Brazilian Health minister Marcelo Queiroga tests positive for COVID-19 while in New York City to attend the United Nations General Assembly. 2021-09-22
India surpasses 30 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the second country to do so after the United States. 2021-06-23
Thailand reports a record 47 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 920. 2021-05-27
New Zealand begins a vaccination programme against COVID-19, starting with 70 border workers under strict infection prevention measures. 2021-02-20
Iran reports its first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in an Iranian who travelled from the United Kingdom and later tested positive for COVID-19. 2021-01-5
COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland, Variant of Concern 202012-012020-12-25
Premier Doug Ford announces a province-wide lockdown across Ontario from December 26 until January 9 in Northern Ontario and January 23 in Southern Ontario in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the province. 2020-12-21
The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said he would ask parliament to extend the country's state of emergency to the end of January 2021, as the government tries to avoid the surge in cases seen in other European countries. 2020-10-1
Hong Kong reports 118 new COVID-19 cases, a new record in two consecutive days. The new cases include 111 cases that were locally transmitted. 2020-07-23