Lahore [Pakistan], March 17 (ANI): Ahead of the South Africa tour, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday confirmed that one member of the squad has tested positive for coronavirus.
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how the world can come together to fight a common threat, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and added the lessons from the pandemic must not be forgotten.
Birmingham [UK], March 17 (ANI): Indian shuttlers have been cleared to take part in the All England Open Badminton Championships 2021, after the players returned negative tests for coronavirus on Wednesday.
Moscow [Russia], March 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 8,998 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 9,393 the day before, taking the overall tally to 4,418,436, the coronavirus response center said on Wednesday.
Manila [The Philippines], March 17 (ANI): Southeast Asian countries can benefit from investments in green infrastructure, digital transformation, big data and revenue mobilisation through tax reform as the region recovers from coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, said Asian Development B
Birmingham [UK], March 17 (ANI): Three Indian shuttlers and one member of support staff have tested positive for coronavirus ahead of the All England Open Badminton Championships 2021, Badminton Association of India (BAI) Secretary Ajay Singhania has confirmed.
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): As many as 28,903 new COVID-19 cases and 17,741 recoveries were reported in India in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry informed on Wednesday.
Tokyo [Japan], March 17 (ANI): Japanese officials are thinking about lifting the coronavirus state of emergency currently in place for Tokyo and three neighbouring prefectures, as the strain on the healthcare system is easing, reported NHK World on Tuesday.
New York [US], March 17 (ANI): Moderna has begun testing its COVID-19 vaccine on children and infants between the ages of six months and 12 years old in a study, as the pharmaceutical company seeks to expand approval for its vaccine to children, the company said on Tuesday.
Washington [US], March 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The US government issued simplified rules for developers of coronavirus tests to promote serial screening, a process in which the same individual is tested multiple times within a few days, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said.
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 17 (ANI): As COVID-19 cases are rapidly surging in Pakistan, the national positivity ratio in the country shot past 7 per cent on Tuesday after over 2,500 cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], March 17 (ANI): Reacting to the participation of a large number of people to celebrate a Mahashivratri event in Vadodara amid a fresh spike in cases of coronavirus, BJP MLA from Manjalpur Yogesh Patel said he was not answerable for it as he did not invite anyone.