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Auckland enters level three restrictions for the next three days in response to an ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, closing all non-essential businesses and suspending all in-person education. The rest of the country will enter level 2 restrictions, which will limit public gatherings.
2021-02-15

Vietnam closes schools in 22 provinces ahead of the Tết holiday and ends a Communist Party congress early following the detection of a new cluster of COVID-19 cases in northern areas.
2021-02-1

Thirty-nine residents are confirmed to have died from COVID-19 at a single nursing home in Denver, Pennsylvania.
2021-01-18

The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States exceeds 300,000.
2020-12-14

Malaysia imposes mandatory COVID-19 screening for 1.7 million foreign workers due to a high number of cases among these workers. In addition, authorities impose a fine of RM50,000 per worker if employers house their foreign staff in crowded spaces.
2020-11-26

Indonesia announced the biggest daily rise of 2,657 new COVID-19 cases, taking the nationwide tally to 70,736. West Java reported the highest surge with 962 cases. This significant increase comes from the Army’s Officer Candidate School (Secapa) cluster.
2020-07-9

Russia reports a record 10,633 new cases of COVID-19 and 58 more deaths from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the country's total cases to 134,686 and 1,280 deaths. Moscow's mayor Sergei Sobyanin says the peak has still not been reached, warning residents to remain indoors.
2020-05-3

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

The COVID-19 critical care NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham is opened inside the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull, England. It can treat up to 4,000 COVID-19 patients.
2020-04-16

The Gambia reports its first confirmed case of COVID-19, a female patient in her 20s who recently returned from the United Kingdom. The patient is in isolation at a clinic in Fajara.
2020-03-18