Amritsar (Punjab) [India], January 8 (ANI): As many as 173 of the 290 passengers of an international flight from Italy's Rome tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival at Amritsar airport on Friday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 7 (ANI): In view of the current COVID-19 situation, Lord Jagannath Temple of Odisha will remain closed for devotees from January 10 till January 31, said Puri Collector Samarth Verma on Friday.
New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): India's apex child rights body, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), on Friday wrote to chief secretaries of Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur and Punjab asking them to expedite COVID-19 vaccination of children in their respective States.
Budapest [Hungry], January 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic driven by the Omicron variant has hit Hungary, Bela Merkely, rector of Semmelweis Medical University in Budapest and leader of the Clinical Epidemiology Working Group, said on public television M1 on Friday.
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], January 7 (ANI): As the COVID cases in the country witness incessant surge, the Gujarat government on Friday announced a night curfew between 10 pm and 6 am in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Gandhinagar, Junagadh, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Anand, and Nadiad.
Tehran [Iran], January 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's Health Ministry on Friday reported 1,178 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total infections to 62,04,224.
Kalyani (West Bengal) [India], January 7 (ANI): As India achieved the milestone of administering over 150 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses on Friday, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandviya visited AIIMS Kalyani in West Bengal to congratulate and thank the healthcare workers for their contributio
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 7 (ANI): Tamil Nadu reported 8,981 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, informed the State health department on Friday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 7 (ANI): In view of the surge in COVID-19 infections across the country, the Odisha Government has announced the closure of Colleges and Universities in the state.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 7 (ANI): The High Court of Uttarakhand on Friday decided to shift to the virtual system of hearings from January 10 till further orders in view of the alarming rise of COVID-19 cases.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 7 (ANI): West Bengal Election Commission on Friday modified the guidelines for municipal corporation election campaigning in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases.
Chandigarh [India], January 7 (ANI): In view of the rising COVID-19 cases across the country, Chandigarh District Disaster Management Authority on Friday said that there shall be a prohibition in the movement of individuals for all non-essential activities between 10 pm to 5 am in the uni