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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

Save the Children reports a surge in deaths of people with coronavirus-like symptoms in Aden, with at least 380 in the last week. Officially, Yemen has only reported 13 COVID-19 deaths.
2020-05-14

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

Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces say they are in full control of all sovereign state institutions in the port city of Aden, after capturing the Yemen Oil and Gas Corporation refinery, Aden International Airport, the central bank headquarters and the seaport. Yesterday, the STC declared self-rule in southern Yemen.
2020-04-26

Yemen reports its first confirmed case of COVID-19, a patient in the Hadhramaut Governorate.
2020-04-10

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