Nagaland's COVID-19 caseload rose to 32,191 on Thursday after the state reported three new cases, a health official said.
Turkey has started to roll out its first locally developed Covid-19 vaccine Turkovac, while the Omicron variant becomes widespread across the country.
MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe shed 0.15%, while the pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.15%.
Covid-19 infections with the Omicron variant in Germany surged by 3,619 or 28 per cent within one day to a total of 16,748, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases has said.
A number of new "surge hubs" are to be set up in Britain as the country's NHS goes on a "war footing" in preparation for a wave of Omicron hospital admissions, health authorities said
In view of rising Covid-19 cases, the Maharashtra government on Thursday announced fresh curbs on attendance at weddings, social, political, religious events and funerals.
Italy reported 126,888 new cases of coronavirus, the first time the country has recorded more than 100,000 cases in one day.
More than 2,800 flights were cancelled and nearly 12,000 more were delayed around the world on Thursday as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus caused staff shortages at airlines
Gujarat reported 573 new cases of coronavirus during the last 24 hours, taking the tally of positive cases in the state to 8,31,078
Senior doctors warned that though data suggests that Omicron variant causes mild infection, there is a need to remain watchful as a community spread can still strain hospitals.
A 26-year-old resident of Patna, who had recently visited Delhi and met a relative upon return from abroad, has been found to be infected with Omicron variant of Covid
Spain has confirmed 1,61,688 new coronavirus cases within the past 24 hours, marking thus the largest daily increase since the start of the pandemic, the national Ministry of Health said.
Chile reduced the number of Covid-19 infections in the last two weeks by 18 per cent, however experts are not ruling out an increase in infections due to the Omicron variant.
In a major spike, Maharashtra on Thursday reported 5,368 new coronavirus infections and 198 cases of the Omicron variant, the state health department said.
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India has so far administered 1,438,322,742 vaccine doses. That is 4130.49 per cent of its total caseload, and 102.82 per cent of its population