Malaysia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 20,596 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1.2 million. 2021-08-5
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announces that a deal has been reached with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, which would see a new shipment of vaccines delivered on August 1. 2021-07-11
Japan opens two mass vaccination centres in Tokyo and Osaka staffed by Japan Self-Defense Forces two months before the delayed Summer Olympics as the country aims to vaccinate up to 10,000 people per day in Tokyo and another 5,000 per day in Osaka for the next three months. 2021-05-24
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announces the city government's intent to lift all pandemic-related restrictions and "fully reopen" by July 1. 2021-04-29
Hungary begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine tozinameran. The first vaccinations are being delivered at two hospitals in Budapest. 2020-12-26
India reports 19,556 cases of COVID-19, the lowest in the country since July 3. 2020-12-21
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers issues a mask mandate, which is expected to go into effect on August 1. 2020-07-30
The Philippines ambassador to Lebanon, Bernardita Catalla, dies from COVID-19 in Beirut, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs. 2020-04-2