Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 22 (ANI): Jharkhand Education Minister Jagarnath Mahto has completely recovered from a severe lung infection caused by COVID-19, hospital officials said on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): The daily number of COVID-19 vaccines administered to healthcare workers in the national capital neared the 6,000-mark for the first time on Thursday with 5,942 newly administered vaccines.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 21 (ANI): Ahead of Sri Lanka's tour of West Indies, Binura Fernando and Chamika Karunaratne have tested positive for the coronavirus.
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): As many as 1,92,581 beneficiaries were vaccinated against COVID-19 on Thursday during inoculation drive in 27 states and UTs, taking the total number of beneficiaries who received jab to nearly 10 lakh, said Union Health Ministry.
Washington [US], January 21 (ANI): Organisers of UK's biggest musical event, Glastonbury on Thursday (local time) revealed that they have decided to cancel the festival for a second consecutive year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Washington [US], January 21 (ANI): US President Joe Biden will issue an executive order on Thursday directing agencies to use the Defense Production Act (DPA) and other powers to speed up the manufacturing of testing and vaccine supplies and other items needed to fight COVID-19 in the countr
Stockholm [Sweden], January 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The Swedish government on Thursday decided to extend restrictive coronavirus-related measures over the surge in infections, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said.
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorized emergency use of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) confirmed on Thursday, noting that Phase III clinical trials were still ongoing in the UAE.
Moscow [Russia], January 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 21,887 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, up from 21,152 the day before, taking the tally to 3,655,839, the coronavirus response centre said on Thursday.
Beijing [China], January 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Chinese health officials on Thursday registered 144 new COVID-19 cases in addition to 113 cases of asymptomatic infections detected over the past 24 hours.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India] January 21 (ANI/SRV Media): The Year 2020 is the "Golden Jubilee Year of Symbiosis." Symbiosis is "Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence in Education."