Sources: New Straits Times
The Moroccan government announces that it will suspend all incoming passenger flights for the next two weeks. 2021-11-28
The 16th G20 summit begins for the first time in person after the beginning of the pandemic with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping appearing via video link. 2021-10-30
Russia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 984 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 219,329. 2021-10-13
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
The Rajasthan state government imposes a curfew in Ajmer, Bhilwara, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur, Sagwara, and Kushalgarh from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. IST beginning tomorrow. The government will also require travelers from other states to carry a negative PCR test from the previous 72 hours beginning March 25 due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. 2021-03-21
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
Prime Minister Andrej Plenković tests positive for COVID-19. 2020-11-30
Uganda reports 423 new cases, its highest daily increase, thus bringing the country's total cases to 6,017. 2020-09-19
Iran bans the traditional Persian fire festival Chaharshanbe Suri. 2020-03-17
Noted Italian architect Vittorio Gregotti dies in Milan, at age 92, after contracting coronavirus. 2020-03-15