India's COVID-19 tally rose to 10,123,778 on Thursday as 24,712 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, said the latest data from the federal health ministry.
The French government announced that it would allow the entry of truck drivers from Britain starting from Wednesday if they test negative for the coronavirus.
The University of Oxford and drug manufacturer AstraZeneca have applied to the UK health regulator for permission to roll out their Covid-19 vaccine, Health Minister Matt Hancock said Wednesday.
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Mexico will begin Covid-19 immunizations on Thursday, a day after the country receives its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, Undersecretary of Health Hugo Lopez-Gatell said.
South Korea says it will close ski resorts and other tourist attractions during the Christmas and New Year holidays as it grapples with a surge in coronavirus cases.
Japan's Defense Minister Kishi Nobuo has agreed with his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh that the two countries will work together to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific region.