France reports a record 464,769 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. 2022-01-18
Denmark becomes the first country in the European Union to lift all of its COVID-19-related restrictions, with the lifting of the requirement to show a digital pass in order to enter nightclubs, as the country no longer considers COVID-19 to be a "socially critical" disease and the vaccination rate has surpassed 80%. 2021-09-10
Russia reports 12,505 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest daily total since February, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 5.18 million. 2021-06-11
Romania reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant first detected in India in a person from Brașov County. 2021-04-29
Indonesia reports a record 221 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 19,880. 2020-12-20
President Rodrigo Duterte agrees to provide an advance payment to pharmaceutical companies developing a COVID-19 vaccine in order to secure millions of vaccines. 2020-11-19
AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson resume their Phase III trials in the United States for a COVID-19 vaccine after previously pausing them as a result of complications with some volunteers. 2020-10-23
After 66 cases of COVID-19 are confirmed in Georgia, Governor Brian Kemp declares a public health emergency. 2020-03-14
Hundreds of passengers aboard the "Diamond Princess" are allowed to disembark the ship. The vessel has been quarantined since docking in Yokohama on 4 February. Criticism mounts against the Japanese government's handling of the quarantine. 2020-02-19