Sources: CNN
Finland reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a person who travelled from Sweden. 2021-12-2
Croatia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 6,932 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 490,074. 2021-11-5
India approves the phase II and III trials of the country's first domestic MRNA-based HGC019 vaccine made by Gennova Biopharmaceuticals after the early-stage study found that the vaccine is safe and effective. 2021-08-24
The Food and Drug Administration gives full approval to the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the first vaccine in the U.S. to be granted full licensure and thereby giving businesses, schools and universities more confidence to adopt vaccine mandates. 2021-08-23
Mississippi reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant, which was originally detected in South Africa, in a person in Harrison County. 2021-03-19
The Directorate-General of Health temporarily suspends the use of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine as a precaution following reports of "rare, but severe" suspected side-effects among vaccinated people in other countries. 2021-03-15
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. 2021-03-6
Minister of State Owned Enterprises and chief of the COVID-19 recovery team, Erick Thohir, announces that the government would bar foreign visitors until the completion of a vaccine. Indonesian scientists are testing a COVID-19 vaccine with Sinovac Biotech, which Thohir says is likely to be completed next year. 2020-08-15
China gives go-ahead for human trials for a potential vaccine. 2020-03-17
British MP and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Health Ministry Nadine Dorries becomes the first UK MP to test positive for COVID-19. 2020-03-11