Chile reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a fully vaccinated foreigner who travelled from Ghana on November 25. 2021-12-4
Malaysia reports a record 7,478 new cases and 63 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 533,367 and the nationwide death toll to 2,432. 2021-05-26
President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma al-Assad both test positive for COVID-19, according to a statement from the presidential office. They are both reported to be in good health with "minor symptoms". 2021-03-8
U.S. President Joe Biden announces that his administration has finalized a deal purchasing a total of 200 million vaccine doses from Moderna and Pfizer. 2021-02-11
South Carolina reports the United States' first two cases of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa in people with no known travel history. 2021-01-28
The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) grants emergency use authorization requests for the vaccines developed by Sinovac and Oxford-AstraZeneca. 2021-01-17
The government signs a deal with Moderna to secure an additional two million doses of its vaccine candidate, bringing the total to seven million doses for the country. 2020-11-29
The number of new infections in Greece reaches a record 508 in the last 24 hours, for the first time daily new cases reach 500 in a single day. From that cases, 227 are from Athens metropolitan area. 2020-10-16