Amman [Jordan], November 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Jordan on Sunday announced precautionary measures to prevent the spread of new COVID-19 variant Omicron in the country.
Beijing, [China] November 28 (ANI): China is looking to nationalize private schools to push Elementary and middle schools to teach "Xi Jinping Thought to students but the trade-off could be the loss of quality education due to lack of state funding.
Jakarta [Indonesia], November 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia has banned international visitors who have travel histories from eight African countries in the last 14 days, to prevent transmission of the new, more contagious variant of coronavirus Omicron to the country, an official said on Sunday
Amsterdam [Netherlands], November 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The Dutch health authority said Sunday that it has found 13 cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant among passengers on flights from South Africa.
Manila [Philippines], November 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines on Sunday imposed travel restrictions on seven European countries to keep out the potentially more contagious new coronavirus variant Omicron, a government spokesman said on Sunday.
Beijing [China], November 28 (ANI): Xi Jinping has further consolidated his power after the Chinese Communist Party's recently concluded and highly debated Sixth Plenum.
Rome [Italy], November 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been identified in a citizen from Italy's southern Campania region, who returned to Milan from Mozambique "some days ago," Italian news agency ANSA reported Sunday.
Bandar Seri Begawan [Brunei], November 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Brunei reported 44 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total tally to 15,036.
Wellington [New Zealand], November 28 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand recorded 148 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one new death in the pandemic, said the Ministry of Health on Sunday.
Manila [Philippines], November 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 838 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,831,807.
Callao [Peru], November 28 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 28 km west of Callao, Peru at 0632 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Copenhagen [Denmark], November 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Two suspected cases of the new corona variant, Omicron, have been detected in travellers entering Denmark from South Africa, according to a press release from the Ministry of Health late Saturday.