Sources: El Peridico
President Cyril Ramaphosa tests positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms. 2021-12-12
Sri Lanka approves the use of the COVID-19 oral drug molnupiravir in the country. 2021-11-15
Bangladesh imposes a lockdown that suspends all public transport and only allows people to leave their house for emergency reasons due to a substantial increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. Soldiers are deployed to enforce the lockdown. 2021-07-1
Fiji reports a record 150 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national toll to 1,798. The Ministry of Health reports that most cases are from known clusters while others are under investigation. Also, Australia and New Zealand announce that they will deploy doctors to Fiji to help deal with the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. 2021-06-19
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reports 208 new confirmed cases, the highest single-day total since early September and the eighth consecutive day of triple-digit increases, bringing the total number of cases to 28,546. 2020-11-15
The World Health Organization reports a record one-day increase in global cases, with a total of 338,779 cases reported in the last 24 hours led by a surge of infections in Europe, where cases rise by 96,996. 2020-10-8
Malaysia reports 432 new cases in the last 24 hours, a new record of daily infections since the beginning of the outbreak. 2020-10-5
Tokyo reports a record daily increase in COVID-19 cases, with 293 new cases. 2020-07-17
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces that the country will deny flights to people who show symptoms of COVID-19. 2020-03-28