Italy removes their Green Pass for all indoor places except hospitals and nursing homes and lifts their COVID-19 vaccination and mask mandate for museums, bars, hotels, and restaurants. However, masks will still be required for public transport until June 15. 2022-05-1
The Public Health Agency of Sweden recommends a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose for people over age of 65 years, as well as other adults aged 18–64 with weak immune response. 2022-04-4
Cuba grants the emergency use approval for its second homegrown Soberana 2 vaccine. 2021-08-20
The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in China surpasses one billion. 2021-06-20
Japan opens two mass vaccination centres in Tokyo and Osaka staffed by Japan Self-Defense Forces two months before the delayed Summer Olympics as the country aims to vaccinate up to 10,000 people per day in Tokyo and another 5,000 per day in Osaka for the next three months. 2021-05-24
Venezuela approves the use of the single-dose Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-05-15
U.S. President Joe Biden announces that Merck & Co. will produce single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine to help his administration goal for vaccinating every adult by the end of May. 2021-03-2
Australia receives 142,000 doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine. 2021-02-15
The Health Ministry announces that Spain will receive 20 million vaccine doses from Pfizer and BioNTech by early 2021. 2020-11-10