Italy ends its two-year state of emergency and begins to gradually lift attendance limits for outdoor and indoor sports venues, along with a requirement that anyone over the age of 50 should be vaccinated to enter their place of work. 2022-04-1
President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina test positive for COVID-19. 2022-03-4
Connecticut reports its first case of the SARS-COV-2 Omicron variant. 2021-12-6
Brunei reports a record 42 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours after reporting their first local infections in 15 months, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 406. 2021-08-9
Tunisia receives its first major shipment of 30,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine. 2021-03-9
The number of new cases in Russia reaches 14,231 in the past 24 hours, a new record for the sixth day in a row. It is the first time that the country has reported more than 14,000 cases in a single day as authorities grapple with a second wave that has pushed hospitals to near-capacity. 2020-10-14
California reports the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in a single day, with 12,807 new cases that bring the statewide total to 413,576 cases, surpassing New York in the process. 2020-07-22
Italy says all schools and universities will close from March 5 through March 15 to stop the spread of the virus, as the country confirms a total of 3,090 cases and 107 COVID-19-related deaths. 2020-03-4