The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency grants the first European approval of the Valneva COVID-19 vaccine for people aged between 18 to 50 years. 2022-04-14
Australia announces rapid antigen tests will be made free to concession card holders amid a nationwide shortage, but resists calls for universal free access. 2022-01-5
Cuba says that the Abdala vaccine is proven to be 92% effective against COVID-19. 2021-06-21
Royal Caribbean International announces that it is delaying the inaugural sailing of their brand-new "Odyssey of the Seas" cruise liner from Fort Lauderdale to July 31 after eight crew members tested positive for COVID-19. 2021-06-16
India reports a world record of 412,262 new cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 21 million. The country also reports a record 3,980 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 230,168. 2021-05-6
Canadian Conservative MP Kelly McCauley demands an audit, alleging that more than 800,000 ineligible people received Canada Emergency Response Benefit money from the Canada Revenue Agency. 2020-11-20
Spain reports 435 new fatalities, the highest daily increase in the second wave of the pandemic, bringing the death toll in the country to 41,688. 2020-11-17
Singapore confirms its first case of new coronavirus, a 66-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan who was travelling with his family. 2020-01-23