American Samoa announces the first recorded case of COVID-19 in the territory. The patient tested positive after returning from Honolulu, Hawaii, on September 13. In response, the American Samoan government suspends all flights to Pago Pago International Airport. 2021-09-18
Texas reports their first case of the Lambda variant of SARS-CoV-2, which was first detected in Peru. 2021-07-19
The government designates Tokyo, Kyoto, and nine other cities in Okinawa for stricter measures, which include closing businesses at 8:00 p.m., in order to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases. These measures will be in effect from April 15 until May 5 for Kyoto and Okinawa and until May 11 for Tokyo. 2021-04-9
Malaysian Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdullah of Pahang declares a state of emergency in the country until August 1 amid an increase in COVID-19 cases, suspending parliament for the first time since 1969 for the remainder of the pandemic. 2021-01-12
The United Kingdom surpasses 80,000 deaths and 3 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, Brazil, India, and Russia. 2021-01-9
New York reports its first case of the new SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant in a man in his 60s from Saratoga County who tested positive for COVID-19 despite having no travel history. 2021-01-4
Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs imposes a nationwide ban on all prayer gatherings in mosques. 2020-03-16
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson confirms the state's first presumptive case of COVID-19 in Pine Bluff. 2020-03-11