Panama registered 17 new cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total number of the variant's cases to 26, the Ministry of Health reported.
At least 38 people have been killed after a gold mine collapsed in West Kordofan State in southern Sudan, a government company announced in a statement on Tuesday.
France confirmed 179,807 new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, reaching a record high. The government is tightening measures to curb the infections.
US health authorities have shortened the recommended period of isolation for people infected with COVID-19 from 10 days to five, amid growing concern over the effects of staff shortages.
Argentina reported 20,263 new cases of COVID-19 and 31 more deaths related to the disease in the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said on Monday.
