London [UK], Feburary 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Another 12,057 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,083,242, according to official figures released Thursday.
Jakarta [Indonesia], February 18 (ANI/Xinhua): The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Indonesia increased by 9,039 in the past 24 hours to 1,252,685, with the death toll going up by 181 to 33,969, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.
Washington [US], February 18 (ANI): Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine can protect people against concerning new coronavirus variants, including one first seen in South Africa called B.1.351, according to report published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday.
London [UK], February 18 (ANI): A UK trial of potential Covid-19 treatments has started to enroll patients in other countries in the hope of speeding up results, Oxford University said on Thursday.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], February 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 2,712 new COVID-19 infections, the health ministry said on Thursday, bringing the national total to 274,875.
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday will address a workshop on "Covid-19 Management: Experience, Good Practices and Way Forward" where nine neighbouring countries will be participating including Pakistan.
New York [US], February 18 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has criticised what he calls the "wildly uneven and unfair" global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines amid the pandemic.
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): With cumulative vaccination coverage to healthcare workers and frontline workers against COVID-19 in the country crossing 94 lakhs, India has become the third topmost country globally with the highest cumulative vaccination numbers, after USA and the UK.
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): As many as 12,881 new COVID-19 cases and 101 deaths were reported in the country in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Thursday.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], February 18 (ANI): Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Uttarakhand government has decided to limit the Kumbh this year for 30 days, Chief Secretary Om Prakash said on Thursday.
London [UK], February 18 (ANI): Days after Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder and leader Altaf Hussain was discharged from a London hospital for viral infection, he was again admitted to the hospital on Wednesday after he experienced difficulty in breathing.