Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo dies from COVID-19-related complications, after being hospitalized for a week. 2021-07-9
India approves the emergency use of the vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, becoming the third country in the world to do so after the United Kingdom and Argentina. 2021-01-1
Bolivia signs a deal with Russia's Russian Direct Investment Fund to secure 2.6 million Sputnik V vaccines. 2020-12-30
Israel begins testing its vaccine on humans. In the first trial, 80 volunteers will take part, and will be expanded to 960 people in December. If the two trials are successful, the third stage of the trial will occur with 30,000 volunteers in April or May. If these stages are successful, the vaccine could be ready for the general public by the end of summer 2021. 2020-11-1
Russia reports 13,868 new daily cases, setting a new record for a single day, pushing the overall number of infections to 1,326,178. The country also reports a record rise of 244 deaths, bringing the official death toll to 22,966. 2020-10-13
Johnson & Johnson has paused the Phase III trials of its COVID-19 vaccine because of an unexplained illness in one of the volunteers. 2020-10-12
The number of worldwide cases of COVID-19 surpasses three million. The United States accounts for more than a third of the total cases. 2020-04-27
President Vladimir Putin orders that the week between 28 March and 5 April will be a nationwide paid holiday and declares the closing of all restaurants and shops during this week. 2020-03-27
Bahrain reports the country's first death from COVID-19, a 65-year-old woman who returned from Iran last month. 2020-03-16