Tokyo [Japan], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan recorded 2,684 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the highest single-day increase since the pandemic started, taking the country's total count to 146,214, the NHK broadcaster reported on Saturday.
Paris [France], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The first stage of relaxing measures to curb the COVID-19 pandemic in France entered into force on Saturday, with stores and hairdressers resuming operations, as the European country sees a significant drop in the number of new cases.
London [UK], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom has assigned Nadhim Zahawi as the minister responsible for COVID-19 vaccine deployment, the Prime Minister's Office said on Saturday.
Moscow [Russia], November 28 (ANI): Russia has registered 27,100 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 2,242,633, the federal response center said on Saturday.
Buenos Aires [Argentina], November 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina reported 275 new COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total to 38,216, the country's Health Ministry said Friday.
Mexico city [Mexico], November 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Mexico on Friday reported 12,081 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 1,090,675, said the country's Health Ministry.
Kiev [Ukraine], November 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Ukraine reported 16,218 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, breaking the record of highest daily cases for a second straight day.
Washington [US], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States has exceeded 13 million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
Moscow [Russia], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Moscow has registered 76 deaths of patients infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the Russian capital's death toll to 8,756, the city's coronavirus response center said in a statement on Friday.
Geneva [Switzerland], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Mariangela Simao, the World Health Organization's (WHO) assistant director-general for access to medicines and health products, said on Friday that the exchange of clinical data and best practices of COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing remained cru
Geneva [Switzerland], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The troublesome storing conditions of some candidate coronavirus vaccines and the associated high costs should not discourage countries from adopting them as an immunization means, Kate O'Brien, the director for Immunization, Vaccines and Biol