Croatia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 6,932 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 490,074. 2021-11-5
Vietnam imposes their toughest lockdown in Ho Chi Minh City, prohibiting people from leaving their homes and also deploying the Vietnamese People's Army in order to enforce the lockdown in the country's largest city amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 infections and deaths. 2021-08-23
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 government announces additional restrictions for the third movement control order, including mandating 80% of public sector workers and 40% of private sector workers to work from home, restricting the operating hours of businesses from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and reducing the capacity of public transport and other mass transportation vehicles to 50 percent. These new restrictions will take effect on May 25. 2021-05-22
The French Haute Autorité de Santé approves the use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. 2021-03-12
New Caledonia orders a strict lockdown for two weeks beginning at midnight tomorrow following the detection of nine COVID-19 cases among non-quarantined travellers arriving from Wallis and Futuna. 2021-03-7
Iran surpasses 60,000 deaths from COVID-19, the highest death toll of a Middle Eastern country. 2021-02-28
Mexico receives the first shipment of 200,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine. 2021-02-22
The government announces the war-torn country's first confirmed case of COVID-19. 2020-03-22