Sources: BBC News
Lesotho receives its first shipment of 36,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India through the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative. 2021-03-4
Suriname begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using a small number of vaccine doses donated by Barbados. 2021-02-23
GlaxoSmithKline and the German biotech firm CureVac sign an agreement worth 150 million euros ($180.7 million) to develop a vaccine to counter many variants of SARS-CoV-2. The vaccine, which is subject to regulatory approval, is expected to be introduced in 2022. 2021-02-3
The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan approves the AstraZeneca vaccine for emergency use in the country. 2021-01-16
Palau receives 2,800 doses of the Moderna vaccine in a special contribution from the United States. The government announced that it will vaccinate healthcare workers first and then vaccinate seniors and people with medical conditions. 2021-01-2
Qatar begins administering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine tozinameran to its citizens at designated health centers in the country. Those aged over 70, adults with chronic health conditions and healthcare personnel are to be prioritised for the vaccine. 2020-12-23
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
A bus falls from an elevated highway in the Philippines capital Manila killing at least 21 people with 20 injured. 2013-12-16
A top civil service union in Sri Lanka condemns the tying to a tree of an official by a government minister in Colombo, a disagreement related to dengue fever. 2010-08-3