Sources: The Daily Beast
The Brazilian Senate votes to charge President Jair Bolsonaro over his controversial handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The charges include crimes against humanity, incitement to crime, falsification of documents and the violation of social rights. Brazil's COVID-19 death toll is second only to that of the United States. 2021-10-27
The Singaporean Ministry of Education announces that all primary schools will begin full online learning for Primary 1 to 5 students from September 27 until the end of the Primary School Leaving Examination sitting on October 6 amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. 2021-09-18
China becomes the first major country to authorize the emergency use of the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine for children as young as three years old. 2021-06-5
Hawaii reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant that originated in South Africa in a person from Oahu with no known travel history. 2021-03-8
Serbia receives their first shipment of 150,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine, making it the first country in the Western Balkan region to receive vaccines. 2021-02-21
Turkey reports a new single-day record of 211 new deaths, bringing the nationwide death toll to 15,304. 2020-12-8
Iowa reports 960 hospitalized cases, making it the first time the state reported fewer than 1,000 hospitalized cases since November 18. 2020-12-5
Montpellier and Toulouse both announce maximum alert status for the city and their respective surrounding towns effective October 13, joining Paris, Marseille and four other cities due to soaring cases and hospitalization in France. 2020-10-11