Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Sri Lankan government has endorsed the use of Molnupiravir, the first oral antiviral pill to treat patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, the country's health minister said Tuesday.
Manila [Philippines], November 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 849 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections on Tuesday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,819,341.
Oslo [Norway], Russia, November 15 (ANI/Sputnik): A new variant of the Delta strain of the coronavirus has been detected in Norway, which is assumed to be no more infectious than other strains, the NRK broadcaster reported Monday, citing the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH).
Moscow [Russia], November 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Russia confirmed 38,420 COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 9,109,094, the official monitoring and response centre said Monday.
Manila [Philippines], November 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,547 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,818,511.
Seoul [South Korea], November 15 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 2,006 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 397,466.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], November 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported another 5,162 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Sunday, bringing the national total to 2,546,309, according to the health ministry.
Moscow [Russia], November 14 (ANI/VOVWORLD): As of early Sunday, there have been more than 253.6 million COVID-19 infections in the world and more than 5.11 million deaths, according to worldometer.info.
Hanoi [Vietnam], November 14 (ANI/VOVWORLD): From 4 pm on Saturday to 4 pm on Sunday, Vietnam recorded 8,176 new COVID-19 cases, of which 13 were imported and 8,163 were recorded domestically, down 288 cases compared to the previous day. The number of recoveries was 5,257 and the number of d