Sources: Loop Cayman
Net migration to the United Kingdom reaches a record of 504,000 in 2022, according to the Office for National Statistics. The record increase is primarily due to non-EU migration, the resumption of post-pandemic travel, the arrival of Afghan and Ukrainian refugees, and immigration from Hong Kong. 2022-11-24
Merck & Co. signs a licensing agreement with the UN-backed Medicines Patent Pool that will allow more companies to manufacture generic versions of its experimental oral antiviral COVID-19 treatment molnupiravir with a royalty-free license that will apply to 105 low- and middle-income countries. 2021-10-27
The Australian state of Victoria records 120 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the state's highest daily total in nearly a year. 2021-09-1
Cuba initiates its mass vaccination campaign for around 1.7 million people, using its locally-developed SOBERANA 02 and ABDALA vaccines, both of which have yet to complete its Phase III clinical trials. 2021-05-12
Bangladesh issues new lockdown rules that order the closure of all government, semi-government, autonomous, and private offices for one week beginning April 14, as well as suspension of all public transport. However, the government will allow factories to remain open. 2021-04-12
Richard Mendani becomes the first incumbent member of the National Parliament to die from COVID-19. 2021-03-20
Nigeria officially launches a vaccination campaign against COVID-19, with a doctor who has spent the past year treating COVID-19 patients becoming the first person to be vaccinated. 2021-03-5
U.S. Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX) dies from COVID-19 at the age of 67, thus making him the first member of Congress to die from the disease. 2021-02-7
The number of new confirmed cases in Hong Kong reaches a nearly four-month high of 115 cases. The city now has 6,239 total confirmed cases since the pandemic began. 2020-11-29
Poland reports 21,629 new cases, the largest jump in the number of cases since the start of the pandemic, bringing the total number of cases to 340,834. It also reaches 5,351 COVID-19 deaths, with 202 deaths in the last 24 hours. 2020-10-30