Bangladesh bans all public gatherings, restricts the capacity of public transportation to 50%, and mandates that face masks be worn in all public places in an attempt to reduce the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. 2022-01-13
Argentina officially announces that it will donate 11,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Grenada. 2021-11-19
Sarawak becomes the first state in Malaysia to offering a third and booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines using the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine for high-risk individuals who had received their second dose of that vaccine at least six months ago. 2021-10-13
The Bangladesh Armed Forces receives a consignment of COVID-19 vaccines from China's People's Liberation Army for the first time as part of foreign military assistance. 2021-08-31
Argentina reports a record 27,001 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2,578,946. 2021-04-13
COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, Variant of Concern 202012-012020-12-28
Turkey reports 28,351 new cases, including 6,814 symptomatic cases. The country now has 467,730 symptomatic cases. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca states that for the first time since July, the number of asymptomatic cases will be reported. Turkey also reports a record 168 new deaths, bringing the nationwide death toll to 12,840. 2020-11-25
Prime Minister James Marape announces a two-week lockdown of the capital amid a spike of infections in the city. Schools are also ordered to close. 2020-07-27