Sources: CNN
The United States reports its first case of the Omicron variant in a person who travelled from South Africa to California. 2021-12-1
Pakistan receives 2.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the United States, facilitated through the COVAX initiative, UNICEF and the Government of Pakistan. 2021-07-2
India surpasses 300,000 deaths from COVID-19, becoming the third country to do so after the United States and Brazil. India recorded its last 100,000 deaths in less than a month. Experts warn that the real number of deaths could be much higher as many are not officially recorded; some models speculate that about a million people may have actually died. 2021-05-24
The Food and Drug Administration approves the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine for emergency use in the United States. 2021-02-27
Nationwide, more than 180,000 cases reported in the United States, a new world record. 2020-11-13
India surpasses seven million COVID-19 cumulative cases, becoming the second country to reach that milestone after the United States. 2020-10-11
The Centers for Disease Control extends the United States ban on cruise ships to September 30, citing ongoing COVID-19 cruise ship outbreaks. 2020-07-16
The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States exceeds 100,000. 2020-05-28
"The Washington Post" reports that U.S. intelligence agencies repeatedly warned President Trump about the threats posed by COVID-19 in January and February, but administration officials say they "just couldn't get him to do anything about it." 2020-03-20