Guwahati (Assam) [India], Januaray 6 (ANI): Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati had been declared containment zone after 60 people tested COVID-19 positive, according to Assam's District Disaster Management Authority.
Beijing [China], January 6 (ANI): China on Wednesday reported 132 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.
Washington [US], January 6 (ANI): The 2022 Grammy Awards will not take place as scheduled amid a spike in COVID-19 cases, fuelled by the emergence of the Omicron variant.
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): India reported 90,928 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday again suspended the entry of public at the daily flag-lowering retreat ceremony along the India-Pakistan border in Attari because of rising COVID-19 cases, said a senior BSF officer.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], January 6 (ANI): In view of a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh Deo on Wednesday urged Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to give permission to start a genome sequencing facility in the state soon.
Dehradun (Uttrakhand) [India], January 6 (ANI): In view of rising COVID-19 cases, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's two public meetings that were to take place in Uttarakhand have been postponed.
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): In view of rising COVID-19 cases, the National Zoological Park in Delhi has shut down temporarily, informed a zoo official on Wednesday.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 6 (ANI): In view of the rising COVID-19 cases, Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday imposed complete restrictions on non-essential movement in the entire union territory from 9 pm to 6 am.
London [UK], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain reported 194,747 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 13,835,334, according to official figures released Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): In view of the rising COVID-19 cases, the Delhi government has ordered to escalate the COVID beds capacity in nine government hospitals of the national capital.