Brasilia [Brazil], January 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 1,050 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 209,296, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday.
Beijing [China], January 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 19 asymptomatic infections on Saturday, local health authorities said Sunday.
Quito [Ecuador], January 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador registered a record 3,942 daily cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 230,808, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 17 (ANI): Fourteen cases of adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) were reported in West Bengal on the first day of the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive on Saturday.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 17 (ANI): Soon after the first COVID-19 vaccination drive began in Telangana on Saturday, 11 mild Adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) cases were reported in the state.
Ernakulam (Kerala) [India], January 17 (ANI): As vaccination drive to against COVID-19 pandemic began across the country today, doctors at Ernakulam district of Kerala felt that the vaccines are safe and nobody need to worry about them.
Berlin [Germany], January 17 (ANI/Sputnik): As many as 1,048,160 people in Germany have already received a vaccine against COVID-19, the Robert Koch Institute, a national authority for infectious diseases, said on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, launching India's vaccination drive against novel coronavirus on Saturday, paid tribute to frontline workers and scientists and also urged citizens not to be affected by propaganda against the two Made in India vaccines again
New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): A total of 1,91,181 beneficiaries were vaccinated for COVID-19 on day one of the massive nationwide vaccination drive on Saturday, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): Since it was the first day of vaccination drive across India on Saturday, a few issues came up with Co-WIN digital platform including delay in uploading beneficiary list at some session sites and a few healthcare workers who got vaccinated were not schedu
New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that the two vaccines against COVID-19 have been presented before the country as "Sanjeevani" in the fight against coronavirus and today is perhaps the day of tremendous relief for all of us.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 16 (ANI): Karnataka Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Saturday termed the moment when the first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine was administered to a frontline worker in the state as historic.