New Brunswick premier Blaine Higgs tests positive for COVID-19. 2021-12-31
The South Island reports its first community case of COVID-19 since November 2020 in a man who travelled from Rotorua to Blenheim on October 21. 2021-10-23
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
Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveils a three-step reopening plan as the number of COVID-19 cases decline. Golf, tennis, basketball, and other outdoor sports will be allowed to reopen on May 22, but the stay-at-home order will remain in place until June 2. 2021-05-20
Austria reports its first case of the Lineage P.2 variant first detected in Brazil in a person from Salzburg state. 2021-03-8
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu becomes the first Israeli to get a second dose of Pfizer's tozinameran vaccine as the country begins administering second doses of the vaccine to the public. 2021-01-9
Egypt approves the use of Sinopharm's BBIBP-CorV vaccine, with the vaccination campaign expected to start later this month. Egypt plans to buy 40 million doses of this vaccine. 2021-01-3
Governor Andrew Cuomo announces that travelers outside of the New York metro area will be required to undergo mandatory testing. 2020-10-31
The number of worldwide cases of COVID-19 surpasses five million. The United States remains the global epicenter, accounting for approximately 31% of all reported and confirmed cases in the world. 2020-05-21