South Africa changes its COVID-19 vaccination rules to allow mixing of vaccines between the Pfizer–BioNTech and Janssen COVID-19 vaccines for second and third doses and also reduces the interval between the second and third doses of the Pfizer vaccine in order to increase the country's vaccination rate. 2022-02-21
Australia fully reopens its maritime border with New Zealand for fully vaccinated travelers, who will be able to visit Australia without needing an exemption or quarantine. 2021-11-1
The Hungarian government announces that it will require face masks to be worn on public transport beginning on November 1 and will also allow companies to impose a vaccine mandate for their employees in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Additionally, all non-essential medical appointments will be temporarily suspended. 2021-10-28
The Public Health Institute of Chile approves the usage of the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine for children over the age of six. 2021-09-6
Spain reaches a target of fully vaccinating 70% of the population. 2021-09-1
Portugal reports a record 275 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 10,469. 2021-01-24
The Food and Drug Administration approves the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine for emergency use in the country. 2021-01-14
The number of new confirmed cases in Greece hits a record high of 882 in the past 24 hours, making it the highest number in a single day since the pandemic began, bringing the cumulative total to 28,216. 2020-10-22
Russia reports 5,642 new confirmed cases and 51 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing Russia's death toll to 456 and 52,763 total cases. 2020-04-21