New Delhi [India], December 12 (ANI): With 30,005 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the total cases in India crossed 98-lakh mark and reached 98,26,775, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's (MoHFW) data on Saturday.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 12 (ANI): The government will award a three-year sentence and a fine on those persons who have been asked to be in home quarantine but violate rules, said Deputy Inspector General Ajith Rohana, Sri Lanka's Police Media Spokesman on Friday.
Tokyo [Japan], December 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan logged a record of 3,037 daily COVID-19 cases on Saturday, surpassing 3,000 for the first time as Tokyo and several other prefectures marked records in a single day amid a resurgence of infections.
Washington [US], December 12 (ANI): A study published in the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, reveals that COVID-19 can be effectively diagnosed with self-collected saliva samples that are capable of detecting SARS-CoV-2 genetic material in a rate similar to that of nasopharyngeal and oroph
Kathmandu [Nepal], December 12 (ANI): Nepal on Saturday recorded 899 new COVID-19 cases across the country as the total count has registered to 247,593.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 12 (ANI): Bangladesh has reported 1,329 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours and the total count of cases has reached 489,178.
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 6,388 within one day to 611,631, with the death toll adding by 142 to 18,653, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
Washington [US], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has secured 100 million more doses of the mRNA coronavirus vaccine by US pharmaceutical company Moderna, the developer said in a press release.
Tehran [Iran], December 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's Health Ministry reported 8,201 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the total nationwide infections to 1,100,818.
Mexico City [Mexico], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The Mexican Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk (Cofepris) has licensed the coronavirus vaccine developed by the Pfizer-BioNTech duo for emergency use, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez Gatell said on Saturday.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 1,937 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the national total to 82,246, the health ministry said on Saturday.
Santiago [Chile], December 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile reported 1,531 new COVID-19 cases during the past 24 hours, bringing the total caseload to 567,974, according to data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.