South Korea reports a record 3,292 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 406,605. 2021-11-18
The French national health regulator "Haute Autorité de Santé" recommends a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 65 and those with existing health conditions, which was previously announced by Health minister Olivier Véran yesterday. The booster doses will be administered beginning at the end of October. 2021-08-24
The French overseas department of French Polynesia closes all schools and tightens its lockdown for two weeks amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant. 2021-08-23
Governor Charlie Baker receives his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. 2021-04-6
Moldova begins their vaccination campaign, with first-line medical staff being administered first. 2021-03-2
Moderna's preliminary results show their vaccine candidate is 94.5% effective at preventing COVID-19 infections. The results also suggest that in cases of COVID-19 infection after vaccination, the vaccine appeared to prevent severe illness. 2020-11-16
Florida reports two consecutive days of 2,000-plus new COVID-19 cases as more counties reopen their beaches. Miami's mayor says this information does not include data from Memorial Day weekend and the George Floyd protests. 2020-06-14
Economist and social activist Fariborz Raisdana also dies from coronavirus. 2020-03-16