Sources: DW
Belarus ends its short-lived mask mandate that was introduced on October 9 despite a record number of COVID-19 cases as President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed the measures as "unnecessary". 2021-10-22
New South Wales reports a record of 825 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest number reported by any state or territory since the beginning of the pandemic. 2021-08-21
Bangladesh reports a record of 9,964 new cases and 164 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 954,881 and the nationwide death toll to 15,229. 2021-07-5
Royal Caribbean International announces that it is delaying the inaugural sailing of their brand-new "Odyssey of the Seas" cruise liner from Fort Lauderdale to July 31 after eight crew members tested positive for COVID-19. 2021-06-16
Labour minister Élisabeth Borne tests positive for COVID-19. 2021-03-14
Belarus authorities raid the offices of the Association of Journalists and Viasna Human Rights Centre as part of the latest move to end protests against President Alexander Lukashenko. 2021-02-16
The Netherlands begins a vaccination programme against COVID-19 with a nurse becoming the first person to be vaccinated with Pfizer's Tozinameran vaccine. 2021-01-6
Two men jailed for protesting against President Alexander Lukashenko say they tested positive for COVID-19, after developing symptoms in jail and not receiving treatment. 2020-12-26
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi confirms the first case of COVID-19 in the country from a sailor who returned from Auckland, New Zealand. Malielegaoi said the sailor tested positive Wednesday night but that a second confirmation test from this morning was negative. He added that they were concerned that the man could be contagious, though he is in isolation. 2020-11-18
President Alexander Lukashenko bans Belarusian citizens from returning from abroad, with the exception of those in Russia, to prevent the spread of COVID-19. 2020-11-5