Beijing [China], December 12 (ANI): China is struggling with fulfilling its claim of making the country COVID free for the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, scheduled to be held in February next year.
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 12 (ANI): Pakistan has reported seven more deaths during the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 28,720, local media reported on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], December 12 (ANI): With 7,774 new COVID-19 cases reported in India in the last 24 hours, the active caseload in the country now stands at 92,281, the Union Health Ministry informed on Sunday.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia has reported 4,626 new COVID-19 infections and 31 more deaths as of midnight Saturday, the health ministry said.
Ankara [Turkey], December 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey has reported 19,255 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising its tally of infections to 9,022,223, according to its health ministry.
St John's [Antigua], December 12 (ANI): Following RT-PCR tests administered on arrival in Pakistan, Cricket West Indies (CWI) has confirmed that four members of the West Indies touring party have tested positive for COVID-19 and will now undergo a period of self-isolation.
Liverpool [UK], December 12 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne in Liverpool to reinforce the ongoing efforts to promote peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific.
Ankara [Turkey], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Six cases of the new Omicron coronavirus strain were registered in Turkey, the country's Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said Saturday.
London [UK], December 12 (ANI): With 633 Omicron cases, the UK on Saturday registered the biggest daily increase since the COVID-19 variant was detected in the country.
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel on Saturday reported 20 new cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, raising the total Omicron cases in the country to 55, according to the Israeli Health Ministry.
Washington [US], December 11 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic affected early and mid-career women academic faculty members in a negative manner, finds a recent study conducted by the University of Illinois, Chicago has found.