Yangon [Myanmar], January 27 (ANI): Myanmar's economy will be severely tested by the ongoing impacts of the military coup and the surge in COVID-19 cases in 2021, the World Bank said in its latest report.
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that just because no major accident was reported cannot be a ground to show leniency in drunken driving cases.
Moscow [Russia], January 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has confirmed 88,816 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from 74,692 the day before, which brings the cumulative total to 11,404,617, the federal response center said on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): The Delhi Disaster Management Authority in its meeting on Thursday decided to lift the COVID-19 restriction of weekend curfew and odd-even rule for non-essential commercial establishment in the national capital, sources said.
Berlin [Germany], January 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany on Thursday logged a record number of COVID-19 infections in a single day for the third day running, with over 200,000 new cases registered in the past 24 hours alone, according to Robert Koch Institute data.
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 27 (ANI): Amid the spread of the Omicron variant, Pakistan's active COVID-19 case count crossed the 90,000 mark, local media reported citing National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): India logged 2,86,384 new COVID-19 cases and 573 deaths in the last 24 hours, stated the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.
Tokyo [Japan], January 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan has extended anti-COVID measures from Thursday to another 18 prefectures, which have seen a record increase in new infections in recent days.
Seoul [South Korea], January 27 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea's daily number of COVID-19 cases hit a new record high due to the spread of the Omicron variant, the health authorities said on Thursday.
Brasilia [Brazil], January 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by record 224,567 to more than 24.53 million within the past 24 hours, the National Ministry of Health said on late Wednesday.
Ottawa [Canada], January 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada has found 51 cases of a new Omicron subvariant known as BA.2 mainly from international travelers, according to local media CTV on Wednesday.
Hong Kong, January 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Hong Kong reported 107 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours on Wednesday, taking the total tally to 13,626, according to data from the Center for Health Protection.