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Nigeria declares fourth COVID-19 wave
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], December 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigeria is now experiencing a fourth COVID-19 wave, health authorities in the country have said, attributing it to the rise in Delta and Omicron variants infections.
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Malaysia reports 2,589 new COVID-19 cases, 43 deaths
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia recorded 2,589 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours until midnight Monday, bringing the total tally to 2,721,544, according to the health ministry.
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Canada's COVID-19 cases continue to rocket
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], December 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada's COVID-19 cases continued to surge on Monday as the Omicron variant rapidly took hold in the country.
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Turkey confirms 18,762 daily COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], December 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Monday reported 18,762 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 9,189,881, according to its health ministry.
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UN official condemns attack on humanitarian worker in South Sudan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations top relief envoy in South Sudan Monday condemned the targeted attack on a UN World Food Programme (WFP) convoy, and the murder of an UN-contracted aid worker and injury of another.
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Saudi-led airstrikes destroy 2 workshops in Yemen's capital
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Sanaa [Yemen], December 20 (ANI/ Xinhua): Overnight airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition destroyed two workshops near a private hospital in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, residents said on Monday.
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Israel's daily COVID-19 caseload exceeds 1,000 as 5th wave begins
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], December 20 (ANI/ Xinhua): The Israeli Health Ministry on Monday reported 1,004 new COVID-19 cases, bringing its tally of infections to 1,356,194.
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Africa's COVID-19 cases exceed 9.15 million: Africa CDC
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], December 20 (ANI/ Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 9,155,691 cases as of late Sunday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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Africa's COVID-19 cases exceed 9.15 mln: Africa CDC
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [South Africa], December 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 9,155,691 cases as of late Sunday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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Japanese household assets mark record high on less spending, rising stock
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Assets held by Japanese households reached a record at 1,999.8 trillion yen (17.62 trillion U.S. dollars) at the end of September, the highest since comparable data became available in 2005, Bank of Japan (BOJ) data showed Monday.
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Peru confirms first 4 cases of Omicron variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lima [Peru], December 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Peru confirmed the first four cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Minister of Health Hernando Cevallos announced on Sunday.
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Saudi-led airstrike kills 7 Houthis in Yemen's Taiz
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Aden [Yemen], December 20 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of seven members of the Houthi group were killed in an airstrike launched by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen's southwestern province of Taiz on Sunday, a local military source told Xinhua.
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