Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 22 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices were in the negative zone during early hours on Tuesday as countries across the globe shut their borders to Britain due to fears about a new strain of coronavirus.
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): India continues to witness a steady decline in daily new coronavirus infections as only 19,556 new COVID-19 cases were reported in last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): The air quality index (AQI) in Delhi has dipped into 'very poor' category on Tuesday, according to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).
Tokyo [Japan], December 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Toyota Motor Corp. is halting the work of its production facilities in the United Kingdom, as well as France, following the emergence of the new coronavirus strain, The Japan Times reports.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 22 (ANI): Passengers arriving from the United Kingdom (UK) in Mumbai on Tuesday morning have been sent for institutional quarantine in the wake of the new coronavirus strain.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 22 (ANI): In a view of the new strain of Coronavirus emerging in the United Kingdom, the Karnataka Health Minister, Dr Sudhakar K on Monday requested people to undergo RT-PCR (Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) test.
London [UK], December 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The British Royal Mail says it is halting deliveries to most of Europe and is suspending special delivery guarantees for some items as countries across the world are closing their borders to the UK because of the new strain of the coronavirus.
Bogota [Colombia], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Colombia registered 10,845 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 1,518,067, the country's health authorities said Monday.
Washington [US], December 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of cases of the novel coronavirus disease in the United States has surpassed 18 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
Geneva [Swiitzerland], December 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of new coronavirus cases registered worldwide in the past day has topped 575,000, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
California [US], December 22 (ANI): A recent study explores the effects of voluntary versus enforced implementation on support for coronavirus policies.
Moscow [Russia], December 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Moscow has registered 71 deaths of patients infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the Russian capital's death toll to 10,540, the city's coronavirus response center said in a statement on Monday.