Washington DC [US], July 21 (ANI): The highly contagious delta variant, a strain of COVID-19 first detected in India, now makes up approximately 83 per cent of coronavirus cases in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Opposition MPs on Tuesday slammed the government on its management of the COVID-19 situation, especially during the second wave of pandemic and alleged that it did not prepare for escalation in cases.
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Urging Opposition not to make crisis a reason for politics, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday said the Indian government was not responsible for fudging of COVID-19 fatality data as state governments were responsible for it.
Moscow [Russia], July 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Russia registered 23,770 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 6,006,536, the official monitoring and response center said Tuesday.
Quetta [Balochistan], July 20 (ANI): The Balochistan government has expressed concern over the surge in COVID-19 cases during its fourth wave in the province.
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): With 30,093 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, India reported the lowest daily positive cases in the last 125 days.
Havana [Cuba], July 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Cuba reported on Monday 6,505 new COVID-19 infections and 61 more deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 288,392 cases and 1,966 deaths.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 20 (ANI): As dowry harassment cases are at the centre stage, with even Kerala Governor staging a protest, a court here hearing a dowry case has sent all four family members that include a doctor to judicial custody for alleged physical and mental tor
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 19 (ANI): Two more persons have been diagnosed with Zika virus, taking the tally of those infected with the mosquito-borne virus in Kerala to 37, state health minister Veena George said on Monday.
Washington [US], July 19 (ANI): British actor and filmmaker Kenneth Branagh has been forced to cancel a significant UK theatre production due to an "increasing number of Covid-enforced absences".
London [UK] July 19 (ANI): England on Monday lifted almost all the remaining COVID-19 restrictions in the country after more than a year of lockdowns and announced 'freedom day' from the pandemic life, even though COVID-19 cases in the country have been rising.