Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 23 (ANI): As many as 23 new cases of Omicron variant of the COVID-19 reported in Maharashtra on Thursday, said the state health department.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 23 (ANI): In view of COVID-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh, the state government imposed a night curfew from Thursday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 23 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim men target minority girls for forced marriage and push them into prostitution forcibly as observed by the UK parliamentary panel report.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 23 (ANI): Kerala recorded five more Omicron infections on Thursday, informed state Health Minister Veena George.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 23 (ANI): Tamil Nadu on Thursday reported 33 cases of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19, said Health Minister Ma Subramanian. With this, the state's tally of Omicron cases rose to 34 cases.
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): In view of the rising Omicron threat, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that the state government has decided to strengthen the home isolation module since the new variant of COVId-19 causes mild infection.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 23 (ANI): Karnataka reported 12 new Omicron cases of COVID-19 variant, taking the total tally to 31, informed State Health Minister Dr Sudhakar K on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): Amid the threat of Omicron variant of coronavirus, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that the Delhi government is prepared to handle one lakh COVID-19 cases daily and has created a capacity to conduct three lakh tests every day.
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], December 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Ethiopia has registered 2,992 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 382,371 as of Wednesday evening, the country's health ministry said.
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 23 (ANI): Pakistan reported 359 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the country's National Command and Operation Centre said on Thursday.