New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces that the state will begin testing residents for COVID-19 antibodies as the state plans to reopen the economy. 2020-04-19
The Department of Health and Social Care reports 4,342 new confirmed cases and 717 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the UK's death toll to 11,329 and 88,621 total cases. 2020-04-13
Officials in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh report its first confirmed case of COVID-19, a patient who had recently returned from Armenia. 2020-04-7
President Cyril Ramaphosa announces a 21-day nationwide lockdown effective from March 26, to contain the coronavirus, as the number of confirmed cases rises to 402. Soldiers will be deployed to help police enforce the lockdown. 2020-03-23
The government announces that a lockdown of Tashkent will begin on March 24. 2020-03-23
Economist and social activist Fariborz Raisdana also dies from coronavirus. 2020-03-16
Iran reports its first two cases of the virus. Hours later, it was announced both infected people have died. 2020-02-19
China's paramount leader Xi Jinping tells the World Health Organization he is confident about defeating the "devil virus". 2020-01-28