Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 18 (ANI): Kerala reported four new cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, taking the overall cases of the new variant to eleven in the state on Saturday, Health Minister Veena George said.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 18 (ANI): Maharashtra on Saturday reported eight new cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19, taking the cumulative tally of Omicron cases in the state to 48.
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): With more than 69 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses administered till 7 pm on Saturday, India's cumulative vaccination coverage exceeded 137 crore doses, informed the Union Health Ministry.
London [UK], December 18 (ANI): London Mayor Sadiq Khan has declared a "major incident" in the capital of the UK due to the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant.
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): With seven countries in South-East Asia Region confirming cases of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday emphasized on urgent scale-up of public health and social measures to curtail its further spread.
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): Delhi reported 86 fresh COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours thereby slightly increasing the positivity rate to 0.13 per cent, as per the Delhi Health Department data on Saturday.
Geneva [Switzerland], December 18 (ANI): Amid the unabated spread of the Omicron cases around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said infection numbers of the new variant is doubling at least every 3 days.
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): With increasing cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant in the country, Dr Puneet Misra, Professor of Community Medicine at AIIMS, New Delhi on Saturday advised people not to be panic but to remain alert.
London [UK], December 18 (ANI): Due to more positive cases in the Aston Villa squad, the Premier League Board postponed the club's home fixture against Burnley, due to kick off at 15:00 GMT on Saturday afternoon.
Bangkok [Thailand], December 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Officials will soon relocate 600 remaining prisoners from the Krabi provincial prison in the southwestern coast of Thailand, after a riot over COVID-19 safety measures at the facility ended in fire, media reported Saturday.