Tel Aviv [Israel], December 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel's Ministry of Health on Sunday said it decided to ban travel to ten more countries to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam reported 16,110 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 16,093 locally transmitted and 17 imported, according to its Ministry of Health.
Tehran [Iran], December 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran identified the first case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, Mohammad Mehdi Gooya, the head of management center of infectious diseases of Iran's Health Ministry, announced on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): With almost 90 countries reporting cases of Omicron, health experts in India believe that due to its high transmissibility rate, the number of cases of the new COVID-19 variant may outpace the speed at which the Delta variant surged during the devastatin
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 19 (ANI): Despite health experts claims that COVID-19 has been less lethal among Asians, global data has shown that Pakistan's mortality rate is far higher than in many regions, a media report said.
Johannesburg [South Africa], December 19 (ANI): Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Sunday confirmed the precautionary postponement of the remaining round of the CSA 4-Day Domestic Series across Divisions One and Two for 2021.
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): India and Central Asian nations on Sunday supported gradual restoration of the people-to-people contacts, tourism and business ties as they called on for early mutual recognition of COVID vaccine certification.
Moscow [Russia], December 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has confirmed 27,967 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 10,214,790, the federal response center said on Sunday.
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): Pete Davidson skipped out on the 'Saturday Night Live' show to go on a movie date with ladylove Kim Kardashian on Staten Island last night.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. December 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 9,143,184 cases as of late Saturday evening, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).