Sources: BBC News
The Philippines reports its first death and first locally transmitted cases from the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in 11 people that were locally infected with the variant and one person who died at a hospital in Manila on June 28. 2021-07-16
Kyrgyzstan receives the second component of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine. 2021-05-10
Madagascar receives its first shipment of 50,000 doses of the Covishield vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. 2021-05-8
The Palestinian National Authority receives 61,440 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. 37,440 of the doses are the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the other 24,000 doses are the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. 2021-03-17
Researchers from Australia report the success of a plan to use mosquitoes infected with "Wolbachia" bacteria to prevent the spread of dengue fever in an Australian town, stating that they intend to bring the program to other locales. 2018-08-1
France plans to make vaccines mandatory for children in 2018. 2017-07-5
Billy Kenoi, the mayor of Hawaii's Big Island, declares a state of emergency to deal with the growing outbreak of dengue fever, which is spread by infected mosquitoes. 2016-02-8
Local labor and farmer groups protest in Manila over talks on inclusive growth during the APEC meeting. 2015-11-19
Jamalul Kiram III, claimant to the Sultanate of Sulu and leader of the militant group behind the 2013 Lahad Datu standoff, dies in Manila. "([https:--www.washingtonpost.com-world-asia_pacific-philippine-sultan-who-claimed-vast-malaysian-region-dies-at-75-2013-10-20-59c069e8-393e-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html The Washington Post])"2013-10-20