Sources: Trend News Agency
Iran registers 4,392 new cases, which is a record number of reported cases since the pandemic began, taking the cumulative total to 488,236 as hospitals struggle with a surge of infections. 2020-10-8
India reports 1,133 deaths from COVID-19, the highest single-day total. The death toll in the country reaches 72,775. 2020-09-8
Minnesota reports the first death tied to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, which drew hundreds of thousands of bikers despite COVID-19 concerns. The patient was a male biker in his 60s. At least 50 cases in Minnesota have been linked to Sturgis. 2020-09-2
Prime Minister Boris Johnson reverses an earlier advice against the wearing of face masks by secondary education students in local lockdown areas of England, following protests from head teachers and academic organisations against the earlier advice. Meanwhile, schools in areas of England not subject to tighter restrictions are given the discretion on whether to mandate the wearing of face masks for its students. 2020-08-25
Minister of State Owned Enterprises and chief of the COVID-19 recovery team, Erick Thohir, announces that the government would bar foreign visitors until the completion of a vaccine. Indonesian scientists are testing a COVID-19 vaccine with Sinovac Biotech, which Thohir says is likely to be completed next year. 2020-08-15
Contact tracing is no longer possible across the Southern United States due to rapid COVID-19 surges in the region. 2020-07-7