Sources: CNN
Austria ends its nationwide lockdown for people who are vaccinated or who have recovered from COVID-19 as the number of new cases decreases. There will now be an 11 p.m. curfew for restaurants and people must use an FFP2 mask on public transport and in indoor spaces. 2021-12-12
Uzbekistan lifts some COVID-19-related restrictions, allowing the reopening of theatres, cinemas, and concert halls, as well as allowing mass events to be held indoors and outdoors due to a decline in the number of COVID-19 cases. 2021-09-20
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issues a mask mandate for indoor public spaces to combat the spread of COVID-19. 2021-07-28
Croatia restricts the number of gatherings to 50 people for those who are unvaccinated and 1,000 people for those who are vaccinated in five coastal counties in Adriatic Croatia until August 15 in order to prevent the introduction of restrictions for travellers returning from the country. 2021-07-26
Turkey signs an agreement to purchase 50 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine. 2021-04-28
A separate, second variant from South Africa is also reported in Finland, after two people tested positive for COVID-19. 2020-12-28
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says that Singapore has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The country expects to receive shipments of the vaccine by the end of the year and to vaccinate 5.7 million people for free by the third quarter of 2021. 2020-12-14
Iran surpasses 40,000 total COVID-19 deaths after 457 new fatalities are reported in the last 24 hours. 2020-11-12
Sierra Vista, Arizona announces that it will reinstate their mask mandate amid a rise of cases in Cochise County. 2020-11-6
Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat is hospitalized in Hadassah University Hospital in Ein Karem, near Jerusalem, after his condition worsens due to COVID-19. 2020-10-18