Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announces a citywide testing campaign due to surge of the cases caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. It is planned to test each citizen three times during the campaign. 2022-02-22
South Korea begins vaccinations for people between the ages of 55 and 59 as the country experiences a fourth wave of COVID-19. 2021-07-26
Costa Rica announces new COVID-19 restrictions on driving and businesses amidst a rise of new cases. 2021-04-29
Vanuatu halts outbound travel out of its main island of Efate following the confirmation of a COVID-19 case. Prime Minister Bob Loughman confirms that a Filipino fisherman whose body washed ashore last week near the capital of Port Vila had died of the disease. 2021-04-18
Former President Flavio Cotti dies from COVID-19 at the age of 81. 2020-12-16
France reports 16,972 new cases in the past 24 hours, setting a new record for the country since the beginning of the pandemic. 2020-10-3
Fernando Simón, Director of the Center for Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies of the Spanish Ministry of Health, becomes the second member of the Technical Committee to test positive for COVID-19. 2020-03-30
The United States and Canada suspend nonessential travel between the two countries due to the coronavirus pandemic. 2020-03-18
Turkey's Ministry of Health confirms 29 new cases, totalling to 47. 2020-03-16