Bulgaria launches its COVID-19 Green Certificate which indicates that a person is either vaccinated, has tested negative, or has recovered from COVID-19. The certificate will be mandatory for all indoor activities beginning on October 21. 2021-10-19
Russia reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 1,002 deaths from COVID-19, which is the first time that the country has reported more than 1,000 COVID-related deaths in a single day since the pandemic began. Only 32% of the population has been fully vaccinated, amid wide distrust in vaccines. 2021-10-16
The Food and Drug Administration authorizes the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine for use in children between the ages of 12 and 15 years. 2021-05-10
The Ministry of Health and Prevention announces the registration of Sinopharm's inactivated virus vaccine BBICP-CorV, after an interim analysis of the Phase III trials showed BBIBP-CorV to have an 86% efficacy against COVID-19 infection. 2020-12-9
Italy surpasses one million total COVID-19 cases, becoming the third country in the European Union to surpass that milestone. In addition, the country also reports 623 new deaths, the highest single-day total since April 6. 2020-11-11
The Flevo hospital in Almere begins to transfer two of its COVID-19 intensive care patients by helicopter to a hospital in Muenster, near the Dutch-German border, as hospitals in the Netherlands come under increasing strain from a second wave of infections. 2020-10-23
A study shows that the Gam-COVID-Vac, Russia's COVID-19 vaccine, has produced an antibody response with no serious side effects in a small trial. 2020-09-4
The Food and Drug Administration issues an emergency use authorization for COVID-19 pool testing. 2020-07-18