The Philippine Food and Drug Administration reduces the interval of the COVID-19 vaccine booster dose to three months for people who received a two-dose vaccine and two months for people who received a single-dose vaccine in order to reduce the effects of variants. 2021-12-21
The Solomon Islands indefinitely closes its borders in an attempt to prevent the Delta variant from entering the country. 2021-08-3
Delhi extends its lockdown until May 3 amid a record breaking increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. 2021-04-25
The number of intensive care patients with COVID-19 in France reaches a high of 5,984 patients. 2021-04-20
Virginia reports its first two cases of the Lineage P.1 variant, which was originally detected in Brazil. 2021-04-16
Chile's health regulator approves a vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca for emergency use in the country. 2021-01-27
Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews announces a closure of the state's border with South Australia for 48 hours beginning at 11:59 p.m. AEDT tonight. The "hard border" between the two states will be replaced by a permit system beginning at midnight on November 21. 2020-11-19
U.S. President Donald Trump says he is terminating the country's relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO) over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming the WHO has become a "puppet of China" and that American funding will be redirected to "other global public health needs". 2020-05-29
Armenia declares a state of emergency lasting until April 14 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The emergency measures include the closure of all educational institutions, closing the borders with Georgia and Iran, banning gatherings with over 20 people, and postponing the 2020 Armenian constitutional referendum. 2020-03-16
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau's symptoms remain "mild" after testing positive COVID-19. 2020-03-13