The 16th G20 summit begins for the first time in person after the beginning of the pandemic with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping appearing via video link. 2021-10-30
Thailand reports a record 18,912 new cases and 178 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 597,287 and the nationwide death toll to 4,857. 2021-07-31
The White House announces that Vice President Mike Pence, his wife Karen, and Surgeon General Jerome Adams will receive the vaccine on Friday. President-elect Joe Biden also announces that he will receive the vaccine next week. 2020-12-16
President Vladimir Putin orders the country to start a large-scale vaccination by late next week. Teachers and doctors are expected to be the first to receive the Sputnik V vaccine. 2020-12-2
The government announces that they will exclude Osaka and Sapporo from the "Go To Travel" domestic travel subsidy campaign for three weeks due to a rise of COVID-19 cases in the two cities. 2020-11-24
The United Kingdom reports 1,508 cases, an increase from 1,295 yesterday. Some lockdowns are re-imposed in Greater Manchester. 2020-09-2
Iraq reports the highest single-day increase of over 3,800 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. 2020-08-13
President Peter Mutharika announces a stimulus package to alleviate the economic stress resulting from the disease. To help finance this program, he and all government ministers are taking a ten percent wage cut for three months. 2020-04-5