Sources: CBS News
The White House announces that Vice President Mike Pence, his wife Karen, and Surgeon General Jerome Adams will receive the vaccine on Friday. President-elect Joe Biden also announces that he will receive the vaccine next week. 2020-12-16
President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, President-elect Joe Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and other federal government officials are expected to be among the first people to receive the vaccine. 2020-12-13
President-elect Joe Biden says that he will issue an executive order that would require face masks in federal buildings on the first day of his presidency. The order will last for the first 100 days that he holds office. 2020-12-8
President-elect Joe Biden announces that Dr. Vivek Murthy and Jeffrey Zients will lead his administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He has also asked Dr. Anthony Fauci to remain in the White House Coronavirus Task Force and become its chief medical advisor. 2020-12-3
Officials from the Trump administration announces that they have held their first Operation Warp Speed briefing with President-elect Joe Biden. 2020-11-25
President-elect Joe Biden announces a 12-person coronavirus task force as part of his transitional team. 2020-11-9
Spain reports 368 new fatalities in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day number since late April, as many parts of the country report a record number of deaths, exceeding levels reported in the first wave of the pandemic. 2020-11-5
Minnesota reports 3,483 new infections, its single day record since the pandemic began. 2020-11-3
More than 20 students at New York University are suspended for violating their COVID-19 policies. 2020-09-5
France reports a sharp spike of new cases in the last 24 hours when more than 4,700 cases reported. It is first time that more than 4,000 new cases reported since May and the highest number of new cases since April, when the country was still in lockdown. 2020-08-20