New South Wales premier Dominic Perrottet announces that the state will suspend elective surgeries as well as ban singing and dancing in hospitality venues, entertainment facilities and major recreation facilities due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. These restrictions will be in effect until January 27. 2022-01-7
Russia reports 820 deaths in the past 24 hours, matching a single-day record set in late August, bringing the nationwide death toll to 201,445. 2021-09-23
President Emmanuel Macron announces the extension of the "light lockdown" to the rest of the country, which includes a school closure from April 12 to April 26, a one-month domestic travel ban, and closure of non-essential businesses beginning April 3 in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. 2021-03-31
Colombia grants emergency use authorization for the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. 2021-03-25
India begins exporting the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Bhutan and Maldives. 2021-01-20
Spain receives its first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine tozinameran in Guadalajara, a day before the country begins its vaccination programme. 2020-12-26
Turkey purchases 50 million doses of CoronaVac to be delivered in December, January, and February, said Health Minister Fahrettin Koca. 2020-11-25
France registers 3,776 new cases in the last 24 hours, marking a new post-lockdown peak and bringing the total to 225,043. 2020-08-19
Armenia declares a state of emergency lasting until April 14 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The emergency measures include the closure of all educational institutions, closing the borders with Georgia and Iran, banning gatherings with over 20 people, and postponing the 2020 Armenian constitutional referendum. 2020-03-16
Bulgaria declares a state of emergency over the coronavirus. As part of the emergency measures, all schools and universities will be closed, all Bulgarian Football Union matches suspended and police will be given special powers for quarantine enforcement. 2020-03-13