Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 12 (ANI): Odisha on Tuesday reported 225 new COVID-19 cases, according to the Information and Public Relations Department of Odisha.
Washington [US], January 12 (ANI): Movie theatres in Malaysia are set to shut down once again as the country is currently dealing with the third wave of the coronavirus.
Moscow [Russia], January 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 22,934 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 23,315 the day before, taking the tally to 3,448,203, the coronavirus response centre said on Tuesday.
Washington [US], January 12 (ANI): The theatrical release of Jared Leto starrer comic book thriller 'Morbius' has been postponed by Sony as the studios are grappling with the coronavirus pandemic's impact on the film industry.
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): The first consignment of COVID-19 vaccine 'Covishield' arrived at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport from Pune on Tuesday morning.
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): India added 12,584 new cases to its COVID-19 tally in the last 24 hours taking the total cases to 1,04,79,179, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday.
Geneva [Switzerland], January 12 (ANI/Sputnik): There is no evidence to suggest that the newly-detected Japanese mutation made the coronavirus more aggressive, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.
Bangkok [Thailand], January 12 (ANI): Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal and badminton player HS Prannoy have tested positive for coronavirus. Both players, who were competing in the Thailand Open, have been taken to the hospital for further tests.
Puducherry [India], January 12 (ANI): Schools in Puducherry will remain closed for 4 days ahead of the Pongal festival, according to official notification on Monday.
Madrid [Spain], January 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), although he has no symptoms.
Washington [US], January 12 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday (local time) received his second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in a continued bid to bolster public confidence in the vaccination program.