Argentine official warns community transmission of COVID-19 over upcoming holidays

Dec 22,2020
Argentina's Ministry of Health on Monday warned the public about the persistence of community transmission of the COVID-19, and urged caution over the Christmas and New Year holidays.
Countries that have blocked travel from UK
Dec 21
Countries around the world have begun banning flights and travellers from Britain as London said the spread of a more-infectious new coronavirus strain was "out of control".
Pakistani soldier killed in clash with terrorists in Balochistan
Dec 21
The Pakistani army said in a statement that a soldier was killed in an exchange of firing with terrorists in the country's southwestern Balochistan province.
7 killed in roadside bomb explosions in Afghanistan
Dec 21
Seven people, including a highway police chief, were killed in two improvised bomb explosions in Afghanistan on Monday, local police confirmed.
London on lockdown amid scare of new virus strain
Dec 21
The British government has imposed a lockdown on London and other parts of southeast England as a new strain of coronavirus is believed to be spreading there.
Austria to ban UK flights due to new COVID-19 strain
Dec 21
Austria announced on Sunday it will ban flights from Britain after the emergence of a new and more transmissible strain of COVID-19 there.
Tropical depression leaves 8 dead, 1 missing in Philippines 
Dec 21
Floodwaters and landslides triggered by a tropical depression that battered many areas in the Philippines over the weekend have left at least eight people dead, two injured and one missing, authorities said on Monday.