Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, Feb. 24

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NEW DELHI -- India's COVID-19 tally rose to 11,030,176 on Wednesday as 13,742 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, said the latest data from the health ministry.

The death toll mounted to 156,567 as 104 COVID-19 patients died since Tuesday morning. (India-COVID-19-Cases)

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BANGKOK -- The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines that Thailand ordered from China's Sinovac Biotech arrived in the capital Bangkok Wednesday, putting the country on track to kickstart its national inoculation program.

The 200,000 doses, the first shipment among 2 million doses Thailand ordered from the Chinese biopharmaceutical firm, were delivered by a Thai Airways International cargo flight from Beijing to Bangkok. (Thailand-China-Vaccine)

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong will roll out counter-cyclical measures worth over 120 billion Hong Kong dollars (15.48 billion U.S. dollars) this year to prop up its economy reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior HKSAR official said when delivering the annual budget on Wednesday.

Speaking in front of members of the Legislative Council, Paul Chan, financial secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, said this year's budget focuses on stabilizing the economy and relieving people's burden, and seeks to create a leverage effect to benefit individuals and enterprises. (Hong Kong-Budget-Stimulus)

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WELLINGTON -- A second batch of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines have arrived at the Auckland International Airport, New Zealand's COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said on Wednesday.

"This shipment contained about 76,000 doses, and follows our first shipment of 60,000 doses that arrived last week. We expect further shipments of vaccine over the coming weeks," Hipkins told a press conference. (New Zealand-Vaccine)

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SYDNEY -- Restrictions in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) will further ease from Feb. 26 as vaccination rolled out and the no local case status continued.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced on Wednesday that restrictions would be eased across Greater Sydney and the state. (Australia-NSW-Restrictions) Enditem

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