The Philippines reports its first case of the Omicron BA.4 variant in a person who recently travelled to the Middle East. 2022-05-21
Peru announces a sharp increase in the COVID-19 death toll from 69,342 to 180,764 following a government review that reflects the severity of the pandemic. 2021-05-31
Ireland reports its first case of the B.1.525 variant first detected in Nigeria. 2021-02-25
Scotland begins a mandatory hotel quarantine for all international arrivals, requiring them to self-isolate for 10 days in one of six government-designated hotels. 2021-02-15
Los Angeles County announces that it will issue a new safer-at-home order that restricts the capacity of businesses, closes playgrounds and cardrooms, and prohibits all public and private gatherings of individuals from different households except for religious services and protests. This order will begin November 30 and will expire on December 20. 2020-11-27
U.S. President Donald Trump says he is terminating the country's relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO) over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming the WHO has become a "puppet of China" and that American funding will be redirected to "other global public health needs". 2020-05-29
Florida confirms its first two cases, and Governor Ron DeSantis declares a public health emergency. 2020-03-1
MS "Westerdam", with more than two thousand people on board, is finally granted permission to disembark in Cambodia after several countries deny it permission. 2020-02-12