Paris [France], February 06 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of new confirmed coronavirus infections in France slowed for the second day in a row but stood well above the 5,000-case threshold to unwind restrictions, while deaths caused by the epidemic rose to 78,603, the health authorities said on F
Santiago [Chile], February 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The Chilean Health Ministry reported on Friday 3,786 COVID-19 infections and 77 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 744,019 cases and 18,808 deaths.
London [UK], February 5 (ANI)/Xinhua): Another 19,114 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 3,911,573, according to official figures released on Friday.
Tbilisi [Georgia] February 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Georgia on Friday reported 538 new COVID-19 cases taking its total count to 261,018, according to the country's National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC).
Beijing [China], February 5 (ANI): Retaliating to the United Kingdom's move to revoke the broadcasting license for China Global Television Network (CGTN), the Chinese Foreign Ministry has said that "BBC has made some false reports" on human rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
Manila [Philippines], February 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines has detected an additional eight cases of the more contagious coronavirus variant first found in Britain, bringing the total confirmed cases of the new strain in the country to 25.
Bangkok [Thailand], February 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Thailand on Friday confirmed 586 new COVID-19 cases, mostly via active testing in Samut Sakhon province, where the latest outbreak was first detected in mid-December, according to the Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
Jakarta [Indonesia], February 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 11,749 within one day to 1,134,854, with the death toll adding by 201 to 31,202, the Health Ministry said on Friday.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 5 (ANI): Former England skipper Michael Vaughan on Friday said that not picking left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav in the playing XI for the first Test was a "ridiculous decision" from India.
Manila [Philippines], February 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines reported on Friday 1,894 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 533,587.
Seoul [South Korea], February 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Negotiators from South Korea and the United States held virtual talks on Friday over the sharing of upkeep cost for the US Forces Korea (USFK), the South Korean Foreign Ministry said.
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], February 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil's southeast state of Minas Gerais and mining giant Vale on Thursday signed an agreement that commits the company to pay nearly USD 7 billion in recompense for a dam disaster in 2019 that killed hundreds and polluted a vast region.