Germany bans all travel from the United Kingdom and imposes a mandatory 14-day quarantine and proof of a negative PCR test from the previous 48 hours for German residents and citizens returning from the UK, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in Britain. 2021-12-20
The Public Health Institute of Chile approves the usage of the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine for children over the age of six. 2021-09-6
Russia reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 799 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 146,868. 2021-07-16
Italy invokes the European Union powers to block shipment of 250,700 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine to Australia amid escalations between the bloc and AstraZeneca. The European Commission endorses the move. 2021-03-4
The Singapore government said that a suspected COVID-19 case aboard a "cruise-to-nowhere" was a false alarm after a passenger aboard Royal Caribbean's "Quantum of the Seas" cruise ship who tested positive for COVID-19 has been found not to have contracted the virus. 2020-12-10
Osaka reports 490 new cases in the past 24 hours, a new single-day record since the pandemic began. 2020-11-22
Prime Minister Jean Castex announces in a televised interview on TF1 that the government would introduce a ban on the sale of all 'non-essential' items in supermarkets from November 3 as part of a lockdown measure to reduce the spread of COVID-19. 2020-11-1
Slovenia reports 1,503 new cases in the past 24 hours, its highest number yet, taking the nationwide total to 15,982. In addition, a record eight people have died in the last 24 hours. 2020-10-21
Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov is hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19. 2020-05-12