Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 31 (ANI): Mumbai Police on Friday prohibited people from visiting beaches, open grounds, sea faces, promenades, gardens, parks or similar public places from 5 pm to 5 am till January 15 in view of rising cases of COVID-19 and its Omicron variant.
Madrid [Spain], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Spain has confirmed 1,61,688 new coronavirus cases within the past 24 hours, marking thus the largest daily increase since the start of the pandemic, the national Ministry of Health said.
Manila [Philippines], December 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines is experiencing a new spike in COVID-19 infections, with daily infections hitting 1,623 on Thursday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,841,260.
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel on Wednesday reported 2,967 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number in the country to 1,372,386, said the Ministry of Health.
Hong Kong, December 29 (ANI): Months after the closure of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, another Hong Kong-based media company-- Stand News-- has announced that it is halting operation after seven years and removing all contents.
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): The United States has set a single-day record of COVID-19 cases, with 441,278 new cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Infection (CDC) informed on Tuesday.
Tehran [Iran], December 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's Health Ministry on Tuesday reported 2,128 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total infections to 6,188,857.
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): In wake of rising cases of COVID in the national capital, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) imposed a daily night curfew on the campus from 11 pm to 5 am till further orders.
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): Technology is a term that can be simply defined as methods, systems, and devices that are a result of scientific knowledge being put to use for practical daily purposes.
Hong Kong, December 28 (ANI): Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and six other former staff members of the tabloid Apple Daily are set to face an additional sedition charge, under the Beijing-imposed national security law.
Beijing [China], December 28 (ANI): The Chinese city of Xi'an in Shaanxi Province has registered 175 confirmed cases in a single day, the highest daily increase since the outbreak started earlier this month.