Phnom Penh [Cambodia], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed Omicron cases of the COVID-19 variant in Cambodia has increased to 332 after 45 new cases were reported, the health ministry said on Saturday.
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 15 (ANI): In the wake of the rising infections due to third wave of COVID-19, some 200 prominent mosques in the Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh have organized vaccination camps.
Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): The US will be banning all commercial flights to China from January 19 as Beijing tries to keep coronavirus infections at bay ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia on Friday confirmed 850 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the country's tally of infections to nearly 4.27 million, according to the Indonesian Health Ministry.
Moscow [Russia], January 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The Omicron variant is detected in over 50per cent of coronavirus-infected people in Moscow, mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Friday.
Hong Kong [China], January 14 (ANI): Hong Kong International Airport on Friday announced that it is suspendig passenger transit services for 150 countries in order to control the spread of the highly infectious Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 14 (ANI): With the third wave of COVID-19 taking a foothold in Nepal, a large number of health workers and other officials have been infected with the coronavirus in Himalayan nation, local media reported on Friday.
Manila [Philippines] January 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines reported 37,207 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, the highest one-day case count since the outbreak, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,129,512.
Moscow [Russia], January 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has confirmed 23,820 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which brings the cumulative total to 1,07,47,125, the federal response centre said on Friday.
Washington [US], January 14 (ANI): The number of people hospitalized in the US with Covid-19 has reached a record high -- 151,261 as of Wednesday. And as the infection due to Omicron variant spreads, states and health care systems nationwide are handling shortages of available medical worker
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 14 (ANI): As the COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Pakistan's Sindh province, the state has said that the decision to impose a lockdown will be taken after recommendations from federal bodies, reported local media.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 14 (ANI): Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in Telangana, several doctors and health workers have also been infected with the coronavirus.