Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 8 (ANI): A huge quantity of flowers went to waste at Koyambedu wholesale market in Tamil Nadu's Chennai due to poor demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and continuous rain.
Washington [US], November 8 (ANI): After 20 months of travel restrictions, the US is reopening its land and air borders to foreign visitors fully vaccinated against COVID-19 from Monday.
London [UK], November 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Another 30,305 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 9,301,909, according to official figures released Sunday.
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 8 (ANI): Bihar on Sunday achieved a milestone in its COVID-19 vaccination drive by crossing a benchmark of administering seven crore doses, State Health Minister Mangal Pandey said.
Vienna [Austria], November 8 (ANI/Novinite): In Austria, a red COVID-19 morbidity code has been announced and stricter measures imposed by the fourth level of the five-point scale of action and pandemic measures will take effect on Monday.
Tokyo [Japan], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan registered no coronavirus-related deaths in a day for the first time since August 2020, according to statistics from 47 prefectures of the country, published by NHK broadcaster on Sunday.
Jakarta [Indonesia], November 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia on Sunday confirmed 444 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 42,48,165, according to the country's Health Ministry.
Yangon [Myanmar], November 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar rose to 506,816 on Sunday after 818 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health.
Zagreb [Croatia], November 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Zdravko Maric has tested positive for COVID-19, the government said in a statement on Sunday.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], November 7 (ANI): Kerala has logged 7,124 fresh COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths in the last 24 hours, a health bulletin from the state health department said on Sunday.
Beijing [China], November 7 (ANI): At least 74 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the Chinese mainland on Saturday, the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China informed.