The Japanese government announces that it will place Tokyo and 12 other prefectures under a quasi-state of emergency from January 21 to February 13 amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases due to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, with the country reporting a record for the second consecutive day of 41,487 new cases of COVID-19. 2022-01-19
The WHO guideline development group of international experts recommends the use of rheumatoid arthritis drug Baricitinib for severe and critical COVID-19 patients in combination with corticosteroids. 2022-01-13
Beijing impose a partial lockdown in five neighbourhoods after two cases in Daxing were linked to B.1.1.7 variant found in the United Kingdom. 2021-01-20
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announces that the country will impose a third nationwide lockdown beginning on December 26. However, people who take part in mass testing programmes between January 15 and 17 and test negative will be allowed to enter shops and restaurants beginning on January 18. 2020-12-18
The COVID-19 infection rate in New York drops to its lowest in two weeks for the first time since September 24. However, the state continues to battle COVID-19 clusters in Hasidic Jewish communities in Orange County, Rockland County, Brooklyn, and several areas in the Queens borough. 2020-10-11
Malaysia reports 432 new cases in the last 24 hours, a new record of daily infections since the beginning of the outbreak. 2020-10-5
Croatia reports its highest single day number of 358 new cases in the last 24 hours as a tricky summer tourism season brings a resurgence of COVID-19 to the Adriatic country. 2020-08-26
Former Prime Minister of Somalia Nur Hassan Hussein dies from COVID-19 in London. 2020-04-1
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf orders all non-life-sustaining businesses in the state to close physical locations to slow the spread of the coronavirus. 2020-03-19