1. The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 97.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.08 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
2. In its latest update on Friday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 97,460,188 and 2,088,392, respectively.
3. The US is the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 24,619,597 and 409,877, respectively, according to the CSSE.
4. India comes in second place in terms of cases at 10,610,883, while the country’s death toll soared to 152,869.
5. Brazil currently accounts for the second-highest number of fatalities at 214,147.
6. Biden launches ‘100 days mask challenge’; makes Covid-19 test, quarantine mandatory for people entering US.
7. India on Friday dispatched consignments of Serum Institute of India’s Covid-19 vaccine Covishield to Myanmar, Seychelles and Mauritius.
8. Israel’s ministry of health reported 7,575 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 582,293.
9. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday that China has agreed to provide half a million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 free of cost to Pakistan by January 31.
10. Portugal is preparing to shut all kindergartens, schools and universities from Friday to tackle a steep rise in coronavirus cases, Lusa news agency and Publico newspaper said on Thursday.
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