Sources: DW
Malaysia reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a 19-year-old student who travelled from South Africa on November 19 and is in quarantine. 2021-12-3
German Health minister Jens Spahn and regional health ministers agree to offer booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for all vaccinated people amid a fourth wave of the pandemic. 2021-11-5
Regional Victoria re-enters a lockdown as COVID-19 infections spread from an ongoing cluster in Melbourne. 2021-08-21
German health minister Jens Spahn and leaders of 16 states agree to offer booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine for elderly and at-risk groups beginning in September and make vaccinations widely available for children between the ages of 12 and 17 years old amid concerns about "reduced immune response" due to the spread of the Delta variant. 2021-08-2
Germany's Federal Health Ministry demands that Johnson & Johnson deliver 6.5 million doses of its vaccine by July in order to offset a vaccine shortfall. A spokesman for the ministry says that the situation is regretful and that only 1.15 million doses of the vaccine had been administered as of last Friday. 2021-06-13
Turkey reports a record 240 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 17,121. 2020-12-16
Russia reports 15,150 new cases in the past 24 hours, a new daily record since the start of the pandemic as authorities grapple with the onset of a second wave. This is the first time that the country has reported more than 15,000 cases in a single day. 2020-10-16
The Robert Koch Institute reports 4,058 new cases in Germany in the past 24 hours. It is the biggest number of reported cases in a single day since April, which health minister Jens Spahn described as "alarming" and blames young people for failure to observe social distancing. 2020-10-8
Istanbul reimposes a ban on indoor ceremonies, with the exception of weddings, in the wake of some rising infections. 2020-08-29
Retired footballer and current coach of Al Sadd SC Xavi Hernández announces he tested positive for COVID-19. 2020-07-25