Sources: New Straits Times
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
The French Haute Autorité de santé recommends that booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine can be administered as soon as three months after the primary vaccination schedule due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. 2021-12-24
The United Kingdom raises its COVID-19 Alert level to Level 3 due to the rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, which has resulted in 3,137 cases. 2021-12-12
East Timor reports its first community transmitted cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in 12 samples from the Ermera region. 2021-08-10
Oregon Governor Kate Brown announces that healthcare workers will be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine or otherwise undergo testing. 2021-08-4
Argentina reports a record 792 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, and surpasses 90,000 deaths from COVID-19. 2021-06-22
The Public Health Agency of Sweden suspends plans to start using the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine following reports of rare blood clot cases. 31,000 doses of the vaccine have been delivered to the country. 2021-04-14
East Timor imposes a "sanitary fence and mandatory confinement" in the capital Dili for the next seven days beginning at midnight. This is the country's first lockdown since the beginning of the pandemic. 2021-03-8
Brazil surpasses six million total confirmed cases of COVID-19, becoming the third country to do so after India and the United States. 2020-11-20
The Department of Health and Social Care reports 980 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the UK's death toll to 8,958. 2020-04-10