The Czech Republic reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a woman in Liberec who had been in Namibia. She had passed through South Africa and Dubai on her flight to the Czech Republic. 2021-11-27
State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy Mona Keijzer is dismissed from the Cabinet by Prime Minister Mark Rutte after publicly criticising the cabinet's position on COVID-19 measures. 2021-09-25
Thailand reports a record 13,002 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the national total of cases to 439,477. 2021-07-21
China approves BBIBP-CorV made by Sinopharm for general use, after the vaccine was considered to be 79.34% effective. 2020-12-31
Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has tested positive, only days after being released from prison. 2020-11-12
The Philippines report a record high of 4,063 new cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. 2020-07-31