Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia recorded 2,589 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours until midnight Monday, bringing the total tally to 2,721,544, according to the health ministry.
Washington [US], December 21 (ANI): A employee from the Biden administration who contacted him on December 17 has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House announced on Monday.
Ottawa [Canada], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly announced in a public message that she has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and is continuing to work from isolation.
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], December 21 (ANI): Gujarat government has extended night curfew till December 31 in eight major cities of the state amid rising COVID-19 variant Omicron cases in the state.
Ottawa [Canada], December 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada's COVID-19 cases continued to surge on Monday as the Omicron variant rapidly took hold in the country.
Washington [US], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put eight more countries on its list of states that Americans should avoid due to the high risk of being infected with the novel coronavirus, including Spain and Finland.
Washington [US], December 21 (ANI): The Biden Administration has clarified that it has no intention of imposing new shutdowns amid a surge in Omicron variant across the US.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], December 21 (ANI): Two people in Dehradun is suspected to be infected with the COVID-19 variant of Omicron after meeting their relative in Delhi who have been tested positive with the Omicron variant of the virus, said R Rajesh Kumar, District Magistrate, Dehr
Ankara [Turkey], December 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Monday reported 18,762 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 9,189,881, according to its health ministry.
London [UK], December 20 (ANI): UEFA on Monday announced that Tottenham Hotspur postponed fixture against Rennes in the Europa Conference League would be deemed as a forfeit.
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): Amid rising cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19, the expert has cautioned that though the new strain does not manifest severe symptoms in vaccinated people, it might cause serious infection in unvaccinated people.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 20 (ANI): Kerala recorded four more Omicron infections on Monday, taking the total number of persons infected with the variant to 15, Health Minister Veena George's office informed today.