The government announces plans to make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for the general population, setting a minimum age of 14 years and requiring unvaccinated persons to pay fines of up to 3,600 euros every three months. The rules will be in effect from February 1 until January 2024. 2021-12-9
Sri Lanka reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in an unvaccinated woman who travelled from Nigeria. 2021-12-3
The government announces that public servants will soon be a target of the "no jab, no job" policy and that they will have to either resign or receive half-pay if they refuse to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-09-21
Fiji reports a record 873 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total to 11,386. 2021-07-12
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is fined for violating the mask mandate imposed in São Paulo. 2021-06-12
Organisers announce that the Glastonbury Festival has been cancelled for the second consecutive year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021-01-21
Organisers announce that the Glastonbury Festival has been cancelled for the second consecutive year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [https:--www.theguardian.com-music-2021-jan-21-glastonbury-2021-officially-cancelled-due-to-covid-pandemic ("The Guardian")]COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom2021-01-21
Organisers announce that the Glastonbury Festival has been cancelled for the second consecutive year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [https:--www.theguardian.com-music-2021-jan-21-glastonbury-2021-officially-cancelled-due-to-covid-pandemic ("The Guardian")]COVID-19 pandemic in England2021-01-21
Italy confirms 18 more coronavirus cases in the country, bringing the confirmed cases to twenty-one. All eighteen are Italian citizens. 2020-02-21