Beijing [China], July 7 (ANI): Elderly Chinese people are being neglected by the authorities despite the detection of the new Omicron subvariant recently in the country.
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 7 (ANI): Pakistan reported 872 new COVID-19 cases and nine more deaths during the last 24 hours, the country's ministry of health said on Thursday.
All-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva, pacer Asitha Fernando and spinner Jeffrey Vandersay have tested positive for COVID-19, ruling them out of the second Test.
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Over 10.77 crore balance and unutilized COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the States and UTs to be administered, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): In a slight uptick in the new COVID cases, India logged 18,930 fresh infections in the last 24 hours, an increase of 2,771 infections than yesterday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.
Geneva [Switzerland], July 7 (ANI): A new sub-variant BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in various countries including India, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], July 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 3,561 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Wednesday, bringing the national total to 4,582,302, according to the health ministry.
Beijing [China], July 7 (ANI): Chinese mainland reported 94 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours including 39 in Anhui and 32 in Shanghai, media reported citing the country's health commission on Thursday.
Beijing [China], July 6 (ANI): China on Wednesday enforced a lockdown in Xian, home to 13 million people after the city reported the first cases of a new Omicron subvariant.
Nicosia [Cyprus], July 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The government of Cyprus has reintroduced the mandatory wearing of masks indoors, just over a month after scrapping the measure.
Tokyo [Japan], July 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan nearly doubled compared to a week earlier to more than 45,000 on Wednesday, surpassing the 40,000 mark for the first time since May 18 amid a resurgence of infections in the nation.