London [UK], October 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain's coronavirus reproduction number, also known as the R number, has fallen slightly, but the virus is still spreading fast in the country, the latest official figures showed Friday.
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): The central government's National Expert Committee on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 is finalizing priority population groups for vaccination against coronavirus once the vaccine is ready.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Oct 23 (ANI): A total of 586 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday taking the total count of cases to 90,752.
Jerusalem [Israel], October 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel's health ministry on Friday reported 593 new COVID-19 cases taking the total count of cases in the country to 308,840.
Moscow [Russia], October 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), warned on Friday that the global epidemiological situation would be critical in the coming months.
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], October 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent has reached 1,685,589 as of Friday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
Washington [US], October 23 (ANI): The daily media reports and the nascent research literature on COVID-19 speculate on the long-term consequences of the coronavirus situation.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 23 (ANI): Tamil Nadu reported 3,057 new positive cases of COVID-19 taking the total tally of positive cases to 7,03,250, said state Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday.
Sonepat (Haryana) [India], October 23 (ANI): Para-Archer Ankit, who was hospitalised last week after testing positive for coronavirus, has been discharged and will be in-home quarantine for ten days, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said on Friday.
Charlotte [US], October 23 (ANI): A woman has claimed that her mother-in-law died after attending convocation at a church in Charlotte, North Carolina, now "potentially" linked to the single largest COVID-19 outbreak in the county.