Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 6 (ANI): The Eastern India Motion picture Association through an official letter appealed to the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to resume cinema theatres with 100 per cent occupancy.
Canberra [Australia], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's Health Minister Greg Hunt announced on Wednesday that the country's coronavirus vaccine rollout will begin weeks earlier than previously planned.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 6 (ANI): A total of 417 new COVID-19 cases, 472 discharges and two deaths were reported in Telangana on Tuesday, informed the State Health Department.
Bangkok [Thailand], January 6 (ANI): The Asian leg in Bangkok, due to start next week with the Thailand Open, received a boost with all 824 participants in the Green Zone quarantine bubble testing negative for COVID-19.
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): India has reported 18,088 new COVID-19 cases, 21,314 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 1,03,74,932, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Wednesday.
Seoul [South Korea], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 840 more cases of Covid-19 as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 65,818.
Muscat [Oman], January 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Omani medical workers have identified the first case of a new strain of coronavirus in a foreigner permanently residing in the Sultanate who has arrived from the UK, the Omani Ministry of Health said in a statement.
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): United States national football team striker Alex Morgan has revealed that she and her family have tested positive for Covid-19.
Geneva [Switzerland], January 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The 'UK' coronavirus variant had been detected in 41 countries/territories, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement.
Los Angeles [US], January 6 (ANI): The 63rd annual Grammy Awards, set to be presented this month, have been delayed amid concerns about COVID-18, as reported by The New York Times (NYT) on Tuesday (local time).
Buenos Aires [Argentina], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina will step up measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus during the austral summer vacation season, the Minister of Tourism and Sports, Matias Lammens, said Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): Demanding that there should be no politics over the COVID-19 vaccine, CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury has urged the central government to share the scientific proof of the vaccine to start the vaccination drive.