Romania lifts its nighttime curfew and mandatory outdoor face mask policy, allows shops and restaurants to close at 10 p.m. and allows entry to non-essential venues for those with a negative COVID-19 test as the number of cases declines. 2021-12-8
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces that the country will gradually lift COVID-19 restrictions, including curfews and weekend lockdowns beginning in March on a provincial basis, which will divide the country into four categories based on infection and vaccination rates. 2021-02-17
Prime Minister Mark Rutte issues a statement that would ask the parliament to vote regarding a weekend curfew from 8.30 p.m. to 4.30 a.m. in a parliamentary debate that will begin tomorrow. 2021-01-20
Tokyo reports a new single-day record of 678 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the prefecture to 48,668. 2020-12-16
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announces a two-week national lockdown effective November 17. All schools, non-essential services and shops will be closed, and people will be told not to meet anyone from outside their household as the number of cases continues to rise. 2020-11-14
Contact tracing is no longer possible across the Southern United States due to rapid COVID-19 surges in the region. 2020-07-7
The COVID-19 critical care NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham is opened inside the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull, England. It can treat up to 4,000 COVID-19 patients. 2020-04-16