The world recorded more than 80.6 million cases of nCoV and more than 1.7 million deaths, more countries such as Sweden, France, detected virus strains from England.

The world records 80,654,650 cases and 1,764,039 deaths from Covid-19, an increase of 494,456 and 7,672 cases a day, respectively, while 56,853,207 people have recovered, according to the real-time update page Worldometers

The United States, the world's largest epidemic zone, recorded 125,228 more infections and 1,325 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 19,382,507, of which 339,705 died.

The US has ordered an additional 100 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the goods are expected to be delivered by July 31, 2021, bringing the total number of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses purchased by the country to 200 million, with a contract value of nearly $ 4 billion.

US officials from December 28 asked passengers boarding flights from the UK to the country need to present negative test results with nCoV within 72 hours before departure.

India, the world's second-largest epidemic region, reported an additional 18,574 infections and 280 deaths, bringing the total number of people infected and dead from Covid-19 to 10,188,392 and 147,659, respectively.

Indian officials announced the suspension of all flights from the UK from December 23 to December 31.

Brazil, the third largest epidemic region in the world, recorded an additional 280 deaths from Covid-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 190,795.

Brazil on December 24 announced its suspension of flights arriving from the UK and prohibition entry to people who have been in the UK for the past 14 days due to concerns about the country's nCoV strain.

The Brazilian government plans to give the Covid-19 vaccine to 51 million people, or about a quarter of the population, in the first half of 2021. Butantan Institute announced on December 23 that the Chinese vaccine CoronaVac tested in the country had met.

The UK recorded 2,256,005 infections and 70,405 deaths, an increase of 34,693 and 210 cases, respectively.

Around 50 countries have banned all flights or tightened controls on passengers from the UK after the discovery of new strains of nCoV in the country.

France, the fifth largest epidemic region in the world, recorded an additional 3,093 cases and 146 deaths, bringing cases and deaths to 2,550,864 and 62,573 respectively.

The French presidential palace on December 24 said that President Emmanuel Macron, who was positive for nCoV on December 17, had gone out of Covid-19 symptoms and ended the 7-day quarantine period.

Iran, one of the Middle East's largest epidemic zones, reported 54,574 deaths, an increase of 134, out of 1,194,963 cases, an increase of 5,760.

Iran announced on December 26 that it would impose a nightly curfew in 330 cities with a low risk of spreading Covid-19 in order to maintain the decline in the number of cases.

South Korea recorded 1,132 new infections in 24 hours, bringing the total to 55,902, of which 793 cases died, an increase of 20 cases compared to the previous day.

Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Jeong Eun-kyeong, on December 26, called for the cancellation of all private gatherings and online hosting of year-end public and religious events.

The Korean government is scheduled to hold a meeting today to discuss whether to tighten the strictest epidemic control rules for the Seoul metropolitan area.

Japan reported 3,155 deaths, an increase of 50, out of a total of 213,547 infections, an increase of 3,567 cases.

Tokyo has also seen a sudden increase in nCoV infection in recent days, as Japan is about to enter the New Year's holiday, when the influx of people from the capital begins to pour into provinces across the country.

In Southeast Asia, Indonesia is the region's largest outbreak with 706,837 infections, an increase of 6,740, of which 20,994 people died, an increase of 147. President Joko Widodo announced he will be the first to inject Covid-19 vaccine in Indonesia and

The Philippines reported 469,005 cases and 9,067 deaths, up 1,406 and 5 cases respectively, making it the second largest epidemic area in the region.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on December 26 announced the extension of the ban on all flights from the UK for another two weeks until mid-January 2021.

In the Christmas message posted on Twitter, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that millions of people have sacrificed the joy of celebrating the New Year by avoiding contact with loved ones at Christmas and having lost families.