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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

The number of recovered COVID-19 patients in Indonesia surpasses one million.
2021-02-12

Greece extends their full lockdown to Achaia and the island of Euboea beginning February 13 in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
2021-02-12

A memorial at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is held, honoring the 400,000 Americans who have died as a result of COVID-19. Additionally, bells are rung at the Washington National Cathedral and a moment of silence is held.
2021-01-19

Switzerland begins a mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine tozinameran. A ninety-year-old woman in Lucerne is the first Swiss citizen to receive the vaccine.
2020-12-23

The Singapore government said that a suspected COVID-19 case aboard a "cruise-to-nowhere" was a false alarm after a passenger aboard Royal Caribbean's "Quantum of the Seas" cruise ship who tested positive for COVID-19 has been found not to have contracted the virus.
2020-12-10

France reports the largest rise of COVID-19 cases since the lockdown was lifted in May, with 2,524 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours.
2020-08-12

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

The President of the Japan Football Association and deputy Olympic Committee chief Kozo Tashima tests positive for COVID-19. Japan insists the 2020 Summer Olympics will still go ahead as planned.
2020-03-17