Sources: Reuters
The French National Consultation Ethical Committee approves the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years. 2021-12-17
Beijing mandates booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for key workers, including cooks, security guards and cleaning personnel, becoming the first major Chinese city to publicly mandate booster doses. 2021-10-28
The Food and Drug Authority grants an emergency use authorization for the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-07-15
Armenia approves the use of the Sputnik V vaccine developed by Russia. 2021-02-1
Lebanon reports a record 61 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,084. 2021-01-20
Italy reports 353 new fatalities in the past 24 hours, the highest number of fatalities since May. 2020-11-3
Officials in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh report its first confirmed case of COVID-19, a patient who had recently returned from Armenia. 2020-04-7
Armenia declares a state of emergency lasting until April 14 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The emergency measures include the closure of all educational institutions, closing the borders with Georgia and Iran, banning gatherings with over 20 people, and postponing the 2020 Armenian constitutional referendum. 2020-03-16
Armenia has closed its border from Meghri with Iran and suspended all flights from Armenia to Iran for the next two weeks due to increasing cases of coronavirus in Iran. 2020-02-24