased to 34, with two more deaths recorded.

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JAKARTA -- The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 686 within one day to 23,851, with the death toll adding by 55 to 1,473, Achmad Yurianto, a health ministry official, said at a press conference here on Wednesday.

According to him, 180 more people had been discharged from hospitals, making the total number of recovered patients stand at 6,057.

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XI'AN -- A China-Europe freight train carrying anti-epidemic supplies left Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, for Poland on Wednesday.

The train, loaded with over 120 tonnes of anti-epidemic supplies including masks, medical shoe covers and gloves, is expected to arrive in Poland in 10 days, according to the China Railway Xi'an Group Co., Ltd.

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MANILA -- The Philippines on Wednesday reported 380 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases to 15,049 since the highly infectious disease emerged in the country in January.

The Department of Health (DOH) said in a daily bulletin that the number of recoveries further climbed to 3,506 after 94 more patients have survived the disease. The death toll also increased to 904 after 18 more patients have succumbed to the disease, the DOH added. Enditem

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