The number of deaths due to COVID-19 worldwide surpasses six million. 2022-03-7
Nepal reports its first two cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a 71-year-old Nepali national and a 66-year-old foreigner. 2021-12-6
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports the world's first deer positive case of COVID-19 from white-tailed deer in the state of Ohio. 2021-08-27
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
Vietnam reports their first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 when a 44-year-old woman who traveled from the United Kingdom later tested positive for COVID-19 while in quarantine on December 24. 2021-01-2
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff receive the Moderna vaccine. 2020-12-29
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces that his country has signed a deal with the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to manufacture a vaccine against COVID-19 that the company is developing with the Oxford Vaccine Group. The vaccine is currently in Phase III efficacy trials and AstraZeneca says it is targeting a formulation of results by the end of the year. Morrison states that the deal also allows citizens to receive immediate and free access to the vaccines, if successful. 2020-08-18
Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announces a 10 million euros donation to Lombardy to arrange a temporary 400-bed hospital at Milan trade fair. ([http:--www.ansa.it-english-news-politics-2020-03-17-berlusconi-gives-10-mn-to-lombardy_699fb725-fa9a-4b54-addd-6133e6a98c45.html ANSA])2020-03-17
Iran's deputy health minister, Iraj Harirchi, tests positive for coronavirus. 2020-02-25