Sources: CNN
The Food and Drug Administration grants emergency use authorization for Pfizer's antiviral COVID-19 oral pill named Paxlovid for at-risk people over the age of 12 years, becoming the first at-home oral treatment to be approved by the FDA. 2021-12-22
Greece begins to implement mandatory weekly COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated people. Public and private employees are required to pay for tests for their unvaccinated employees while unvaccinated high school students will be given test kits distributed at the government's expense. 2021-09-13
Thailand reports a record 53 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,023. 2021-06-30
Indonesia reports 13,737 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total of cases since January 30. 2021-06-20
Spain approves the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in people aged 18 to 55. 2021-02-5
The United Kingdom reports a record 41,385 new cases in the past 24 hours. It is the first time that the country has reported more than 40,000 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. 2020-12-28
In response to the surge of new cases, the Czech government announces that it will close non-essential shops and limit the people's movement to essential reasons only in new lockdown measures effective between tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. and November 3 at 11:59 p.m. local time. 2020-10-21
A family of seven people who lost their homes during the Labor Day fires in the state tests positive for COVID-19. 2020-10-1
Guatemala confirms its first case of COVID-19, is a Guatemalan who returned from Italy. 2020-03-13