Turkmenistan becomes one of the first countries to approve the usage of the single-dose Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine. The health ministry also purchases 600,000 doses of the two-dose Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-12-25
Canada reports its first cases of the Omicron variant in two people in Ontario who recently traveled to Nigeria. 2021-11-28
Costa Rica issues a new mandate that would require children over the age of five years old to be vaccinated against COVID-19, making it one of the first countries to introduce such a mandate as part of its basic vaccination campaign. 2021-11-6
Slovenia suspends the use of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine following the death of a 20-year-old woman who had received the vaccine. 2021-09-29
Switzerland begins to implement a mandatory negative COVID-19 test result for travellers who have not been vaccinated or who have not recovered from COVID-19 upon entering the country in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. 2021-09-20
Prime Minister Mario Draghi and his wife Maria Serenella Cappello receive their first doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine. 2021-03-30
Italy invokes the European Union powers to block shipment of 250,700 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine to Australia amid escalations between the bloc and AstraZeneca. The European Commission endorses the move. 2021-03-4
Premier Doug Ford announces a second state of emergency and stay-at-home order for Ontario as the number of cases continues to increase. 2021-01-12
It is announced that Tasmania will reopen to much of Mainland Australia, which was deemed as "low-risk" states, and New Zealand tomorrow. The state was the first Australian jurisdiction to close its borders in March and has not recorded a case in more than 70 days. 2020-10-25
Myanmar's foreign ministry announces the extension of temporary entry restrictions to all visitors, including the suspension of all visas, until September 30. 2020-08-29