Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 3,160 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to 2,738,401, according to the health ministry.
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel on Saturday reported 591 new cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, according to the country's health ministry.
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar reported 176 new COVID-19 cases with a daily test positive rate of 1.61 percent in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
Kinshasa [DR Congo], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): At least six people were killed in a suicide bomb explosion late Saturday, in the middle of Christmas celebration, in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the Kivu Security Tracker (KST), a respected monitor on e
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 255 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 4,261,667, with the death toll adding by 6 to 144,053, the Indonesian Health Ministry reported on Saturday.
Beirut [Lebanon], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Lebanon's Health Ministry announced on Saturday that the number of cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant stands at 433 so far.
Tehran [Iran], December 25 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 10 people died in a car accident on Saturday morning in Iran's southwestern province of Khuzestan, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
Tehran [Iran], December 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran on Saturday announced the decision to close its land borders with neighbouring countries for 15 days to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 variant of Omicron.
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam reported 15,586 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including 15,559 locally transmitted and 27 imported, according to its health ministry.
Athens [Greece], December 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll after a refugee boat sank on Friday night near the Aegean Sea island of Paros has risen to 16, including an infant, Greek media reported on Saturday.
Ankara [Turkey], December 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Friday reported 18,910 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 9,266,516, according to its health ministry.