Islamabad [Pakistan], January 19 (ANI): Witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, Pakistan reported 5,472 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said on Wednesday.
Hanoi [Vietnam], January 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City has identified the country's first cases of the Omicron coronavirus strain in people who have not traveled abroad, media reported.
Peshawar [Pakistan], January 19 (ANI): Exposing negligence, weaknesses, and lack of financial control of the health department, Pakistan authorities have found serious irregularities and anomalies amounting to Rs 1,388 million in COVID-19 funds of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): India reported 2,82,970 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours with a daily positivity rate of 15.13 per cent, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Wednesday.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], January 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia recorded 3,245 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,813,934, according to its health ministry.
Beijing [China], January 19 (ANI): China on Tuesday reported 55 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases amid the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant cases in the country.
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): A top US doctor, who had contracted the Omicron variant of COVID-19 two weeks ago, has shared his personal experience to fight against the new variant on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): Emphasising that COVID-19 vaccines are safe for children, children over the age of five years should get vaccinated against the disease, suggests Dr Faheem Younus, Chief of Infectious Diseases at US' University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health.
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): People should learn to live with COVID-19 disease and should not throw caution to the wind, said Dr Faheem Younus, Chief of Infectious Disease at the University of Maryland, on Tuesday.
Washington [US], January 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Nearly 9.5 million children in the United States have tested positive for COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, and child COVID-19 cases have "spiked dramatically" across the country, according to the latest report of the American Academy of Pedi