Baghdad [Iraq], November 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The Iraqi regulator has approved the use of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in teens over 12 years old, the national health ministry said on Monday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 1 (ANI): Corruption worth 2.6 million afs (Afghan currency) has been unearthed in Afghanistan's Ghazni province where medical equipment and medicines required for coronavirus treatment were purchased at higher rates, according to a media report.
New Delhi [India], November 1 (ANI/PNN): Diwali (the festival of lights) will be celebrated on November 4, 2021. This year's Diwali festival will be extra special for people across the country who could not celebrate the holiday last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Hong Kong, November 1 (ANI): The Hong Kong authorities on Monday announced that the quarantine exemption arrangements will be comprehensively tightened with effect from November 12.
New York [US], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for vaccine equity and continued vigilance against the coronavirus as global COVID-19 deaths exceeded 5 million.
Bangkok (Thailand), November 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Thailand will allow fully vaccinated tourists from 63 low-risk countries to enter the country without quarantine from Monday, the media reported.
Islamabad [Pakistan] November 1 (ANI): Senior officials have informed that Pakistan could be facing the fifth wave of coronavirus in winter due to the slow pace of vaccination in the country.
Beijing [China] November 1 (ANI): The Chinese mainland has reported 59 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, local media reported citing National Health Commission's daily report on Monday.
Moscow [Russia], November 1 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic only exacerbated the trade war between the US and China and provocations on the part of NATO have become more frequent, Sputnik reported citing Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev as saying.
Lanzhou [China], October 31 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 43 residential compounds in northwest China's Gansu Province had been put under closed-off management as of Saturday to curb the latest spread of the coronavirus, local authorities said Sunday.