Beijing [China], December 28 (ANI): The Chinese city of Xi'an in Shaanxi Province has registered 175 confirmed cases in a single day, the highest daily increase since the outbreak started earlier this month.
Canberra [Australia], December 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia has reduced the booster shot interval for COVID-19 vaccines in response to nationwide Omicron outbreaks.
Beijing [China], December 23 (ANI): China on Thursday shut down Xi'an, the capital city of the country's Shaanxi province in a bid to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak amid the growing global threat of Omicron variant across the world, local media reported.
Tokyo [Japan], December 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed his regrets to the commander of US Forces Japan, Ricky Rupp, that American military personnel did not take COVID-19 tests before arriving in Japan, leading to an outbreak at the military base,
London [UK], December 21 (ANI): It was confirmed at a Premier League club meeting on Monday that the top-flight English league will continue with the current fixture schedule despite a number of clubs experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks and challenges.
London [UK], December 18 (ANI): Due to more positive cases in the Aston Villa squad, the Premier League Board postponed the club's home fixture against Burnley, due to kick off at 15:00 GMT on Saturday afternoon.
Manchester [UK], December 13 (ANI): Premier League club Manchester United on Monday confirmed that it has shut down first term operations following a COVID-19 outbreak.
Bristol [UK], December 12 (ANI): A new research has found that early warning signals (EWS) can help in the monitoring of disease outbreaks such as COVID-19.
Tokyo [Japan], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): An avian flu outbreak has been registered in the northern Japanese prefecture of Aomori, with 7,000 birds slated for extermination, the Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday.
Washington [US], December 12 (ANI): The death toll in the US may rise to 100 after the devastating outbreak of 30 tornadoes ripped through six US states on Saturday, namely Arkansas, Mississippi, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri.