Mongolia recorded 139 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, the lowest daily count since March 17, raising the total caseload to 384,870, the country's health ministry said on Monday.
Indonesian authorities said 14 people were killed and 56 injured after a volcano on the Indonesian island of Java erupted, and that some people remained trapped around the mountain.
Malaysia reported another 5,806 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight Thursday, bringing the national total to 2,644,027, according to the health ministry.
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel says the country will tighten restrictions on people who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus and will seek to make vaccination mandatory as early as February next year.