Manila [Philippines], December 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 402 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total tally to 2,836,592.
Moscow [Russia], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has confirmed 29,929 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 10,016,896, the federal response center said on Sunday.
Chandigarh [India], December 12 (ANI): Chandigarh reported its first case of Omicron after swab samples of a fully vaccinated 20-year-old male passenger from Italy, who had tested COVID-19 positive on December 1, revealed the presence of the new variant of the novel coronavirus.
Bristol [UK], December 12 (ANI): A new research has found that early warning signals (EWS) can help in the monitoring of disease outbreaks such as COVID-19.
Pok Fu Lam [Hong Kong], December 12 (ANI): An international team of researchers led by Dr Guojun He, Associate Professor in Economics and Management & Strategy at HKU Business School, investigated how China's strict lockdown affected non-COVID mortality.
Beijing [China], December 12 (ANI): China is struggling with fulfilling its claim of making the country COVID free for the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, scheduled to be held in February next year.
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 12 (ANI): Pakistan has reported seven more deaths during the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 28,720, local media reported on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], December 12 (ANI): With 7,774 new COVID-19 cases reported in India in the last 24 hours, the active caseload in the country now stands at 92,281, the Union Health Ministry informed on Sunday.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia has reported 4,626 new COVID-19 infections and 31 more deaths as of midnight Saturday, the health ministry said.
Ankara [Turkey], December 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey has reported 19,255 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising its tally of infections to 9,022,223, according to its health ministry.