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Senegal begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using 200,000 doses of China's Sinopharm vaccine. Government ministers and health workers are the first to receive the vaccine.
2021-02-23

New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea tests positive for COVID-19.
2021-01-8

Iran imposes tougher restrictions in Tehran and other cities as the country battles a third wave of COVID-19.
2020-11-21

Twitter restricts President Donald Trump's campaign from tweeting after its account shared a video of Trump's interview with Fox News in which he said children are "almost immune" to COVID-19.
2020-08-5

Brazil's Ministry of Health reports 641 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the death toll in the country to over 50,000.
2020-06-21

The Houthis-controlled area of Yemen reports its first case of COVID-19 and first death; that of a Somali man who had liver and kidney conditions. The government in the south reports nine new infections.
2020-05-5

Officials in Yemen report the country's first deaths from COVID-19 in the port city of Aden.
2020-04-30

Panama's Ministry of Health reports a total of 989 cases of COVID-19 in the country, of which 24 people have died.
2020-03-30

All schools in Scotland and Wales are to close, effective March 19, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-03-18

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa declares a state of emergency, the first in the country in 45 years, due to the coronavirus pandemic. [https:--www.politico.eu-article-portugal-declares-state-of-emergency-coronavirus-covid19-antonio-costa- ("Politico Europe"])
2020-03-18