The Philippines reports a record 22,820 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2,161,892. 2021-09-9
Sri Lanka suspends state festivals and public gatherings until September 1 and restricts the number of people to 25 for funerals and 150 for weddings amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths. 2021-08-6
Lockdown restrictions are lifted in Perth, Western Australia, after no new community transmissions are reported. However, some indoor venues will remain closed, and the mask mandate will continue. 2021-04-27
Prime Minister Andrej Plenković announces a slight easing of restrictions beginning on February 16, citing the stable number of new cases in the past few weeks. Foreign language schools, casinos, gyms and betting shops can reopen and restaurants and bars can also sell coffee to go. 2021-02-11
The Food and Drug Administration approves the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for emergency use in the Philippines. 2021-01-28
The United Kingdom begins distribution of the AstraZeneca and University of Oxford vaccine. 2021-01-3
A group of researchers in the Netherlands have found antibodies that can be used to combat COVID-19. 2020-03-14