Hyderabad: The coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 8,31,43,254 and killed over 18,13,583 people across the world. More than 5,89,40,412 people have recovered so far.
The US is the worst-hit nation with cases more than 20,216,991 and fatalities over 3,50,778.
Chinese health regulators on Thursday said that they have given conditional approval to a coronavirus vaccine developed by state-owned Sinopharm.
The two-dose vaccine is the first approved for general use in China. The go-ahead comes as the country has begun to vaccinate 50 million people before the Lunar New Year holiday in February.
California on Wednesday announced the nation’s second confirmed case of the new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus, offering a strong indication that the infection is spreading more widely in the United States.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the infection found in Southern California during an online conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Myanmar's Ministry of Transport and Communications has further extended the temporary suspension period of international commercial flights until the end of January.
The ministry on Thursday issued an announcement to extend the effective period for temporary measures to prevent importation of COVID-19 to the country through air travel which will end on Thursday night.
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