Tokyo [Japan], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan will consider accelerating the COVID-19 vaccine booster campaign for all its citizens so that they can feel safe, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): Children aged between 15 to 18 who are eligible for vaccination from January 3 next year will only be administered doses of the Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine, sources in the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 28 (ANI): Serum Institute of India on Tuesday expressed gratitude to the Union Health Ministry for granting Emergency Use Authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine Covovax.
Moscow [Russia], December 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has confirmed 21,922 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 10,437,152, the federal response center said on Tuesday.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 28 (ANI): Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien on Tuesday took to Twitter to declare that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and that he has developed moderate symptoms and is self-isolating at home.
Hong Kong, December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Hong Kong is considering mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for schoolchildren due to the spread of Omicron cases, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing a source.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 28 (ANI): Sourav Ganguly, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President, has tested positive for COVID-19 and received monoclonal anti-body cocktail therapy.
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): In the wake of rising COVID-19 cases, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced the implementation of Level-I (Yellow alert) of the Graded Response Action Plan in New Delhi. The government will soon release the detailed order on the restr
Beijing [China], December 28 (ANI): The Chinese city of Xi'an in Shaanxi Province has registered 175 confirmed cases in a single day, the highest daily increase since the outbreak started earlier this month.
Tokyo [Japan], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan will deliver additional 7 lakh doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Iran, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): With the administration of 72.87 lakh (72,87,547) vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 142.47 crore crore (1,42,46,81,736) as per provisional reports till 7 am on Tuesday.