Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 28 (ANI): Vandana Jain, a woman in Madhya Pradesh's Indore undertook an initiative to provide food, warm clothing and shelter to street dogs so that they do not bite people around them. She termed the initiative 'Dogitization'.
New York [US], December 27 (ANI): United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is not the last of its kind and that people should take measures to prevent such crises in the future.
Beijing [China], December 26 (ANI): China's Xinjiang government on Saturday called the US signing of the so-called Uyghur forced labour prevention act as open interference in China's internal affairs with a purpose to contain China.
New Delhi [India], December 26 (ANI): Terming the announcement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of vaccinating children in 15-18 age group from coming January 3 against COVID-19 as "historic" a health expert said that vaccine is the most effective preventive tool against this disease.
Tehran [Iran], December 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran on Saturday announced the decision to close its land borders with neighbouring countries for 15 days to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 variant of Omicron.
Beijing [China], December 25 (ANI): Beijing on Friday tightened epidemic prevention and control amid concerns around raging Omicron variant overseas as well as rising cases in China.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 25 (ANI): The spread of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus cannot be stopped, adding that the cases of the new variant multiply every two days, says Dr TS Anish, member of COVID Expert Committee.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], December 25 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday reviewed preparedness against the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant at a cabinet meeting at the Secretariat.
New Delhi [India], December 25 (ANI): To prevent the Sarojini Nagar market from becoming a COVID-19 super spreader, the Delhi Government ordered that the market will operate on an odd-even basis on December 25 and 26.
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], December 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 9,335,901 as of Friday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
Beijing [China], December 24 (ANI): More than two dozen officials in China's Shaanxi provinces have been punished by the authorities over their ineffective preventive measures on tackling the COVID-19 spread in the city of Xi'an, reported Xinhua.
Beijing [China], December 24 (ANI): Chinese top legislature on Friday expressed strong opposition to the US signing the "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act" into law.