The Philippines receives its first shipment of 487,200 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine supplied by the COVAX initiative. 2021-03-4
The Government of Catalonia announces that 79,000 vaccinated persons were mistakenly recorded as COVID-19 cases. 2021-03-3
Taoiseach Micheál Martin confirms that the country will close all non-essential retail under full level 5 restrictions that will remain in place for at least one month and will also delay the reopening of schools until January 11. Authorities also agree to extend travel bans to South Africa and the United Kingdom until January 6. 2020-12-30
New York reports a record 12,697 new cases in the past 24 hours, surpassing the previous record set in April. 2020-12-18
The Netherlands reports a new single-day record of 12,844 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 652,525. 2020-12-17
President Rodrigo Duterte issues an executive order granting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) an emergency use authorization for COVID-19 drugs and vaccines. 2020-12-2
Romania imposes a nationwide nighttime curfew and closes all schools for 30 days beginning November 9 after the number of daily infections surges over the past two weeks. All shops will close by 9:00 p.m. and people will have to stay home from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. local time. It also widens the compulsory use of face masks to all outdoor spaces across the country and orders all indoor farm produce markets to close. 2020-11-6