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Zimbabwe begins its vaccination programme against COVID-19 using China's Sinopharm vaccine. Health minister and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is the first person to receive the vaccine.
2021-02-18

Auckland enters level three restrictions for the next three days in response to an ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, closing all non-essential businesses and suspending all in-person education. The rest of the country will enter level 2 restrictions, which will limit public gatherings.
2021-02-15

The number of recovered COVID-19 patients in Indonesia surpasses one million.
2021-02-12

Madagascar reports its first death from COVID-19; that of a 57-year-old medical worker who suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure.
2020-05-17

The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States exceeds 80,000.
2020-05-11

Former England international and Leeds United F.C. footballer Norman Hunter dies from COVID-19.
2020-04-17

The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, tests positive for COVID-19.
2020-03-19

King Felipe VI of Spain addresses the nation in a special speech for the second time in his reign, and the sixth by a monarch in the democracy’s 40 years. Focusing on the coronavirus pandemic, he gives his appreciation for the work of health personnel and calls for a break in differences, stating that Spaniards can "defeat this crisis" through unification.
2020-03-18

The United States and Canada suspend nonessential travel between the two countries due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-03-18

Slovenia confirms its first case of COVID-19. The patient had recently travelled home from Morocco, passing through Italy on the way, and is now in isolation at the Ljubljana University Medical Centre.
2020-03-4