Beijing extends its stay-at-home order for workers and students, and orders mass COVID-19 testing amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the city. 2022-05-23
Emeritus Queen consort Sofía of Spain tests positive for COVID-19 after travelling to Miami, Florida, United States. 2022-05-23
Belarus ends its short-lived mask mandate that was introduced on October 9 despite a record number of COVID-19 cases as President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed the measures as "unnecessary". 2021-10-22
Brunei reports a record 381 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 8,980. 2021-10-10
Washington reimposes its indoor mask mandate, requiring people over the age of 5 to wear masks in indoor public spaces regardless of their vaccination status. 2021-08-23
Brisbane and surrounding towns enter a lockdown after an increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases linked to the ongoing cluster in New South Wales. 2021-07-31
Montenegro closes all discos and nightclubs as well as bans all indoor gatherings and music festivals due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. Nightclubs could be reopened on August 2, but only for those who have been vaccinated, tested negative, or who have recovered from COVID-19. 2021-07-23
Malaysia reports 10 deaths from COVID-19, making it the deadliest day since the beginning of the outbreak. 2020-10-23