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Philippines logs 1,952 new COVID-19 cases, works to obtain the vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines on Saturday reported 1,952 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total in the country to 485,797.
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Laos govt urges people to stay vigilant against second COVID-19 wave
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The Laos Ministry of Health on Saturday urged people countrywide to remain vigilant and adapt to the new normal to avoid a second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Mongolia confirms 13 more locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ulan Bator [Mongolia], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua]: Thirteen more locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 were reported across Mongolia in the last 24 hours, the country's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said on Saturday.
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EU secures deal to double Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine supply
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The European Union (EU) has secured a deal to double the supply of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, bringing its total to 600 million doses, President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen said on Friday (local time).
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Brazil detects the first case of re-infection with coronavirus variant
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): A Brazilian woman has become the first person in the world to be re-infected with a variant of the novel coronavirus known as E484K, state-run news agency Agencia Brasil reported on Friday.
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Nearly 477,000 Germans have received Covid-19 vaccinations
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 476,959 people in Germany have been vaccinated against Covid-19 since the beginning of the vaccination program on December 27, up by almost 51,000 within one day, said the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on Friday.
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Brazil's Vice President discharged from hospital after recovering from COV
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourao was discharged from hospital on Friday after recovering from Covid-19 and will return to work on Monday, his press office said.
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France sees nearly 20,000 new Covid-19 cases, 281 deaths in one day
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): France's health authorities on Friday registered another 19,814 COVID-19 cases, down from Thursday's 21,703 but well above the government's target of 5,000 daily cases to ease restrictions.
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Flooding in Malaysia worsens, 46,000 displaced
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Worsening floods in several Malaysian states have displaced some 46,000 people, with 12,487 families being sheltered in 426 flood relief centers, the Malaysian Department of Social Welfare said on Friday.
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Philippines logs 1,776 new COVID-19 cases, total nears 484,000
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines on Friday reported 1,776 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the country's total tally to 483,852.
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S Korean court orders Japan to pay damages to WWII sex slavery victims
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): A South Korean court on Friday ordered Japan's government to pay damages to the South Korean victims who were forced into sex slavery for Imperial Japan's military brothels during World War II.
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Gas explosion kills 1 in Uzbekistan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): A gas explosion killed a girl in Khiva, a town in the north-western Khorezm region in Uzbekistan, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Friday.
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