Tianjin [China], January 9 (ANI): Authorities at North China's Tianjin, a municipality that neighbours Beijing, have started a citywide nucleic acid testing after 20 people were tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, reported Xinhua.
Xi'an [China], January 9 (ANI): Police in the northern Chinese city of Xi'an in Shaanxi Province have arrested dozens of people for spreading "rumors" online after the authorities banned the city's 13 million residents from posting negative reports from coronavirus lockdown.
Madrid [Spain], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Spain's confirmed COVID-19 cases has passed the 7 million benchmark and the death toll is likely to reach 90,000 soon, according to the latest figures published by the Ministry of Health.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 8 (ANI): Uttarakhand has reported 1,560 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the state health department informed on Saturday.
Hanoi [Vietnam], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam reported 16,553 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including 16,513 locally transmitted and 40 imported, according to its Ministry of Health.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 8 (ANI): Maharashtra has reported 41,434 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the state health department informed on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): Delhi Congress unit has called for an all-party meeting to discuss the COVID-19 situation prevailing in the national capital and slammed Arvind Kejriwal for not announcing a financial package for Delhiites rather engaged in addressing election meetings
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 8 (ANI): Kerala reported 23 new cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus on Saturday, said the state health department.
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI): A new study by the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that women vaccinated against COVID-19 transfer SARS-CoV-2 antibodies to their breastfed infants, potentially giving their babies passive immunity against the coronavirus.
Manila [Philippines] January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines reported a record high 26,458 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, pushing the total number of the confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 29,36,875.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 8 (ANI): Actor Prateik Babbar, on Saturday, revealed that he tested positive for coronavirus on the very first day of 2022.