Hanoi[Vietnam], December 30 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam reported 17,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 16,980 locally transmitted and 20 imported, according to its Ministry of Health.
Manila [Philippines], December 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines is experiencing a new spike in COVID-19 infections, with daily infections hitting 1,623 on Thursday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,841,260.
Seoul [South Korea], December 30 (ANI): As the Chinese city of Xi'an has been put under stringent lockdown due to the surge in COVID-19 cases, Samsung Electronics announced that it will temporarily adjust operations at its manufacturing facilities in the city for NAND flash memory chips.
Beijing [China], December 30 (ANI): Micron Technology, one of the world's biggest memory chip suppliers, on Wednesday said COVID-19 lockdown in the Chinese city of Xian would lead to delays in the supply of its chips, which are commonly used in data centres.
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 30 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake measuring 7.3 magnitude hit the Banda Sea in the eastern part of Indonesia on Thursday with minor damages reported, according to the country's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).
Coquimbo [Chile], December 30 (ANI/Xinhua): A road accident in the town of Peumo, in the O'Higgins region in central Chile, killed nine and seriously injured two, the Chilean government reported on Wednesday.
Paris [France], December 29 (ANI/Xinhua): France has recorded more than 200,000 COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour span, the country's Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Wednesday.
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia on Wednesday reported 194 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19, raising its count of infections to 4,262,351, according to the country's health ministry.
Bangkok [Thailand], December 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Thailand's Ministry of Public Health said on Wednesday that the country has detected a total of 739 cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant to date, including 488 overseas arrivals and 251 local infections.
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): After launching three phones under the Redmi Note 11 family, the Xiaomi sub-brand is all set to release Redmi Note 11S as a new phone, followed by a Redmi Note 11T.