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Slovakia imposes an overnight curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. local time, in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The curfew will last until at least March 19.
2021-03-3

Senegal begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using 200,000 doses of China's Sinopharm vaccine. Government ministers and health workers are the first to receive the vaccine.
2021-02-23

U.S. Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX) dies from COVID-19 at the age of 67, thus making him the first member of Congress to die from the disease.
2021-02-7

The United States surpasses 400,000 deaths from COVID-19, just five weeks after passing 300,000 deaths.
2021-01-19

Brisbane is placed into lockdown for three days in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19 after a cleaner at a hotel quarantine site was diagnosed with a known variant of concern. The Northern Territory and Tasmania ban all travellers from Brisbane.
2021-01-8

The German state of Saxony-Anhalt begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19, which also began nationwide. A 101-year-old woman in a nursing home become one of first people in the country to get vaccinated.
2020-12-26

Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC) tests positive for COVID-19, becoming the 8th member of Congress to do so.
2020-06-15

Save the Children reports a surge in deaths of people with coronavirus-like symptoms in Aden, with at least 380 in the last week. Officially, Yemen has only reported 13 COVID-19 deaths.
2020-05-14

Panama's Ministry of Health reports a total of 989 cases of COVID-19 in the country, of which 24 people have died.
2020-03-30

Newly elected member of parliament Fatemeh Rahbar dies after contracting COVID-19.
2020-03-7