Manila [Philippines], February 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 8,361 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,609,568.
St. Louis (Missouri) [US], February 6 (ANI): A medical mystery rattled the world when a 2-year-old child -- seemingly healthy at birth -- succumbed to an undiagnosed, rare illness. Now, new research by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has solved the medical mystery.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], February 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 9,117 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to 2,904,131, according to the health ministry.
Brasilia [Brazil], February 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 197,442 COVID-19 infections and 1,308 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing its nationwide counts to 26,473,273 and 631,802 respectively, the National Council of Health Secretaries said Saturday.
Athens [Greece], February 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has wished Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a speedy recovery from COVID-19.
Ankara [Turkey], February 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Saturday reported 98,715 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 1,21,50,567, said the Health Ministry.
Dispur (Assam) [India], February 6 (ANI): Assam reported 446 new COVID-19 cases and 16 fatalities in the last 24 hours, as per the state health department on Saturday.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], February 6 (ANI): Jharkhand reported 449 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the state health department on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): The national capital registered a decline in its daily COVID-19 caseload as it reported 1,604 new infections during the last 24 hours, said the state health department on Saturday. The positivity rate came down to 2.87 per cent.
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Health experts say reinfection of people with COVID-19 within two to three weeks of their last infection is because of the 'immune escape capacity' of the virus.
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): A team of researchers have found that an Australian developed neonatal rotavirus vaccine RV3-BB was safe and produced a robust immune response in African babies.
Madrid [Spain], February 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The Spanish government will next week revoke the mandate for wearing facemasks against the infection from COVID-19, Spanish Health Minister Carolina Darias said on Friday.