Sri Lanka's two gas companies, Litro Gas and Laugfs Gas, on Wednesday announced that they have halted the production and distribution as they had not received gas consignments.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 11,287,599 as of Wednesday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck off Japan's Pacific coast on Wednesday night has left at least three people dead and more than 190 injured. Its impact on transportation and the lives of locals continues.
As many as one third of all deaths from COVID-19 among U.S. children have occurred during the Omicron surge of the pandemic, The Guardian has reported.
