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15 October 2021 Security News

Treasury Continues Campaign to Combat Ransomware As Part of Whole-of-Government Effort US Treasury 15 Oct 2021 -- Building on the first-ever designation of a virtual currency exchange for facilitating transactions for ransomware actors, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced additional steps today to help the virtual currency industry prevent exploitation by sanctioned persons and other illicit actors.

US Health Panel Recommends Booster Shot for Johnson & Johnson Vaccine VOA 15 Oct 2021 -- A panel of U.S. health advisers has recommended the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorize a second shot of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine for anyone who has received the single-dose inoculation.

Urumqi launches citywide nucleic acid test after a silent virus carrier was detected Global Times 15 Oct 2021 -- Northwest China's Xinjiang region reported one silent novel coronavirus carrier in Urumqi on Friday during regular nucleic acid tests in the city, with emergency response on prevention work already underway.
Over 2.227 bln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland People's Daily 15 Oct 2021 -- More than 2.227 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered on the Chinese mainland as of Thursday, data from the National Health Commission showed Friday.
Chinese mainland reports 10 new imported COVID-19 cases People's Daily 15 Oct 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 10 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, all imported from outside the mainland, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday.

Russia Again Reports New Record Number Of COVID-19 Deaths, Infections RFE/RL 15 Oct 2021 -- Russia has again reported new record figures related to COVID-19.

India's Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 97.14 Cr India PIB 15 Oct 2021 -- With the administration of 30,26,483 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 97.14 Cr (97,14,38,553) as per provisional reports till 7 am today
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs India PIB 15 Oct 2021 -- The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country
COVID-19 UPDATE India PIB 15 Oct 2021

US Donates 9.6 Million Additional COVID Vaccine Doses to Pakistan VOA 15 Oct 2021 -- The United States announced Friday an additional 9.6 million doses of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine are being shipped to Pakistan through the global vaccine-sharing COVAX initiative.

COVID-19 kills 197 more Iranians over past 24 hours IRNA 15 Oct 2021 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 123,695 with 197 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Friday.

Taiwan reports 4 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths CNA 15 Oct 2021 -- Taiwan on Friday reported four new imported cases of COVID-19 but no new domestic infections or deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).

More China-donated COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Cambodia as kingdom looks to reopen economy People's Daily 15 Oct 2021 -- A new batch of 2 million doses of China-donated Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Cambodia on Thursday as the Southeast Asian nation has planned to reopen its socio-economic activities in all areas by year's end.
Despite Denying Any Coronavirus Cases, Turkmenistan Records 25,000 COVID-19 Deaths On Secret List RFE/RL 15 Oct 2021 -- Turkmenistan, whose authoritarian leader claims the Central Asian state has not registered a single case of COVID-19, has secretly recorded some 25,000 deaths linked to the disease since the pandemic began two years ago, a source inside the health-care system says.

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