Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor rejects an order to block the vaccine mandate for New York City schoolteachers and employees. 2021-10-1
Iceland begins to require international travellers who have been vaccinated or who have recovered from COVID-19 to present a negative PCR or Antigen test result from the previous 72 hours due to the spread of the Delta variant. 2021-07-27
Malta reports its first three cases of the Lineage P.1 variant first detected in Brazil. 2021-04-21
Swissmedic approves the use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. 2021-03-22
Italy signs a decree authorizing the emergency use of monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19 patients. 2021-02-6
The Ministry of Health and Prevention announces the registration of Sinopharm's inactivated virus vaccine BBICP-CorV, after an interim analysis of the Phase III trials showed BBIBP-CorV to have an 86% efficacy against COVID-19 infection. 2020-12-9
The number of daily cases in Germany hits a new record of 21,506 over the last 24 hours, the highest single-day increase since the beginning of the pandemic, according to data released by the Robert Koch Institute. 2020-11-6
Nine vaccine companies sign a pledge that they won't submit vaccine candidates for review by the Food and Drug Administration until their safety and efficacy is shown in large clinical trials. 2020-09-8
Vietnam confirms its first case of COVID-19 community transmission in 100 days. A patient is a 57-year-old man in Da Nang who had no prior contact with any known cases. 2020-07-25
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces that the country will deny flights to people who show symptoms of COVID-19. 2020-03-28