The French National Consultation Ethical Committee approves the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years. 2021-12-17
Mexico begins vaccinations for at-risk children in Mexico City. 2021-10-25
Belgium suspends the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for people under the age of 41 following the death of a woman who had received the vaccine last week and who was showing "serious thrombosis and reduced blood platelets". 2021-05-26
Brazil reports a record 3,650 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 2021-03-26
Lab studies suggest that the Pfizer–BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are significantly less effective in providing antibody protection against the 501.V2 variant of the disease, which is most prevalent in South Africa. 2021-02-18
COVID-19 pandemic in North Carolina, Variant of Concern 202012-012021-01-23
President-elect Joe Biden announces that three more officials will join his COVID-19 Advisory Board. 2020-12-29
Prime Minister Imran Khan announces a temporary ban on political rallies and gatherings of more than 300 people in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Pakistan. 2020-11-16
Albania announces that it will impose a second nationwide lockdown on November 11 in an attempt to curb the worsening spread of COVID-19. 2020-11-9
Chinese officials report 15,152 new confirmed cases of the 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease (COVID-19) and 254 new deaths in mainland China, the largest single day increase since the pandemic began. However, the number of confirmed cases now also includes the number of clinically diagnosed patients in Hubei province. 2020-02-13