An
EgyptianUNpeacekeeper is killed and another injured after a bomb planted by
jihadists detonates under a truck that was part of a UN logistics convoy.
(UN News)
China reports 144 new cases, the majority in
Hebei and
Heilongjiangprovinces. This is the highest number of daily cases in the past 10 months and brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 87,988.
(The Straits Times)
Uttarakhand reports their first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a 44-year old man who was in close contact with people who travelled to the
United Kingdom.
(Hindustan Times)
Indonesia reports a record 12,818 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, including 3,095 in
West Java, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 882,418.
(detikHealth)
The
Philippines extends until January 31 its travel ban on more than 30 countries and territories where cases of
SARS-CoV-2 variants have been reported.
(Arab News)
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson announces the closure of all
travel corridors beginning January 18 at 4:00 a.m.
GMT. He also announces that all travellers must have proof of a negative
COVID-19 test from the previous 72 hours and quarantine for 10 days upon arrival, unless they test negative after five days.
(ITV)
The Chilean government reports 4,471 new cases, the highest daily total since June. A potential new lockdown in the
Santiago Metropolitan Region is under evaluation according to the Ministry of Health.
(ADN Radio)
Paraguay approves the emergency use of Russia's
Sputnik Vvaccine, becoming the fourth South American country to approve the use of the vaccine against COVID-19, after Argentina, Bolivia and Venezuela. Supply of the vaccine will be facilitated by the
Russian Direct Investment Fund.
(PR Newswire)
Tunisia reports a record 4,170 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours as the country enters a four-day
lockdown and also closes all schools until January 24 in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
(Reuters)
Russia says that it will withdraw from the
Treaty on Open Skies, following the U.S. withdrawal from the treaty last year. The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that the U.S. withdrawal has "significantly upended the balance of interests of signatory states".
(AP)
Opposition activist
Bobi Wine claims victory in the presidential election, despite early results giving incumbent
PresidentYoweri Museveni a wide lead, and calls the results "a joke".
(France 24)
Bobi Wine
tweets that
the military has "taken control" of his home and placed him under
house arrest, just hours after claiming victory in the disputed election.
(Al Jazeera)