Juba [South Sudan], October 18 (ANI/Xinhua): South Sudan's government said Sunday it plans to roll out mass testing and mandatory vaccination in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], October 18 (ANI): Jharkhand reported seven new COVID-19 cases and eight recoveries in the last 24 hours, the state health department said on Sunday.
Tbilisi [Georgia], October 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic has broken out in Georgia, Amiran Gamkrelidze, the head of the Georgian National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC), said on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday congratulated the Uttarakhand government for jabbing all eligible beneficiaries in the state with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): More than 101.7 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and union territories, out of which, over 10.42 crore balance and unutilised doses are still available with them, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage has reached the milestone of 97.65 crore doses, as per the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Geneva [Switzerland], October 17 (ANI): Dr Soumya Swaminathan, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief scientist on Sunday informed that WHO's technical advisory group will meet on October 26 to consider emergency use listing (EUL) for Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covax
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 17 (ANI): Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Sunday said that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray along with the health department and the task force will take a decision on relaxing COVID-19 restrictions in the state after Diwali.
Mumbai, (Maharashtra) [India], October 17 (ANI): Mumbai on Sunday recorded zero death due to COVID-19 for the first time since the pandemic began in March last year.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], October 17 (ANI): Kerala reported 7,555 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, as per a health bulletin from the state government on Sunday.
Beijing [China], October 17 (ANI): Warning about the potential of "twindemic" this winter, Chinese health authorities have stressed the need for influenza prevention as flu activity in the southern provinces in the country has increased since September.