Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 2 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurated the phase III regulatory trial of Bharat Biotech's coronavirus vaccine candidate Covaxin in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Tokyo [Japan], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese parliament passed a bill on Wednesday to make vaccination against the coronavirus free for residents, obligating the government to cover all costs.
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): Actor Jennifer Aniston resumed shooting for the second season of her Emmy-award winning series 'The Morning Show' on Tuesday (local time).
Aizawl (Mizoram) [India], December 2 (ANI): As many as 22 new COVID-19 cases were reported from Mizoram in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 3,869, the state Information and Public Relations Department informed on Wednesday.
Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina reported 198 new COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the national total to 38,928, the country's Health Ministry said Tuesday.
Seoul [South Korea], December 2 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 511 more cases of COVID-19 as of 0:00 a.m. Wednesday local time compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 35,163.
Moscow [Russia], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's permanent mission to the UN and the Health Ministry will hold a presentation, which will provide detailed information on the Russian vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), mission spokesman Fyodor Strzhizhovsky told Sputn
Riga [Latvia], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The emergency situation regime has been extended in Latvia until January 11 as part of the coronavirus response, Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins said at a press conference.
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): India reported 36,604 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's data on Wednesday.
Christchurch [New Zealand], December 2 (ANI): Another member of the Pakistan squad has tested positive for coronavirus, the Health Ministry of New Zealand said on Wednesday. The recent coronavirus case takes the total cases in the touring team to eight.