Thane (Maharashtra) [India], December 9 (ANI): A 33-year-old South Africa returnee, who was infected with Omicron four days ago, has been tested negative for COVID-19 on Thursday.
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam reported 15,311 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 15,300 locally transmitted and 11 imported, according to the Ministry of Health.
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): In light of the emergence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan reviewed public health response to COVID-19 and the progress of vaccination in the country, with the states and Union Territories on Thursday.
Moscow [Russia], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Russia has reported 30,209 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total caseload to 9,925,806, the official monitoring and response center said Thursday.
Sindh [Pakistan], December 9 (ANI): Hours after Pakistani media reported the country's first case of Omicron variant of coronavirus, the country's health authorities said that no case of the new variant has been detected as of yet.
Moscow [Russia], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Nigeria is considering the procurement of Russia's coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, but does not exclude the option of receiving it from Russia as a donation, Nigerian Ambassador in Moscow Abdullahi Shehu told Sputnik in his first interview since t
Havana [Cuba], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Cuba detected its first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Cuban state news agency ACN reported on Wednesday night.
Beijing [China], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Bilateral trade between Russia and China will reach a new historical level by the end of the year, despite the unstable coronavirus situation, Vladimir Oshchepkov, Russia's consul general in Harbin, said.
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 9 (ANI/WAM): The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 355,085 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 9 (ANI): Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday said people do not need to panic about Omicron as the severity of the coronavirus variant is low.
London [UK], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain registered 51,342 new COVID-19 infections bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 10,610,958, according to official figures released Wednesday.