The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation announces a recommendation that 500,000 people with severe immunosuppression should receive a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-09-1
Fiji reports a record for the third consecutive day of 308 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the national total to 2,848 cases. The Ministry of Health reports that Australia is helping with the supply of vaccines. 2021-06-24
Zambian authorities order the closure of schools for the next 21 days and also suspend election campaigns for the general election in August after reporting the highest number of deaths due to COVID-19 in one day. At the same time, the authorities restrict activities in religious sites to meetings only twice a week and for only one hour per day. 2021-06-17
The Netherlands suspends the administration of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine to people under 60 years old following the death of a woman who had received the vaccine. 2021-04-2
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and health workers across the country receive their second doses of COVID-19 vaccine as the country begins to administer second doses of Sinovac's CoronaVac vaccine. 2021-02-11
After the state surpasses 400,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, Governor Gretchen Whitmer extends the statewide partial shutdown on businesses, indoor dining in restaurants, and in-person instruction at high schools and colleges through December 20. 2020-12-7
Hungary surpasses 200,000 total cases of COVID-19. In addition, a record of 152 new deaths in the last 24 hours is also reported. 2020-11-28
The French Health Ministry reports 5,429 new cases in the last 24 hours, a new post-lockdown high and a level of new infections not seen since the height of the epidemic in early April. 2020-08-26
Mexico reports its first death from COVID-19, a 41-year-old diabetic man. 2020-03-19