Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 5 (ANI): With COVID-19 cases on the rise, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced that all accredited journalists in the state will be administered the COVID-19 vaccine on priority.
Tunis [Tunisia], May 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Tunisian Health Ministry reported 1,405 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, raising the caseload in the country to 314,152.
Ankara [Turkey], May 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Tuesday confirmed 28,997 new COVID-19 cases, including 2,483 symptomatic patients, raising the total number of cases in the country to 4,929,118, according to its health ministry.
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 5 (ANI): Amid the rise in COVID-19 cases, Goa health minister Vishwajit Rane on Tuesday said that the requirement has increased in the state but asserted that the Goa government is rationalising oxygen use to meet the current requirement.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 5 (ANI): In light of the rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 cases, the Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday announced a state-wide curfew till May 18.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 5 (ANI): As COVID-19 cases continue to rise dangerously in Karnataka, five cabinet ministers have been appointed by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa to manage the pandemic in the state.
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): The ministry of Defence informed that Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will be setting up five Medical Oxygen Plants in Delhi and Haryana to tackle the surge in Covid-19 cases and subsequent requirement of oxygen, under the PM-Cares whic
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Three oxygen express special trains arrived in the Delhi division of Northern Railway on Tuesday as Covid-19 cases surged.
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 4,369 within one day to 1,686,373, with the death toll adding by 188 to 46,137, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 1,914 new COVID-19 cases and 61 new deaths on Tuesday, making the tally at 765,596 and death toll at 11,705, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.