Dhaka [Bangladesh], November 9 (ANI): The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh have reached 420,238, John Hopkins University and Medicine reported on Monday.
Wilmington [US], November 9 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday (local time) implored American to wear masks in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus and exuded confidence that virus can be brought under control in the country and economy can be rebuilt.
Washington [US], November 9 (ANI): Indian American Vivek Murthy, a former US Surgeon General, has been named as one the three co-chairs to lead the coronavirus task force set up by President-elect Joe Biden.
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], November 9 (ANI): Gujarat reported 971 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Monday taking the total count of cases to 1,81,670.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], November 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 972 new COVID-19 infections, the Health Ministry said on Monday, raising the total to 41,181.
Tehran [Iran], November 09 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran announced on Monday a record of 10,463 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the country to 692,949, official news agency IRNA reported.
Yangon [Myanmar], November 09 (ANI/Xinhua): The total number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has increased to 61,975 as of Monday, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports.
Rome [Italy], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Italian doctors on Monday urged the authorities to impose a general stay-at-home regime throughout the country to combat the resurgent COVID-19 epidemic, the National Federation of Physicians and Dentists (FNOMCEO) announced on Monday.
Washington [US], November 9 (ANI): The coronavirus vaccine developed by drug giant American Pfizer and German biotechnology firm BioNTech was more than 90 per cent effective at protecting people from infection as compared to placebo saline shot, according to an analysis.