Brazilian Health minister Marcelo Queiroga tests positive for COVID-19 while in New York City to attend the United Nations General Assembly. 2021-09-22
India surpasses 30 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the second country to do so after the United States. 2021-06-23
Thailand reports a record 47 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 920. 2021-05-27
New Zealand begins a vaccination programme against COVID-19, starting with 70 border workers under strict infection prevention measures. 2021-02-20
Premier Doug Ford announces a province-wide lockdown across Ontario from December 26 until January 9 in Northern Ontario and January 23 in Southern Ontario in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the province. 2020-12-21
Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has tested positive, only days after being released from prison. 2020-11-12
The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said he would ask parliament to extend the country's state of emergency to the end of January 2021, as the government tries to avoid the surge in cases seen in other European countries. 2020-10-1
Slovakia reports 567 new cases in the past 24 hours, the largest single-day tally since the pandemic started in the country. 2020-09-30
Thailand reports their first case after a streak of 100 days without new cases. 2020-09-3
Hong Kong reports 118 new COVID-19 cases, a new record in two consecutive days. The new cases include 111 cases that were locally transmitted. 2020-07-23