Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 23 (ANI): As 55 new cases of COVID-19 were reported at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan visited the state vaccination centre here on Saturday and asserted that the situation is "under control".
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): More than 19.91 crore balance and unutilized COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with States and Union Territories (UTs) to be administered, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in its official statement on Saturday.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 6,342 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Friday, bringing the national total to 4,421,443, according to the health ministry.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): Pakistan reported 82 new COVID-19 cases and one death from the pandemic during the past 24 hours, said the country's health ministry on Saturday.
Wellington [New Zealand], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron XE variant at the border, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): India reported 2,527 new COVID-19 infections and 33 fatalities in the last 24 hours informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.
Seoul [South Korea], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 75,449 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Friday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 16,830,469, the health authorities said on Saturday.
Beijing [China], April 23 (ANI): The Chinese mainland reported 2,971 new locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, of which 2,736 were reported in Shanghai, said the National Health Commission on Saturday.
Washington [US], April 23 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met with World Bank President David Malpass in Washington on Friday and discussed several key economic issues including India's continued recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and impact of Russia-Ukraine conflict.
New York [US], April 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Oil prices settled down on Friday, falling 5% over the week, as potentially lower Chinese energy consumption from the lockdown of its Shanghai financial hub overshadowed supply tightness from Russian sanctions that kept the market up for weeks.
Washington [US], April 23 (ANI): A Chinese national was sentenced to more than four years in prison in the United States after admitting that he fraudulently tried to get USD 20 million in Covid-19 relief funds meant to rescue distressed businesses.