The FDA announces that it has approved the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for youths between the ages of 12 and 17. 2022-08-19
Malaysia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 32,070 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 3.33 million. 2022-02-25
Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf announces a mask mandate for Pennsylvania schools and daycares. The mandate will take effect on September 7. 2021-08-31
Russia reports a record for the third consecutive day of 791 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 146,069. 2021-07-15
Prime Minister Mario Draghi receives his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. However, Draghi received the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine for his second dose instead of the AstraZeneca vaccine. 2021-06-22
Sri Lanka imposes a night travel ban from 11:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. until May 31 in order to combat the rise of COVID-19 cases. 2021-05-12
Lockdown restrictions are relaxed in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales as the number of cases continues to reduce, with non-essential shops, pubs, gyms, restaurants, hairdressers, community centres, libraries, and theme parks permitted to reopen. Domestic holidays are also permitted again in England with members of the same household. A "stay at home" order is ended in Northern Ireland, and secondary school pupils from years 8–11 return to school. 2021-04-12
Canada reports a record of 9,197 new cases in the past 24 hours. 2021-01-8
China reports 137 asymptomatic cases during a drive to test 4.75 million people in Kashgar. It is the highest number of asymptomatic infections in nearly seven months following the discovery of a cluster of cases linked to a garment factory in Xinjiang. 2020-10-26