German chancellor Olaf Scholz and the leaders of 16 states agree to reduce the isolation period for people who have received a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and also toughen the requirement to enter bars and restaurants to include a booster shot or a negative test result in addition to proof of vaccination or recovery as the Omicron variant continues to spread across the country. 2022-01-7
COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism2021-11-1
Turkey reports a record 54,740 new confirmed cases and 276 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 2021-04-7
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week changed its COVID-19 testing guidelines to say that people who've been in close contact with someone known to have COVID-19 but are asymptomatic now "do not necessarily" need to get tested. Health experts are expressing alarm over this revision since, for example, up to 50 percent of all COVID-19 transmissions are due to people who do not exhibit symptoms of the disease. 2020-08-26
Burkina Faso reports its first death from COVID-19, a 62-year-old diabetic woman. 2020-03-18