Jerusalem [Israel], August 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel's Ministry of Health reported 9,379 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the tally of infections in the country to 948,058.
Tokyo [Japan] August 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Japanese government will prolong the state of emergency in Tokyo and five more prefectures, expanding it to cover three more prefectures, in a bid to halt a recent flare-up in COVID-19 cases, the Asahi newspaper reported on Monday.
Ankara [Turkey], August 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Sunday registered 18,847 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 6,078,653, according to its health ministry.
New Delhi [India], August 16 (ANI): A student of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Sunday reported a probable attack on the university, said the police.
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): India reported 36,083 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the daily positivity rate to 1.88 per cent, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.
Ankara [Turkey], August 15 (ANI): Turkey has tightened security its borders with Iran in an attempt to stop the refugees' influx from Afghanistan, media reports said on Sunday.
Beijing [China], August 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 24 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Sunday.
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel's Ministry of Health reported 5,622 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the tally of infections in the country to 934,896.
Ankara [Turkey], August 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Saturday registered 19,949 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 6,059,806, according to its Health Ministry.