Turkey sees a significant increase in the number of cases reported with the new strain of the COVID-19, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday.
India's COVID-19 tally rose to 10,790,183 on Thursday, as 12,899 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, said the latest data from the health ministry.
Four terrorists and two soldiers were killed when the Pakistani military conducted an operation against militants in the country's northwest tribal district of North Waziristan, the military said on Wednesday night.
Colombian President Ivan Duque announced on Wednesday that the country's National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute has authorized the emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech.
Thirty two people were killed and five others injured in a road accident in the western Ugandan district of Kasese late Tuesday, a humanitarian agency has said.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan launched COVID-19 vaccination drive with China-donated vaccines on Tuesday as part of the country's efforts to bring the pandemic under control.
