Sources: Reuters
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issues emergency use authorizations for the Covovax vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and the Corbevax vaccine. The ministry also issues an emergency use authorization for Merck & Co.'s anti-viral drug Molnupiravir. 2021-12-28
Honduras begins administering a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for all adults aged above 18 years using the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-12-23
Honduras signs an agreement with Pfizer and BioNTech to purchase additional 2.7 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in order to ensure the country will have enough supply to vaccinate all people over the age of 12 this year. 2021-08-26
New Zealand announces that the country's first community infection of COVID-19 in six months is also the country's first confirmed case of the Delta variant and that the total number of cases associated with the current outbreak has increased to 10. 2021-08-18
Morocco begins its COVID-19 vaccination campaign with King Mohammed VI receiving the first dose. 2021-01-28
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announces that the country will begin vaccinations tomorrow. Medical staff will be the first to receive the vaccine. 2021-01-23
Pakistan reports 1,708 new infections in the last 24 hours, which is the highest daily total since August as it considers new measures to combat the rising number of cases. 2020-11-11
Poland reports a record 445 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll since the pandemic began to 7,287 deaths. 2020-11-6
São Paulo State governor João Doria asks health regulator Anvisa for approval to use COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac, a major step in what could be one of the first vaccination programs in the Americas. In late July, São Paulo was one of the first sites of Phase III clinical trials for Sinovac. Doria plans to begin inoculating the population of São Paulo by mid-December, which is one of the world’s most ambitious schedules. 2020-10-3
Hong Kong reports its highest one-day increase in COVID-19 cases, with 113 new cases, 105 of which are locally transmitted. 2020-07-22