Singapore reports a record 3,994 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 154,725. 2021-10-19
The Japanese government announces the expansion of the full state of emergency to eight prefectures and the quasi-state of emergency to four prefectures beginning on August 27, which brings the number of prefectures under all types of emergency measures to 33. These emergency measures will remain in effect until September 12. 2021-08-25
Brisbane and surrounding towns enter a lockdown after an increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases linked to the ongoing cluster in New South Wales. 2021-07-31
Saudi Arabia bans foreign travellers for the second consecutive year for the Hajj pilgrimage, only allowing a maximum of 60,000 citizens and residents between the ages of 18 and 65 who have been vaccinated and are free of chronic diseases to take part in it. 2021-06-12
Vermont reports their first case of the Delta variant in a Chittenden County traveler. 2021-06-8
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announces that Spain will allow all vaccinated travelers to visit the country starting on June 7 regardless of their country of origin, and it will also allow British holidaymakers to visit as well starting on May 24, as it aims to revive its pandemic-hit tourism industry. 2021-05-21
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announces a six-day lockdown in the National Capital Region of Delhi beginning tonight due to a record 25,462 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the past 24 hours. 2021-04-19
Ethiopia begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in order to reduce the number of COVID-19 infections, a week after the country received 2.2 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. 2021-03-13
Pakistan approves the emergency use of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, becoming the third vaccine to be approved in the country after the Sinopharm and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines. 2021-02-9
The Department of Health Services (DHS) reports that 3,861 people in Wisconsin have tested positive in the last 24 hours, the highest number since the beginning of the pandemic. The positivity rate of 26.47% of the 14,586 tests received is the highest positivity for any day with more than 10,000 tests. 2020-10-16