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.
New Zealand government on Tuesday urged parents and caregivers to consider protecting their children aged 5 to 11 against COVID-19 with a child version of vaccination to be unveiled in January next year.
New Zealand had detected nine more cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in international arrivals, taking the country's total cases with the variant to 22, according to the Ministry of Health on Monday.