Ankara [Turkey], May 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey's annual inflation jumped to 69.97 per cent in April, reaching a two-decade high, the Turkish Statistical Institute announced Thursday.
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], May 5 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday slammed the Trinamool Congress for spreading rumours about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and said that the Central government will implement it once the COVID-19 pandemic ends.
Geneva [Switzerland], May 5 (ANI): New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the full death toll associated directly or indirectly with the COVID-19 pandemic between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021 was approximately 14.9 million (range 13.3 million to 16.6 million)
Taipei [Taiwan], May 5 (ANI): Witnessing a surge in daily COVID-19 cases, Taiwan on Wednesday recorded 30,035 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases and five new deaths, said Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Thursday.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 5 (ANI): Welham Girls' School in Dehradun has been declared a micro-containment zone after seven COVID-19 infected people were identified on the school premises.
Beijing [China], May 5 (ANI): Shanghai residents, at the hands of China's Zero-Covid policy, are being subjected to unprecedented neglect, mistreatment, and abuse, with leaked videos on social media confirming blatant human rights violations.
Beijing [China], May 5 (ANI): China reported a total of 360 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, of which 261 were reported solely in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report on Thursday, while people in Shanghai are falling sick after cons
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 5 (ANI): Chief Executive Officer of Pune based Serum Institute of India Adar Poonawalla on Wednesday clarified that the COVID-19 vaccine Covovax is available for everyone above the age of 12 years.
Washington [US], May 5 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, experiencing mild symptoms and will be isolating himself at his home, conducting his work virtually.
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Delhi saw a slight dip in its daily COVID-19 cases as the national capital reported as many as 1,354 new infections in the last 24 hours, a health bulletin by the Delhi government informed on Wednesday.