The human beings have entered into a new millennium, and the long-focused Y2K problem didn't break out fortunately. Following are Y2K-related reports from some countries.

JOHANNESBURG -- The South African government announced that no Y2K-related problems have been reported in the country during the 12 hours ending at noon on Saturday.

According to government Y2K spokesman Fred Barron, Y2K problem is not a single event limited to the changeover from 1999 to 2000, many computer systems can only be checked for compliance when businesses re-open after the holiday period.

To this end, the Y2K center would continue monitoring the situation 24 hours a day until at least January 5.

MOSCOW -- Russia spent the New Year's with no strike of the much feared millennium bug, the country's Y2K command center announced Saturday.

Nuclear Power Engineering Minister Yevgeny Adamov also said that all major facilities of the industry have overcome transition to 2000 well.

Russia, the world's largest country that spans 11 time zones, also saw its fleet of some 300 satellites operating smoothly without the bug, which could fool a computer to interpret the year 2000 as 1000 or 1900.

RIO DE JANEIRO -- None of the strategic sectors of Brazil has been affected during the transition between December 31 and January 1 by the informatics error of the millennium or "Y2K," General Coordination Center (CCG) said on Saturday.

Telecommunications, transports, electricity, health, finance and bank informatics systems did not register any alarm, according to the technicians of the CCG, an agency created by the Brazilian government to detect any failure during the change of year.

The Brazilian authorities started since 1996 the correction of the informatics error.

JAKARTA -- Indonesia had no problems in conjunction to computer system in six sectors regarded as prone ones until Saturday, according to Minister of Communications Agum Gumelar.

The prone sectors include electricity, domestic telecommunication, international telecommunication, oil and gas, banking and transportation.

However, Agum asked the command posts to continue observing the development of problems within a week in order to know the impact resulting from the change of the century.

BANGKOK -- Though Thailand rolled over into the new millennium smoothly on Saturday without any major Y2K computer problem, an expert has warned that the real test for the country's immunity has yet to come.

Thaweesak Kor-anantakul, director of the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), was quoted by Sunday's Bangkok Post as saying that only 20 percent of the country's computer systems were turned on when Thailand passed into the new century.

COLOMBO -- The Sri Lankan government has announced that no Y2k-related problems have been reported in the country during the transition between December 31, 1999 and January 1, 2000.

The local scenario following the rollover to the year 2000 was without any Y2K mishaps, the government officials on duty at the Y2K Event Management Center said Sunday.

LUSAKA -- Computers in Zambia have rolled into the year 2000 smoothly without problems, but experts warned that real effects of the bug are yet to come.

Deputy Governor-Administration of Bank of Zambia, Chilufya Mbalashi, said that even key services on which the financial institutions must continue to be alert of the possibility of Y2K related computer viruses that are capable of undoing what has been achieved so far.