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The Japanese government announces that the quasi-state of emergency measures will be expanded to 18 more prefectures including Hokkaido, Osaka, and Fukuoka from January 27 to February 20 amid the spread of the Omicron variant.
2022-01-25

Health Secretary Sajid Javid announces that frontline NHS workers in England will be required to be vaccinated beginning in April 2022 in order to keep their jobs or risk being fired.
2021-11-9

Cambodia begins a COVID-19 vaccination rollout for teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 years using the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine. Prime Minister Hun Sen's grandchildren are among the first to receive the vaccine.
2021-08-1

Thailand reports a record 51 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 1,744.
2021-06-23

Malaysia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 6,806 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 492,302. The country also reports a record 59 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,099.
2021-05-20

Turkey surpasses 5 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, India, Brazil, and France.
2021-05-10

The World Health Organization grants emergency use approval for the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, becoming the third vaccine to be approved after the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
2021-03-12

Japan records a new single-day record of 3,041 cases. The Japan Self-Defense Forces are deployed to Asahikawa, Hokkaido, where hospitals are facing shortages of medical staff to treat COVID-19 patients.
2020-12-12

Iran reports 459 new fatalities in the last 24 hours, its single-day record since the pandemic began, raising the nationwide death toll to 38,291.
2020-11-8

Sean Payton, the head coach of the New Orleans Saints, says he has tested positive for COVID-19.
2020-03-19