Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 12 (ANI): Former Punjab Chief Minister and Punjab Lok Congress President Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday tested positive for COVID-19 and has self-isolated himself.
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Wednesday wrote to chief secretaries of all States, Union Territories for taking immediate measures to ensure optimal availability of medical oxygen at health facilities, in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): As many as 1700 personnel of Delhi Police have tested positive for COVID-19 between January 1 and January 12, Delhi Police said on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): Around 50 staff members tested positive for COVID-19 at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in the national capital, sources said on Wednesday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 12 (ANI): Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar will be under constant medical observation for the next 10-12 days as she has been diagnosed not only with COVID-19 but also got pneumonia.
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 12 (ANI): Preparations for Magh Mela, which is scheduled to be held on January 14, has been upscaled in Prayagraj.
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 12 (ANI): Considering rising number of COVID-19 infections in the city, Kanpur district administration on Tuesday imposed fresh curbs thereby ordering gyms and swimming pools to shut down till further orders.
Moscow [Russia], January 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Russia registered 17,525 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 10,684,204, the official monitoring and response center said Tuesday.
Paris [France], January 11 (ANI/Sputnik): France will see a new anti-record on Tuesday with more than 350,000 cases of coronavirus expected to be registered by the end of day, Health Minister Olivier Veran said.
Islamabad [US], January 11 (ANI): Pakistan has refused to close schools and impose lockdown despite the massive jump in the COVID-19 cases in the country, reported local media.
Tokyo [Japan] January 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Japanese minors under the age of 12 may start receiving COVID-19 shots in the middle of spring once approved by the Health Ministry, the Minister in charge of vaccination rollout, Noriko Horiuchi, said on Tuesday.