Jakarta [Indonesia], January 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll of landslides in Cihanjuang village, Sumedang district of Indonesia's West Java province has risen to 31, the National Search and Rescue Agency said on Sunday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The Afghan Public Health Ministry launched a nationwide campaign on Sunday to give polio vaccination doses to 9.9 million children under the age of five, the ministry said in a statement.
Seoul [South Korea], January 17 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 520 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 72,340.
Kigali [Rwanda], January 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Rwanda's current health insurance policies will cover a majority of costs related to COVID-19 treatment, as part of the efforts to reduce the mortality of the disease in the country, an official said Saturday.
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], January 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The Ethiopian Ministry of Health said Saturday the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the East African country rose to 130,772 after new 446 cases were reported.
Washington [US], January 17 (ANI): The United States led the world in exposing the "horrific" rights abuses in Xinjiang province of China and imposed sanctions on the Chinese Communist Party's officials, said outgoing US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.
Shijiazhuang [China], January 17 (ANI/Xinhua): North China's Hebei province reported 72 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and 20 locally transmitted asymptomatic cases on Saturday, the provincial health commission said Sunday.
Brasilia [Brazil], January 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 1,050 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 209,296, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday.
Beijing [China], January 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 19 asymptomatic infections on Saturday, local health authorities said Sunday.
Quito [Ecuador], January 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador registered a record 3,942 daily cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 230,808, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday.
Kampala [Uganda], January 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Uganda's incumbent President Yoweri Museveni has won the country's presidential elections, the Electoral Commission announced here on Saturday.
Doha [Qatar], January 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The Qatari Health Ministry on Saturday said there are 204 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number in the Gulf state to 147,089, official Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.