New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh continue to report a surge in fresh COVID-19 cases and they account for 80.63 per cent of the daily new cases, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.
Manila [The Philippines], March 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported on Friday 7,103 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, the highest daily jump since the disease emerged in the Southeast Asian country in January 2020, raising the total to 648,066.
Bangkok [Thailand], March 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Thailand reported on Friday 100 new COVID-19 cases, mostly domestic, and one more death, according to the Centre for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
Moscow [Russia], March 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 9,699 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 9,803 the day before, taking the overall tally to 4,437,938, the coronavirus response center said on Friday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 19 (ANI): Pakistan's coronavirus positivity rate spiked to 8 per cent on Friday after 3,449 new cases were reported during the last 24 hours.
New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): In a bid to counter the second wave of coronavirus, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Friday said that it has urged all stakeholders to come forward with the more dedicated test, trace and carry on an appropriate protocol for treatment.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 19 (ANI/PNN): Since last year, a lot of highly-anticipated films got derailed due to the corona pandemic crisis the Covid-19 Pandemic and this includes the country's first Indo-Polish action thriller, No Means No directed by Indian filmmaker Vikash Verma.
New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): An unnamed shooter has tested positive for coronavirus ahead of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun which is scheduled to start on Friday here at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting range (DKSSR).
Paris [France], March 19 (ANI): French Prime Minister Jean Castex on Thursday imposed a month-long lockdown in 16 areas of the country, including the greater Paris and Nice areas, in wake of rising COVID-19 cases.
Port Louis [Mauritius], March 19 (ANI): Mauritius will receive a consignment of Covaxin, India's indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine, on Friday, announced the High Commission of India in Port Louis on Thursday.
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], March 18 (ANI): The Ludhiana district administration has directed private hospitals to enhance the bed capacity and defer elective surgeries for the time being to ensure bed availability to critical COVID-19 patients to deal with the second coronavirus wave.
London [UK], March 18 (ANI): The AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is "safe and effective" and the benefits in combating COVID-19 continue to outweigh the risk of side effects, said the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) committee, PRAC, on Thursday after concluding its preliminary review of pe