Sources: Reuters
The Tunisian Health Ministry authorizes the use of the Russian Sputnik Light vaccine as a booster dose. 2021-12-29
Cuba begins a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign for children aged two to 18 years old as a condition to reopen schools for in-person learning using Abdala and Soberana vaccines. 2021-09-3
Outgoing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces that healthcare workers in the state will be required to be vaccinated by September 27. 2021-08-16
The United Kingdom records no daily deaths from COVID-19 within 28 days of a positive test for the first time since March 2020. 2021-06-1
Argentina reports a record 561 deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 63,508. 2021-04-29
Argentina reports 22,039 new cases of COVID-19, a record for the second consecutive day. The country also reports 199 deaths. These numbers bring the total number of cases to more than 2.4 million and the total number of deaths to 56,833. 2021-04-7
Vaccine developer Pfizer announces that lab studies have concluded that the joint Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine remains effective against mutation variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including Variant of Concern 202012-01 and the 501.V2 variant. 2021-01-8
Switzerland reports its first two case of new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from South Africa after two people tested positive for COVID-19 despite having no clear traveling history to South Africa. 2020-12-28
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces the first U.S. case of novel coronavirus in Snohomish County, Washington. 2020-01-21