Minnesota reports its first case of the Omicron variant in a person who traveled from New York City. 2021-12-2
Germany reports a record 33,949 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, surpassing the previous record of 33,777 new cases reported on December 18, 2020. 2021-11-4
South Africa returns to adjusted alert level 3, which means that inter-provincial travel can resume, alcohol sales bans are lifted, non-essential businesses can reopen, and gatherings of 50 people indoors and 100 people outdoors are allowed. Additionally, schools can reopen from 26 July 2021. 2021-07-25
Indonesia reports a record 24,836 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2.2 million. 2021-07-1
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces that 50% of the American adult population has been fully vaccinated. 2021-05-25
Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin announces that a nationwide mass vaccination program against COVID-19 will begin on January 13. President Joko Widodo will become the first person in the country to receive a vaccine. 2021-01-5
Victoria closes its land border with New South Wales due to an increase in COVID-19 cases, after several months of open borders. Meanwhile, New South Wales makes wearing masks in public mandatory, while also easing restrictions for southern suburbs of the Northern Beaches as the number of cases in those areas decrease. 2021-01-2
Vatican-based Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, tests positive for COVID-19. 2020-09-11
The daily number of new COVID-19 cases in France tops 3,000 for the first time since lockdown eased. 2020-08-15
Iran records a record high 235 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. The health ministry urges not to visit Mashhad as the virus infections rose by 300 percent over a one month period. 2020-07-28