Sri Lanka suspends state festivals and public gatherings until September 1 and restricts the number of people to 25 for funerals and 150 for weddings amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths. 2021-08-6
Fiji reports a record 83 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total of confirmed cases to 604. The Ministry of Health seals off the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva for COVID-19 patients only as 11 of the cases are of unconfirmed origin. 2021-06-6
Florida surpasses two million cases of COVID-19, becoming the third U.S. state to do so after California and Texas. 2021-03-20
The United Arab Emirates surpasses 1,000 deaths from COVID-19. 2021-02-13
A peer-reviewed result published in the journal "The Lancet" finds Russia's Sputnik V vaccine to be 91.6% effective against symptomatic COVID-19 infection. It is the third major vaccine candidate to exceed 90% efficacy, along with the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. 2021-02-2
Egypt reports 664 new cases in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day total in a months, bringing the nationwide total to 125,555 cases. 2020-12-21
The United Kingdom reports 2,988 new confirmed cases in 24 hours, their highest since May 23. 2020-09-6
Brunei reports its first death from COVID-19, a 64-year-old man, as confirmed cases rise to 115 in the country. 2020-03-28
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declares a Luzon-wide "enhanced community quarantine" during the second day of the already community quarantined Metro Manila. 2020-03-16