Seoul [South Korea], May 12 (ANI): North Korea on Thursday reported its first case of COVID-19 Omicron variant and put in place a "maximum emergency" virus control system in the country with leader Kim Jong Un vowing to "eliminate" the virus, state media reported.
Wellington [New Zealand], May 8 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron BA.5 variant at the border amid 12,392 community cases during the weekend, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Sunday.
Wellington [New Zealand], May 1 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron BA.4 variant at the border amid 12,699 community cases during the weekend, said the Ministry of Health on Sunday.
Manila [Philippines], April 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The Philippines has detected the first Omicron sub-variant BA.2.12 in a 52-year-old Finnish female who arrived in the country on April 2, the Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday convened a meeting of the National Task Force on Polio after the first case of the viral disease was detected in 15 months.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): Pakistan detected country's first case of polio after over a year, with the paralysis of a 15-month-old boy in the country's North Waziristan area, according to reports citing authorities.
Wellington [New Zealand], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron XE variant at the border, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Saturday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 18 (ANI): Bollywood actor Rajkummar Rao and Sanya Malhotra starrer film 'HIT - The First Case', has finished shooting the final leg of the film.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 7 (ANI): Amid mounting concerns over the new 'XE' variant of COVID and a day after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation reported its first case in Mumbai, Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said that state health department has not recei