Italy reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 144,243 new cases of COVID-19. 2021-12-31
Greece reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a man who travelled from South Africa to Crete. 2021-12-2
Bulgaria reports a record 5,863 new cases and 243 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 575,306 and the nationwide death toll to 23,316. 2021-10-26
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommends that healthy children between the ages of 12 and 15 should not be given a COVID-19 vaccine due to children being at low risk for COVID-19 and the vaccine only offering a marginal benefit. 2021-09-3
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
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers issues a mask mandate, which is expected to go into effect on August 1. 2020-07-30
Vietnam confirms 18 new cases, the highest number of local transmitted cases in 24 hours since March. 2020-07-28
The World Meteorological Organization will not retire any names from the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, retired names from that season, as well as the upcoming 2020 season, will be announced jointly during next year's annual spring meeting. 2020-03-31
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock tests positive for COVID-19. 2020-03-27