The National Capital Region and the provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Davao del Norte and Davao de Oro revert to the stricter "General Community Quarantine with Heightened Restrictions" due to the threat of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. These restrictions will remain in effect until July 31. 2021-07-23
Fiji reports a record 522 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total to 6,161 cases. Fiji has seen a substantial increase in the number of cases since an outbreak occurred in April. The Ministry of Health and Medical Services also reports three deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 30. 2021-07-4
Iraq announces that they will re-impose a partial lockdown from February 18 until March 8 after reporting their first cases of the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2. 2021-02-15
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum issues a statewide face mask mandate and impose several business restrictions in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19. The new executive order will take effect tomorrow. 2020-11-13
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announces the extermination of the country's minks (around 15 million) after a mutated version of the coronavirus spreads to humans, reasoning mutations pose a risk to the efficacy of future COVID-19 vaccines. 2020-11-4
Poland reports a record 21,897 new cases, bringing the total number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic to 362,731. 2020-10-31
Suriname reports the country's first death from COVID-19 as confirmed cases rise to 10. 2020-04-3