Mongolia reported 218 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, bringing the national total to 390,075, according to the country's health ministry on Wednesday.
Panama registered 17 new cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total number of the variant's cases to 26, the Ministry of Health reported.
At least 38 people have been killed after a gold mine collapsed in West Kordofan State in southern Sudan, a government company announced in a statement on Tuesday.
France confirmed 179,807 new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, reaching a record high. The government is tightening measures to curb the infections.
US health authorities have shortened the recommended period of isolation for people infected with COVID-19 from 10 days to five, amid growing concern over the effects of staff shortages.
