Russia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 669 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 135,214. 2021-06-30
Denmark becomes the first country to exclude the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from its vaccination programme over a potential link to a rare but serious form of thrombosis. 2021-05-3
AstraZeneca announces that the efficacy rating of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate has been lowered to 76%, following new analyses of the trial run in the United States. Earlier in the week, the company had been criticized for advertising its vaccine with a 79% efficacy rating using what critics claimed was outdated data. 2021-03-25
South Africa receives its second shipment of more than 80,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. 2021-02-27
Northern Cyprus reports its first case of B.1.1.7 variant in 16 samples that contracted SARS-CoV-2 variant first detected in the United Kingdom. 2021-02-8
Prime Minister Jean Castex announces that the French government will impose a nationwide 6:00 p.m. curfew for at least 15 days beginning January 16 in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. 2021-01-14
Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat dies at the age of 65 due to complications from COVID-19. 2020-11-10
It is announced that the Indonesian capital Jakarta will restart its "transitional" eased large-scale social restrictions effective tomorrow, after a pace of infections has slowed within two weeks, according to a statement from the governor Anies Baswedan. 2020-10-11
Former Prime Minister of Somalia Nur Hassan Hussein dies from COVID-19 in London. 2020-04-1