Washington [US], January 6 (ANI): The in-person return of the Sundance Film Festival has been cancelled due to a surge in COVID-19 cases spurred by the Omicron variant, with the festival going completely virtual.
Seoul [South Korea], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 4,126 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Wednesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 653,792.
Daman and Diu [India], January 6 (ANI): Due to the spike in coronavirus cases in the Union Territory of Diu, schools for Classes 1 to 8 will remain closed from Thursday.
Beijing [China], January 6 (ANI): China on Wednesday reported 132 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.
Washington [US], January 6 (ANI): The 2022 Grammy Awards will not take place as scheduled amid a spike in COVID-19 cases, fuelled by the emergence of the Omicron variant.
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday called for a sense of urgency in dealing with the new surge in COVID cases and to apply the lessons of the past waves of the pandemic.
London [UK], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain reported 194,747 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 13,835,334, according to official figures released Wednesday.
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], January 5 (ANI): Meghalaya has one active case of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the state's health department said on Wednesday.
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], January 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar reported 133 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 531,432 in the country, according to a release from the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 5 (ANI): Odisha Government has issued COVID-19 guidelines for January in view of the surge in COVID cases, wherein night curfew will be imposed in all urban areas of the state from 9 PM to 5 AM every day.