Paris [France], January 15 (ANI): Following a surge in COVID-19 cases and the discovery of a new strain in the United Kingdom, French Prime Minister Jean Castex on Thursday announced that people travelling to and fro France will need to present a negative PCR test before arrival and self-iso
Doha [Qatar], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The Qatari health ministry on Friday announced 196 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Gulf state to 146,885, the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.
Tehran [Iran], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's health ministry reported 6,485 daily COVID-19 cases on Friday, raising the total nationwide infections to 1,318,295.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 3,211 new COVID-19 infections, the health ministry said on Friday, bringing the national total to 151,066.
Bangkok [Thailand], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Thailand on Friday reported 188 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total caseload during the past month to 7,213, according to the Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia reported 12,818 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday, a record single-day rise since the coronavirus outbreak in the Asian country, bringing its total tally to 882,418.
Tokyo [Japan], January 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on Friday held a meeting to discuss introducing harsher punishments for violators of coronavirus rules as the country sees a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths, media reported.
Patna (Bihar) [India], January 15 (ANI): Bihar reported 346 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative count of people infected with the virus to 4,354, informed the State Health Department on Friday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 15 (ANI): With 186 new COVID-19 cases reported on Thursday, Odisha's total Covid-19 count reached 3,32,949, informed the I & PR Department.
New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): India's total active caseload continues to manifest a sustained downward movement on Friday as it has dropped to 2,13,027 cases, consisting of just 2.03 per cent of the country's total positive cases.
Tbilisi [Georgia], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Georgia reported 1,177 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing its total to 245,789, according to the country's National Center for Disease Control and Public Health.
Moscow [Russia], January 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 24,715 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 24,763 the day before, taking the tally to 3,520,531, the coronavirus response centre said on Friday.