New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Delhi has started providing free COVID-19 precautionary doses to beneficiaries in the age group of 18-59 at government vaccination centres.
Beijing [China], April 23 (ANI): Amid strict lockdown measures, breakdown of supply chains, food shortages and increasing COVID-19 cases, the residents of China's economic hub of Shanghai are venting online even as government censors try to control the flood of critical comments pouring in.
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): The national capital logged 1,094 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours, the highest since February 10 this year, according to the health bulletin of the Delhi government on Saturday.
Hanoi [Vietnam], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam reported 10,365 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, down 795 from Friday, according to its Ministry of Health.
Male [Maldives], April 23 (ANI): Maldives and Sri Lanka-- two nations whose economies are heavily dependent on tourism-- suffered a big blow due to COVID-enforced regulations after the outbreak of the pandemic.
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): After a gap of two years due to the COVID pandemic, the Haj yatra will begin this year as usual, announced the Saudi government.
Shanghai [China], April 23 (ANI): The COVID-19 death toll continues to rise in China's economic hub of Shanghai even as strict lockdown measures wreak havoc in the daily lives of ordinary people.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 23 (ANI): As 55 new cases of COVID-19 were reported at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan visited the state vaccination centre here on Saturday and asserted that the situation is "under control".
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): More than 19.91 crore balance and unutilized COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with States and Union Territories (UTs) to be administered, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in its official statement on Saturday.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 6,342 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Friday, bringing the national total to 4,421,443, according to the health ministry.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): Pakistan reported 82 new COVID-19 cases and one death from the pandemic during the past 24 hours, said the country's health ministry on Saturday.
Wellington [New Zealand], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron XE variant at the border, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Saturday.