Seoul [South Korea], December 16 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 1,078 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 45,442.
Abuja [Nigeria], December 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The national union of Nigerian teachers on Tuesday threatened to down tools over recent attacks on schools, including Friday's abduction of students in the country's northwestern state of Katsina.
Tokyo [Japan], December 16 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck the Hokkaido region in Japan's northernmost prefecture, the Japanese weather agency said Wednesday.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 1,877 new COVID-19 cases and 40 more deaths on Tuesday, making the tally at 494,209 and the death toll at 7,129, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Tokyo [Japan], December 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan on Tuesday confirmed 2,431 new daily COVID-19 infections, bringing the nation's cumulative total to 184,732, not including those related to a cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo earlier this year.
Minsk [Belarus], December 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Belarus reported 1,911 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday taking its total count of cases to 164,059, the country's health ministry reported.
Yangon [Myanmar], December 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar reported 1,155 more COVID-19 cases on Tuesday taking the total count of cases in the country to 110,667, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 1,772 new COVID-19 infections, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday, bringing the national total to 86,618.
Lhasa [Tibet], December 15 (ANI): Since last year, China has been introducing new policies to promote the centralised and large-scale transfer of 'rural surplus labourers' to parts of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), as well as other provinces of the People's Republic of China in repeated
Copenhagen [Denmark], December 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Denmark registered 3,337 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 113,095, said the Danish health authority on Monday.
Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], December 15 (ANI/ Xinhua): Kyrgyzstan reported on Tuesday 236 new COVID-19 cases, raising the nationwide tally to 77,910, authorities said.
Sofia [Bulgaria], December 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Bulgaria has confirmed 2,095 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 181,544, according to data published by the country's Unified Information Portal on Tuesday.