Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa announces that he has tested positive for COVID-19. 2022-02-1
The French national health regulator "Haute Autorité de Santé" recommends a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 65 and those with existing health conditions, which was previously announced by Health minister Olivier Véran yesterday. The booster doses will be administered beginning at the end of October. 2021-08-24
The Food and Drug Administration gives full approval to the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the first vaccine in the U.S. to be granted full licensure and thereby giving businesses, schools and universities more confidence to adopt vaccine mandates. 2021-08-23
San Francisco mayor London Breed issues a mandate requiring proof of full vaccination in indoor public spaces, making San Francisco the first major U.S. city to do so. 2021-08-12
Lithuania suspends the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as a precaution following three reports of suspected serious adverse thromboembolic reactions among vaccinated people in the country. 2021-03-16
Turkey reports a new single-day record of 217 deaths, bringing the nationwide death toll to 15,531. 2020-12-9
Indonesia reports a record 5,828 new cases and 169 new deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 522,581 and the nationwide death toll to 16,521. 2020-11-27
Portugal registers 1,646 new daily cases, bringing the cumulative total of confirmed cases to 85,574. This is the highest daily increase for the country since the beginning of the pandemic. 2020-10-10
Ireland reports its first death from COVID-19, an elderly woman with underlying health conditions at a hospital in Dublin. 2020-03-11