Sources: CBC News
The World Health Organization in an email rejects the approval Canada’s CoVLP COVID-19 vaccine over Medicago’s ties to the Philip Morris International tobacco company. 2022-03-24
Quebec announces plans to impose a "significant" tax on those who are not vaccinated against COVID-19, with exemptions for those who have legitimate medical exemptions from taking the vaccine. However, few additional details were revealed on a policy which would be a first in Canada. 2022-01-11
The United States surpasses 800,000 deaths from COVID-19, remaining the highest death toll in the world. 2021-12-14
Russia reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 1,163 deaths from COVID-19, bringing the nationwide death toll to 236,220. 2021-10-29
Romania reports a record 331 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 38,260. 2021-10-6
Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announces that Canada will issue a vaccine passport for international travel. 2021-08-11
Quebec reports Canada's first death from a vaccination. The death has been linked to a blood clot after a 54-year-old woman received the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and died due to cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. 2021-04-27
India reports 352,991 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, a world record for the fifth consecutive day, and thereby bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 17.3 million. The country also reports a record 2,812 deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 195,123. 2021-04-26
The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses three million. 2021-04-17
The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States exceeds 300,000. 2020-12-14