Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 17 (ANI): A total of five infants died in government hospital in the Ambikapur district because of prematurity-related complications.
Beijing [China], October 17 (ANI): Warning about the potential of "twindemic" this winter, Chinese health authorities have stressed the need for influenza prevention as flu activity in the southern provinces in the country has increased since September.
Beijing [China], October 17 (ANI): The Chinese mainland reported 19 imported COVID-19 cases and one locally-transmitted infection on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Canberra [Australia], October 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The Australian government has secured access to two new COVID-19 treatments as the country continues to battle the third wave of infections.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], October 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported another 7,509 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to 2,384,542, according to the health ministry.
Sofia [Bulgaria], October 17 (ANI/Novinite): The mayor of Sofia Yordanka Fandakova has COVID-19. She announced this on her Facebook account. Fandakova clarified that first, her husband gave her a positive test, after which she underwent a PCR test, which confirmed that she had coronavirus.
Alaska [US], October 17 (ANI): As part of "ice-breaking activities", Indian and American soldiers played friendly matches of Kabaddi, American Football, Soccer and Volleyball on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): India reported 14,146 fresh COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.
Dispur (Assam) [India], October 17 (ANI): Assam reported 269 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, as per a health bulletin issued by the state government on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Alleging that the BJP-led government has failed to deal with multiple challenges facing the country, the Congress on Saturday said that "aggressive posture of China and the unabated infiltrations by Pakistan" have resulted in a dramatic deterioration of
Ankara [Turkey], October 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Saturday confirmed 28,537 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 7,630,163, according to its Health Ministry.
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Pakistan witnessed a decline in new COVID-19 cases as less than 1,000 daily infections were reported on Friday, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Saturday.