Ottawa [Canada], December 9 (ANI): Canada has approved Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for people over the age of 16, opening the possibility of Canadians starting to receive it next week.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 9 (ANI): A total of 1,511 new Covid-19 cases and 17 fatalities were reported in Rajasthan on Wednesday, according to the State Health Department.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 9 (ANI): As many as 1,232 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, according to the State Health Department.
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 6,058 within one day to 592,900, with the death toll adding by 171 to 18,171, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 959 new COVID-19 infections, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, bringing the national total to 76,265.
Tehran [Iran], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran reported on Wednesday 10,223 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of cases in the country to 1,072,620 so far.
Yangon [Myanmar], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has increased to 103,166 as of Wednesday, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports.
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): As many as 2,463 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the national capital in the last 24 hours, according to Delhi state health bulletin, on Wednesday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 9 (ANI): Amid the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Pakistan Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Wednesday said the government would impose stricter restrictions if people continued to violate guidelines to prevent spread of the virus
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 9 (ANI): Bangladesh on Wednesday recorded 24 Covid-19-related deaths in the last 24 hours taking the total number of fatalities due to the deadly virus to 6,930 here.
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): The ongoing trend of contraction of India's total active COVID-19 cases continues as the active caseload of the country stands at 3,78,909. The share of active cases in the total positive cases has further shrunk to 3.89 per cent.