Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 11 (ANI): Amid the surge in the COVID-19 cases, Tamil Nadu Health Minister MA Subramanian on Tuesday said that there is no need for a lockdown in the state amid rising COVID-19 cases.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 10 (ANI): Tamil Nadu government on Monday extended COVID-19 restrictions till January 31 in order to contain the transmission of the virus.
Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): The new COVID-19 Omicron variant is more transmissible than the Delta variant. However, its biological characteristics are still relatively unknown.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): Staying fit has always been a challenge - even more so during lockdowns and when work from home policies are in place.
Xi'an [China], January 9 (ANI): Police in the northern Chinese city of Xi'an in Shaanxi Province have arrested dozens of people for spreading "rumors" online after the authorities banned the city's 13 million residents from posting negative reports from coronavirus lockdown.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 8 (ANI): Uttarakhand has reported 1,560 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the state health department informed on Saturday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 8 (ANI): Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Saturday said that weekend lockdown will not be imposed in the city for now.
Beijing [China], January 8 (ANI): Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, reported 46 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Friday, local media reported citing authorities as saying on Saturday.
Hong Kong, January 8 (ANI): The zero-COVID chaotic lockdown in Xi'an city, a major metropolis of 13 million people, has clearly revelaed China's uncompromising top-down bureaucracy's apathy to the plight of the people.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 8 (ANI): Shafi Vikraman, a resident of Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, claimed that he obtained over 145 certificates from various universities in 16 countries virtually during the COVID-induced lockdown.
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): According to new research, consuming traditional forms of media - including books, music, and television - has little effect on short-term adults' well-being.