New York is expected to be the first state to test the treatment of coronavirus with blood from recovered patients. 2020-03-23
Uzbekistan orders companies in Tashkent to do remote working and makes protective masks as an effort to contain the coronavirus. 2020-03-22
The British government introduces the Coronavirus Bill 2019β21, which would grant it extensive discretionary emergency powers in managing the coronavirus pandemic. 2020-03-19
The Gambia reports its first confirmed case of COVID-19, a female patient in her 20s who recently returned from the United Kingdom. The patient is in isolation at a clinic in Fajara. 2020-03-18
The United Kingdom's Department of Health and Social Care reports 232 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 14 more deaths. The UK government says a "wartime-style" mobilisation will be enforced in the coming weeks to tackle the virus. 2020-03-15
Iran reports 1,365 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 97 more deaths, the highest number of deaths in a single 24-hour period in the country to date, bringing the total to 12,729 confirmed cases and 611 deaths. 2020-03-14
Iran says it will release 54,000 prisoners in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in overcrowded jails. Only inmates who test negative for COVID-19 will be allowed to leave prison and those sentenced to longer than five years will not be freed. 2020-03-3
Afghanistan suspended travel between it and Iran and reported three suspected virus cases in Herat. 2020-02-23