US cities witness trash piles emerging as COVID infects sanitation workers.

France is easing travel restrictions for vaccinated travelers arriving from the UK.

Here are the latest top stories from Press TV on January 11, 2022.

Japan decided on Friday to declare quasi-emergency measures in three regions in order to stem a COVID-19 surge that some officials have linked to US military bases in the country.

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 should not be dismissed as mild, the World Health Organization insists.

The American economy is getting hit as the US federal government is grappling with the Omicron variant which has prompted Covid-19 cases to surge to record levels.

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has urged the US to impose restrictions on the troops stationed in Japan amid a spread of COVID-19 cases among the US military personnel.

Japan is considering declaring a state of emergency in the southern island of Okinawa, after the region emerged as the epicenter of a new coronavirus surge, with officials saying the virus keeps spreading from US bases.

Governor of Japan’s Okinawa prefecture slams the US military over its failure to contain the COVID-19 outbreak at its bases in the country and allowing the Omicron variant to spill over to the local population.

Thousands of flights within the United States were delayed or canceled over the New Year weekend.