The National Cabinet agrees to lower the mandatory isolation period for people infected with COVID-19 to 5 days if an individual is asymptomatic at that time. However workers in high-risk settings are still required to isolate for 7 days. 2022-08-31
North Korea reports four new "fever" cases in Ryanggang Province and places the province under lockdown. 2022-08-25
Australia reports a record 77 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 2022-01-18
South Korea signs an agreement to buy an additional 400,000 doses of Pfizer's Paxlovid COVID-19 drug. 2022-01-5
Philadelphia imposes a vaccine mandate for indoor activities such as dining, cinemas, and at the Wells Fargo Center for a 76ers or Flyers game. 2021-12-13
U.S. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announces that the Biden administration will ship 2 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Peru and 2.5 million doses of the Moderna vaccine to Pakistan. Additionally, the United States will also send vaccine doses to Bangladesh. 2021-06-29
Wyoming reports their first case of the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a man from Teton County with no known travel history. 2021-01-16
Disinfection begins in La Trinidad, the capital of the Philippines province Benguet, in an effort to contain the coronavirus. 2020-03-20