Kabul [Afghanistan], January 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 46 new COVID-19 positive cases, totalling the number of patients infected with the disease to 53,981 in the country.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], January 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 4,029 new COVID-19 infections in the highest daily spike since the outbreak, bringing the national total to 155,095, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
Bangkok [Thailand], January 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Thailand on Saturday confirmed 230 new cases of coronavirus infection, mostly domestic, and one more fatality, according to the Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): Scientists studying the body's natural defenses against bacterial infection have identified a nutrient--taurine--that helps the gut recall prior infections and kill invading bacteria, such as Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kpn).
Herat [Afghanistan], January 16 (ANI): Thirteen members of Afghan Local Police were killed in an attack by Taliban "infiltrators" in their outpost in Ghorian district of Herat province on Friday night, Security officials in Herat said on Saturday.
Seoul [South Korea], January 16 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 580 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Saturday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 71,820.
Madrid [Spain], January 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Spain has confirmed 40,197 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, recording the highest single-day increase in infections since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020, the Ministry of Health said on Friday.
Doha [Qatar], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The Qatari health ministry on Friday announced 196 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Gulf state to 146,885, the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.
Tehran [Iran], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's health ministry reported 6,485 daily COVID-19 cases on Friday, raising the total nationwide infections to 1,318,295.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 3,211 new COVID-19 infections, the health ministry said on Friday, bringing the national total to 151,066.
Cambridge [UK], January 15 (ANI): A team of scientists and doctors from the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have developed a DNA test which they claim will quickly identify secondary infections in COVID-19 patients, who have double the risk of