Turkey eases COVID-19 test and quarantine requirements, reports record cases

Jan 13,2022
Turkey said on Wednesday that it has decided to further ease its COVID-19 quarantine restrictions and test requirements, while Omicron has become the dominant variant in the country.
Japan mulls shortening 14-day self-isolation period for close Omicron contacts
Jan 13
"We'd like to consider responding flexibly as needed," Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told a press briefing in Tokyo.
Hungary's COVID-19 death toll exceeds 40,000
Jan 12
On Tuesday alone, the country reported 3,382 new daily COVID-19 cases, raising the national total to 1,300,994.
S.Korea high-rise partly collapses, six missing
Jan 12
A high-rise apartment under construction in South Korea partially collapsed on Tuesday, leaving six workers missing.
Over 3,600 COVID cases at US bases in Japan
Jan 12
Japan's foreign ministry says more than 3,600 people at US military facilities in Japan were infected with the coronavirus as of Monday afternoon. Over 60 percent of the cases were in the southern prefecture of Okinawa.
At least 10 dead due to heavy rains in SE Brazil
Jan 12
At least 10 people were killed in the past 24 hours after heavy rains in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, and more than 13,000 people were forced to leave their homes, the regional civil defense authorities said Tuesday.
Fighter jet crashes in S. Korea, no casualty reported -- media
Jan 11
A fighter jet crashed in South Korea with no casualties reported yet, Yonhap news agency said Tuesday.