Australia completely reopens its international borders to fully vaccinated citizens who are currently overseas. In the past, returning citizens were staggered through arrival caps and were required to pay for two weeks of quarantine. This will also allow fully-vaccinated Australians to leave and return to the country without an exemption. 2021-11-1
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare signs a agreement with the Takeda Pharmaceutical Company to purchase 150 million doses of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine that will be manufactured and distributed domestically by Takeda beginning next year. 2021-09-7
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei calls for a ban on the American Pfizer and British AstraZeneca vaccines. 2021-01-8
Chancellor Angela Merkel and leaders of 16 states agree to extend the partial lockdown until January 10. 2020-12-2
The United Arab Emirates reports their highest recoveries of COVID-19 cases with 2,443 cases. 2020-09-6
Hundreds of protesters at the Plaza de Colón in Madrid demand the government rescinds the compulsory wearing of face masks in public, which had been imposed following the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in July. Protesters claim that such restrictions are an attempt by the government to curtail people's freedoms. 2020-08-16
Afghanistan suspends travel between it and Iran and reported three suspected virus cases in Herat. 2020-02-23