Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announces a citywide testing campaign due to surge of the cases caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. It is planned to test each citizen three times during the campaign. 2022-02-22
The percentage of people who have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in New South Wales surpasses 80%. 2021-09-15
New South Wales reports a record 633 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 2021-08-18
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announces that the United States has donated 500,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Moldova. Moldovan President Maia Sandu praises the United States for the vaccine deployment to the country. 2021-07-10
Bangladesh reports a record 7,626 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 659,278. 2021-04-7
Italy enters a three-day nationwide lockdown on the eve of Easter amidst a variant-fueled spike of COVID-19 cases. Non-essential shops are closed, restaurants and bars are only allowed to offer for takeout or delivery, and travel between regions and visits to the relatives are severely limited through Monday. 2021-04-3
Uruguay reports a new single-day record of 528 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 9,708. 2020-12-13
Mongolia reports the first domestic case of COVID-19 from a truck driver who infected his wife and two other relatives after three weeks of quarantine. 2020-11-11
India surpasses Italy in COVID-19 deaths, becoming the fifth-highest. 2020-07-31
Fiji reports its first death from COVID-19. Health minister Ifereimi Waqainabete reported it as a 66-year-old man who had been repatriated from India where he had been receiving treatment. The man apparently contracted it while in India. 2020-07-31