Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 27 (ANI): A Ram temple in Ayodhya has banned the offering of "charanamrit" to ramlala devotees amid the recent surge in COVID-19 cases.
Quito [Ecuador], March 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador recorded 2,795 new COVID-19 infections and 38 more deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total figures to 321,451 cases and 11,797 deaths, the country's Public Health Ministry has said.
Panaji (Goa) [India], March 27 (ANI): The Goa government on Friday announced that the highly-anticipated Shigmo festival parade in the state stands canceled this year due to rising COVID-19 cases.
Copenhagen [Denmark], March 27 (ANI): Denmark, which imposed a lockdown during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, suffered considerably lower risks of death than Sweden, which did not impose a lockdown, according to a new study.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 27 (ANI): The Odisha government on Friday requested the Central government to supply COVID-19 vaccines for at least 15 days in advance to the state in order to continue the uninterrupted inoculation drive.
Paris [France], March 27 (ANI/Xinhua): For the second day in a row, France's health authorities on Friday reported a daily increase of over 40,000 coronavirus cases and the deaths of 897 people, including 594 in retirement homes.
Havana [Cuba], March 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Cuba reported on Friday 832 new COVID-19 infections in the last day, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 70,634, along with five more deaths to a total of 413, the Public Health Ministry said.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 27 (ANI): Taking a note of violation of COVID-19 norms during election rallies in poll-bound states, Maharashtra Minister Aslam Shaikh said that he is wondering if Maharashtra is out of this country that coronavirus cases are rising only here, asking does
London [UK], March 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Another 6,187 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,325,315, according to official figures released Friday.
Baghdad [Iraq], March 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi Ministry of Health reported on Friday 6,490 new coronavirus cases, raising the total number of nationwide infections to 822,095.
Beirut [Lebanon], March 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Lebanon on Friday reported 49 deaths from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 6,013, the health ministry said.
Ankara [Turkey], March 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Friday confirmed 29,081 new COVID-19 cases, including 1,253 symptomatic patients, as the total number of positive cases in the country reached 3,149,094, according to its health ministry.