Sources: DW
Shanghai declares "victory" over COVID-19 and Beijing announces the reopening of primary and secondary schools following a decrease in the number of cases. 2022-06-25
North Dakota reports 960 cases of COVID-19 and confirms their first case of the Omicron BA.4 variant. 2022-05-27
The Korean Central News Agency reports that North Korea has a total of 3 million suspected cases of COVID-19. 2022-05-24
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
Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo dies from COVID-19-related complications, after being hospitalized for a week. 2021-07-9
Former Belarusian presidential candidate Viktar Babaryka tells a court in Minsk that he is innocent of the corruption charges against him. Babaryka was one of the main challengers to President Alexander Lukashenko and was arrested in June 2020. Babaryka says that he cannot confess to crimes that he did not commit and faces up to 15 years' imprisonment if he is found guilty. 2021-06-28
Malaysia begins phase one of its 14-day total lockdown that only allows essential economic sectors and manufacturing services to operate in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19 following a sharp increase in the number of cases since April. 2021-06-1
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
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
For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, Germany has recorded more than 10,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day, when the Robert Koch Institute reported 11,287 new infections in 24 hours. 2020-10-22