Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], February 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Ethiopia needs up to USD 330 million to meet the target of vaccinating 20 percent of the country's population against COVID-19, the health minister has said.
Sao Paulo [Brazil], February 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil on Tuesday said it registered 1,350 deaths due to the novel coronavirus disease in the past 24 hours, raising the country's death toll to 233,520.
London [UK], February 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Another 12,364 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 3,972,148, according to official figures released Tuesday.
Tokyo [Japan], February 9 (ANI/Xinhua): A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine collided with a commercial vessel on Monday in the Pacific Ocean off the western main island of Shikoku, slightly injuring three crew members on the submarine, government officials said.
Suva [Fiji], February 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji (MSAF) has directed that all maritime transport ceases from midday Tuesday due to damaging winds caused by tropical depression TD09F which brings heavy rain and flash flooding in low lying areas likely to affect visi
Quito [Ecuador], February 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador on Monday reported 325 new COVID-19 cases and one related death, raising the total number of infections to 258,607 and the death toll to 10,319.
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI/Xinhua): More than 2.93 million children in the United States have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, according to the latest data of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children's Hospital Association.
Buenos Aires [Argentina], February 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentine Health Minister Gines Gonzalez Garcia confirmed on Monday the first cases in the country of the novel coronavirus variants detected in Brazil.
Bogota [Colombia], February 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Colombia reported 300 more deaths from COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's death toll to 55,993, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection said Sunday.
Paris [France], February 8 (ANI/Xinhua): France on Sunday registered 19,715 new COVID-19 cases, down from 20,586 reported a day before, official data showed.
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], February 8 (ANI/Xinhua): At least four people were killed and two others injured in an explosion in the Brazilian city of Natal, the capital of the northeastern state of Rio Grande do Norte, authorities reported on Sunday.