Lisbon [Portugal], January 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Almost 250,000 voters Sunday took part in the early vote for Portugal's presidential election scheduled to be held next weekend, according to the Ministry of Internal Administration.
Santiago [Chile], January 18 (ANI/Xinhua): New cases of COVID-19 in Chile have increased 58 percent in the last two weeks, the Ministry of Health said on Sunday.
Paris [France], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 patients in France has exceeded 2.9 million, according to the country's public health agency Sante Publique.
Brasilia [Brazil], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) on Sunday approved the use of two vaccines against the coronavirus disease, developed by companies AstraZeneca and Sinovac.
Rabat [Morocco], January 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Morocco's COVID-19 tally rose to 459,671 on Sunday as 806 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours.
Imphal (Manipur) [India], January 17 (ANI): Manipur reported 21 new COVID-19 cases and 58 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the state health department informed on Sunday.
Melbourne [Australia], January 17 (ANI): Australian Open on Sunday announced that 25 players have been put under quarantine after one passenger on the charter flight tested positive for coronavirus.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 17 (ANI): Maharashtra reported 3,081 more COVID-19 cases, and 50 deaths on Sunday, taking the state's coronavirus count to 19,90,759 cases.
Minsk [Belarus], January 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Belarus reported 1,924 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking its total to 225,461, according to the country's health ministry.
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): Tamil Nadu has reported 589 new COVID-19 cases, 770 discharges, and seven deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the state to 8,30,772, said State Health Department, Government of Tamil Nadu.
Paris [France], January 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Minister of State for European Affairs at the French Foreign Ministry Clement Beaune said on Sunday that France was discussing with other European countries measures to strengthen border control inside the EU over the spread of coronavirus.
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): On the second day of the pan-India inoculation drive, as many as 17,072 beneficiaries were vaccinated against COVID-19 at 553 sessions in six states of the country on Sunday, said the Union Health Ministry.