The Italian Medicines Agency recommends that anyone that received the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine should receive a booster dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines six months after they received their first dose due to a slow decline of efficacy against mild and moderate forms of the disease. 2021-11-3
Vietnam begins to vaccinate children in Ho Chi Minh City where 1,500 teenagers between the ages of 16 and 17 years old are eligible to receive the vaccine as part of an effort to reopen schools after a six-month closure. 2021-10-27
Kosovo receives a shipment of 503,100 doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine donated from the United States through the COVAX initiative. 2021-09-6
Malaysia reports a record 11,079 new cases and 125 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 855,949 and the nationwide death toll to 6,385. 2021-07-13
Bangladesh reports a record 11,525 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total of confirmed cases to 966,406. 2021-07-6
Virginia reports its two first cases of the highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant first detected in California. 2021-03-25
Kenya receives 1.02 million doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine through the COVAX vaccine-sharing Initiative. 2021-03-2
In an unprecedented move, the World Health Organization holds its annual World Health Assembly using video conferencing instead of in-person meetings. 2020-05-18
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issues a statewide stay-at-home order for all New Yorkers except for essential errands such as grocery shopping or for medical services. 2020-03-20