Zimbabwe announces a nine-hour curfew and compulsory 14-day quarantine for anyone arriving in the country, to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant, becoming the first country in southern Africa to enact such restrictions. 2021-12-1
Argentina receives a shipment of 800,000 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-11-17
The number of people over the age of 16 who have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Australia surpasses 50%, with a record 309,010 doses administered yesterday. 2021-08-19
The German Standing Committee on Vaccination recommends that all children between the ages of 12 and 17 receive a COVID-19 vaccine due to increased risks posed by the highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. 2021-08-16
Thailand reports a record 2,070 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 50,183. 2021-04-23
Bavaria signs a "preliminary contract" to purchase 2.5 million doses of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, which is subject to approval from the European Medicines Agency. 2021-04-7
The European Commission grants the approval of single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine for general use. It comes after the European Medicines Agency recommends the conditional marketing authorisation for the vaccine. 2021-03-11
Hong Kong will reopen theme parks and sports and entertainment facilities, as well as extend dining hours in restaurants to 10:00 p.m. local time beginning February 18 as the number of cases continues to decline. 2021-02-10
AstraZeneca and University of Oxford's vaccine showed 90% efficacy when it was given to 2,741 people as a half-dose followed by a full dose and 62% efficacy when two full doses were given to 8,895 people. 2020-11-23