Sources: El Peridico
Merck & Co. and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics sign an agreement with UNICEF to distribute up to 3 million courses of their COVID-19 antiviral pill molnupiravir to 100 low and middle-income countries in the first half of the year. 2022-01-18
Swissmedic approves the use of the monoclonal antibody cocktail Ronapreve developed by Roche and Regeneron to treat severe COVID-19 patients. 2021-12-27
Iran reports a record 684 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 102,038. 2021-08-22
The North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will begin its COVID-19 vaccination campaign, with around 60,000 doses arriving in Goma. This comes after the country's announcement that it will kick off uts own vaccination campaign by using AstraZeneca's vaccine. 2021-04-22
The United States surpasses 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses that have been administered. 2021-03-12
The Estonian government approves new measures to lockdown the entire country from March 11 until April 11 due to the spread of variants of SARS-CoV-2, which means that non-essential shops will be closed, primary schools will shift to remote learning, and groups of more than two people will be banned. 2021-03-9
South Carolina reports the United States' first two cases of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa in people with no known travel history. 2021-01-28
Governor Andy Beshear reports a record-high number of new infections in the state with 1,786 cases. 2020-10-27
South Korea orders most schools in Seoul Capital Area to close and move classes back online as the country battles a resurgence in cases. All students, except for high school seniors, in the cities of Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province, will take classes online until September 11. 2020-08-25
Burkina Faso reports its first death from COVID-19, a 62-year-old diabetic woman. 2020-03-18