VIENTIANE – The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Laos has achieved good results last year, but due to the ongoing pandemic and remaining challenges, more lessons are to be learned to ensure a larger segment of the population get vaccinated in 2022. The government has achieved its goal to vaccinate at least 50 percent of the … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 39,543,328 on Monday, as 306,064 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the health ministry’s latest data. This is the fifth consecutive day when over 300,000 new cases were registered in a day in the country in more than eight months. … Read more
WELLINGTON – New Zealand reported 25 new COVID-19 cases in the community on Monday, including eight Omicron cases, bringing the total cases in the country’s current community outbreak to 11,515. Among the eight Omicron cases, two are in the Nelson/Tasman region and are contacts of existing cases, five cases are in the largest city Auckland … Read more
WASHINGTON: The Covid-19 pandemic took a deadly toll on adults in the United States for two years while largely sparing children from adding to the dire statistics. But the rapid spread of the Omicron variant led to record pediatric infections and hospitalizations in the country, and anti-vaccination misinformation that tells parents the shots are dangerous is adding … Read more
ULAN BATOR – Mongolia has registered 2,656 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 424,822, the country’s health ministry said Saturday. The ministry said that the latest confirmed cases were all locally transmitted. Since the beginning of this year, daily COVID-19 infections have significantly increased across the country due … Read more
SANTIAGO – Chile on Friday reported a record number of daily COVID-19 infections for the third straight day, detecting 14,757 new cases in 24 hours for a total caseload of 1,934,204, the Health Ministry said. In the same 24-hour period, 18 more people died from causes related to COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 39,474. … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia reported 4,046 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Friday, bringing the national total to 2,824,973, according to the health ministry. There are 489 new imported cases and 3,557 local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further 16 deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll to 31,869. The … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan added 6,540 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Saturday. Following the new infections, the overall cases in Pakistan have reached 1,360,019, said the NCOC, adding that the country’s positivity rate stood at 11.10 percent after 58,902 tests were conducted over the … Read more
WELLINGTON – New Zealand reported 43 new community cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. Among the 43 new community infections, 19 are in the largest city of Auckland, eight in Nelson Marlborough, six in the Lakes region, six in Hawke’s Bay, and four in Waikato. In addition, the … Read more
DUBLIN – Ireland will drop most COVID-19 restrictions starting from Saturday, its government announced Friday. Starting from 6 a.m. on Saturday, there will be no social distancing requirements in public venues, no restrictions on the number of people attending indoor and outdoor events, no limits on household gatherings, and no domestic requirements of a valid … Read more
LONDON – Though the United States saw a record increase in COVID-19 infections among children early this month, their rate of vaccination lagged, The Guardian has said. Nearly a million new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in children in the country in the week ending Jan. 13, up 69 percent from the week before and four … Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil reported 166,539 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the third consecutive day on which the country registered more than 160,000 cases, the National Council of Health Secretaries said Friday. The new cases have brought the nationwide tally to 23,751,782, it said. Meanwhile, the country registered 358 deaths in … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 38,903,731 on Saturday, as 337,704 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. This is the third consecutive day when over 300,000 daily cases were registered in more than eight months. Besides, 488 deaths due to … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan confirmed 6,808 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Thursday. The NCOC said the country has conducted 24,356,373 tests so far, confirming 1,345,801 cases in total. Over the above mentioned period of time, 426 patients have recovered from COVID-19, bringing the total … Read more
WARSAW – Poland reported 30,586 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, the highest number since the spring of last year. Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said during a press conference that nearly 20 percent of new cases are of the Omicron variant, and the spread of it has “officially become a fact.” “The situation is dramatic,” he … Read more
WASHINGTON: During America’s last surge of the coronavirus driven by the Delta variant, people who were unvaccinated but survived Covid were better protected than those who were vaccinated and not previously infected, a new study said Wednesday. The finding is the latest to weigh in on a debate on the relative strengths of natural versus … Read more
SANTIAGO – Chile reported 9,509 COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, a new record number of daily cases, as well as four more deaths, bringing the total caseload to 1,902,657 infections and 39,431 deaths, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. The country is facing a resurgence due to the Omicron variant of the virus in … Read more
WASHINGTON – The United States added over 1 million COVID-19 cases again on Tuesday, after setting a global record of over 1.36 million daily cases earlier this month, according to latest data from Johns Hopkins University. A total of 1,060,747 new cases and 1,896 new deaths were reported across the country on Tuesday. The country … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 38,218,773 on Thursday, as 317,532 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. This is the seventh consecutive day when more than 200,000 new cases and the first day when over 300,000 new cases were registered … Read more
SYDNEY – Premier of Australia’s Victoria Daniel Andrews on Thursday urged residents of the state to get a COVID-19 booster vaccine, saying it was not an “optional extra.” Andrews said he was hopeful the national framework would embrace “practical scientific reality” to mandate booster shots, as a third dose was necessary to “protect against severe … Read more
WELLINGTON – New Zealand reported 39 new cases of COVID-19 in the community on Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country’s current community outbreak to 11,399. Among the new infections, 21 were recorded in the largest city of Auckland, 14 in the Lakes region, two in Hawke’s Bay, one in Canterbury … Read more
SEOUL – South Korea reported 6,603 more cases of the COVID-19 as of midnight Wednesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 712,503. The daily caseload was up from 5,805 in the previous day amid the spread of the Omicron variant, which the health authorities expected to become a dominant … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia reported 3,229 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Wednesday, bringing the national total to 2,817,163, according to the health ministry. There are 239 new imported cases and 2,990 local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. Another 13 deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll to 31,831. The ministry … Read more
MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s new Covid-19 cases hit a daily record above 60,000 on Wednesday, official figures showed, as the hard-hit country faces a fourth wave of infections linked to the Omicron variant. The health ministry reported 60,552 new coronavirus infections — the most yet for a 24-hour period — taking the total number since the pandemic began … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan added 5,472 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Wednesday. The overall tally of the infections climbed to 1,338,993 across the country, said the NCOC, the department leading Pakistan’s campaign against the pandemic. A total of 29,037 people died of COVID-19 in … Read more
ULAN BATOR – Mongolia recorded 3,088 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, exceeding the 3,000 mark for the first time since Sept. 23, 2021, bringing the national tally to 415,765, the country’s health ministry said Wednesday. The latest confirmed cases were all locally transmitted, and more than half of them were detected in … Read more
ANKARA – Turkey on Tuesday reported 69,658 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 10,591,757, according to its health ministry. The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 157 to 85,077, while 77,612 more people recovered in the last 24 hours. A total of 418,253 tests were conducted over the past … Read more
SEOUL- South Korea reported 5,805 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 705,902. The daily caseload was up from 4,071 in the previous day amid the spread of the Omicron variant, which the health authorities expected to become a dominant strain here … Read more
