Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob enters quarantine following a close contact with a COVID-19 patient. 2021-08-30
Italy enters a three-day nationwide lockdown on the eve of Easter amidst a variant-fueled spike of COVID-19 cases. Non-essential shops are closed, restaurants and bars are only allowed to offer for takeout or delivery, and travel between regions and visits to the relatives are severely limited through Monday. 2021-04-3
Virginia reports its two first cases of the highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant first detected in California. 2021-03-25
The CDC says it has administered 8 million vaccine doses in the United States and distributed an additional 25.5 million doses. 2021-01-11
Due to rising COVID-19 cases across the country, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announces the suspension of the government-promoted "Go To Travel" campaign in areas with high infection rates. 2020-11-21
The Health Ministry announces that Spain will receive 20 million vaccine doses from Pfizer and BioNTech by early 2021. 2020-11-10
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announces an extension of the remote learning period for secondary school students in grades 6–11 until November 22, as the city's COVID-19 situation worsens. 2020-11-5
Premier Doug Ford announces that non-essential businesses in Ontario are to be shut down for at least two weeks. 2020-03-23
Uganda reports its first confirmed case of COVID-19. The patient is a 36-year-old Ugandan male who recently arrived in the country on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Dubai. 2020-03-21
Women in Mexico march despite COVID-19 concerns and protests being cancelled in other parts of the world due to concerns over the spread of the disease. 2020-03-8