KATHMANDU -- Nepal on Wednesday started administering the COVID-19 vaccines donated by China amid resurging COVID-19 cases.

"The vaccine is being inoculated among the people aged 18-59 years," Jhalak Sharma Gautam, chief of the National Immunization Program under the health ministry, told Xinhua on Tuesday.

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LAGOS -- Custodial centers across Nigeria have been put on a high alert following an attack on police headquarters and a custodial center in the southern state of Imo on Monday, Nigeria's vice president Yemi Osinbajo said Tuesday.

"Perpetrators of this act will definitely be brought to book. They must not go free. They are cowards and will be discovered and duly prosecuted," he said.

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MANILA -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday expressed concern about the surging COVID-19 cases in the Philippines, warning that the increasing trend "is moving towards the red line."

"We know that once we cross that red line, we put health care workers in a very difficult situation, and once the health care workers start to get infections, the health care capacity goes down," WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Takeshi Kasai said during an online media briefing.

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WELLINGTON -- Air New Zealand's trans-Tasman ticket sale hit a record high on Tuesday, with tens of thousands of Kiwis and Aussies booking flights across the ditch in the hours after the travel bubble declaration, Air New Zealand announced on Wednesday.

"Auckland-Sydney was our most popular route yesterday, seeing the largest growth in bookings to date. We expect this is a mixture of friends and family making up for a year of missed milestones, and business travellers keen to get moving again," Air New Zealand Chief Executive Officer Greg Foran said. Enditem

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