Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 18 (ANI): As Monday marked the first day of Savan (Shravan), Lord Baba Mahakal idol was taken out for a city tour in a religious procession. The streets flooded with devotees echoed chants and hymns of Lord Shiva.
Luxembourg City [Luxembourg], July 18 (ANI/Xinhua): During a rapid self-test, Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. A positive PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test later confirmed the result, local media reported.
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 18 (ANI): Pakistan reported 492 new COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours, bringing the tally of infected to 1,546,744, the country's ministry of health said on Monday.
Kathmandu [Nepal], July 18 (ANI): Deepu Thakur along with three other friends took a dip in the Bagmati River on the hillside of Sundarijal, 14 Kilometers from Kathmandu, collected sacred water, performed some rituals and then set off barefoot for Pashupatinath Temple.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], July 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 3,936 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Sunday, bringing the national total to 4,622,981, according to the health ministry.
Ottawa [Canada], July 18 (ANI): To track the importation of the COVID-19 virus into Canada and identify new variants of concern, the country is set to re-establish its mandatory random COVID-19 testing at four major airports from Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): India on Monday registered a slight dip in the number of COVID-19 cases as 16,935 new infections were recorded, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Wellington [New Zealand], July 18 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand recorded 7,612 new community cases of COVID-19 and 22 more deaths from the pandemic, the Ministry of Health said on Monday.
Beijing [China], July 18 (ANI): Around 500 people were found infected with COVID-19 over five days at a tourist resort in China's Guangxi region, according to local media.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 18 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that under the able leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the biggest and most successful campaign of Covid vaccination has been conducted in India.
Tehran [Iran], July 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Iranian Health Minister Bahram Einollahi on Sunday said that the seventh wave of COVID-19 infections has started in the country, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Beijing [China], July 17 (ANI): China's meteorological department has issued a high-temperature warning for 12 days as severe heat waves grip the country, affecting 900 million people and over half of the national territory within a week.