France begins to require children over the age of 6 years to wear masks while indoors and also reduces the self-isolation period for fully vaccinated people to seven days and five days if a person has received a negative PCR or antigen test due to a record number of COVID-19 cases driven by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. 2022-01-3
The Chinese capital Beijing begins administering booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines to "at-risk" individuals over the age of 18, which includes those participating, organizing, or working in the 2022 Winter Olympics as well as people working in education, manufacturing, retail, and public facilities. 2021-10-22
Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell dies from COVID-19 at the age of 84 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. 2021-10-18
A two-week lockdown begins in Eastern Highlands Province as cases overwhelm hospitals and the number of deaths increases nationwide. 2021-10-11
The Malaysian Ministry of Health grants a conditional approval for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. 2021-08-5
Kazakhstan reports a record 6,637 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 535,906. 2021-07-26
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly issues an executive order mandating citizens wear facemasks in public and at their workplace. 2020-07-2