House Sergeant at Arms William J. Walker and Capitol physician Brian P. Monahan announce that a phased reopening of the United States Capitol will begin next week after the Capitol was closed for 2 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2022-03-23
Iran reports a record 31,814 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 3.72 million. 2021-07-26
Cyprus suspends the use of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine until March 18 pending review from the European Medicines Agency following reports of possible serious side effects among vaccinated people in other EU countries. 2021-03-15
Moldova becomes the first country in Europe to receive a COVAX initiative shipment of 14,400 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine. 2021-03-5
Malaysia reports a record 3,321 recoveries in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of recoveries to 94,492. 2021-01-2
Turkey reports a new record of 5,532 new cases in the last 24 hours, surpassing the previous record set in April. The country now has 440,805 total confirmed cases since the pandemic began as a curfew takes effect. 2020-11-21
Kazakhstan's sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna announces that plans to sell shares in the state-run oil and gas company KazMunayGaz abroad will be delayed from this year to 2022 due to the pandemic. 2020-06-17
Hawaii says that it will not allow the passengers of two cruise ships heading for its coast to disembark upon arrival due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, despite both ships reporting zero cases of COVID-19. 2020-03-19