Japan reports a record 159 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 2022-02-8
Russia reports a record 37,930 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 8.279 million. 2021-10-25
Namibia suspends the usage of the Russian made Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine amid reports from South Africa that the vaccine increases risk of men contracting HIV. 2021-10-23
The United States surpasses 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses that have been administered. 2021-03-12
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador resumes morning news conferences two weeks after testing positive for COVID-19. 2021-02-8
Brazil's Ministry of Health reports 6,935 new cases of COVID-19 and 600 more deaths, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the country's death toll to 7,921 and 114,715 total cases. 2020-05-5
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo confirms that 728 people died from coronavirus in New York. 2020-03-28
Dubai-based airline Emirates announces that it will be suspending all passenger flights effective March 25 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, but will continue to operate cargo flights for essential goods. 2020-03-22
Contra Costa County bans gatherings over 100 people, effective March 15. This is more than twice as strict as Governor Gavin Newsom's ban of crowds of 250 or more people earlier in the week. 2020-03-14