Japan reports a record for the second consecutive day of 18,822 new cases of COVID-19. 2021-08-12
Greece imposes a curfew and a full ban on music in entertainment venues on the islands of Crete and Zakynthos in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. These measures will be in effect until August 13. 2021-08-6
Malaysia reports a record 6,075 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 485,496. 2021-05-19
French authorities extend their weekend lockdown to the northern region of Pas-de-Calais, prompting hundreds of thousands of people to stay at home on Saturdays and Sundays due to the spread of COVID-19. 2021-03-6
Health Canada approves the Moderna vaccine and expects that up to 168,000 doses will arrive in Canada by the end of the year. 2020-12-23
The number of new confirmed cases in Italy surges to a record of 40,902 cases, pushing the nationwide total to 1.1 million cases as the government designates the Tuscany and Campania regions as high-risk "red zones". 2020-11-13
The Île-de-France region, which includes Paris, suffers a record traffic jam of a cumulative 706 km in the early evening as people attempted to leave the region or elsewhere before the second lockdown begins. 2020-10-29
The Sri Lankan government imposes a nationwide curfew to contain COVID-19. Mosques across the nation are closed. 2020-03-20