The Irish Ministry of Health announces changes to Ireland's vaccination program including a second booster dose for people between the ages of 50 and 64 years and a first dose of an mRNA vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years who are immunocompromised. 2022-07-23
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces that New Zealand will fully reopen its borders on July 31, two months before the government lifts all remaining pandemic restrictions. 2022-05-11
Greece reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 35,580 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,170,293. 2021-12-30
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and 16 state premiers agree to tighten the restrictions beginning on December 28, including limiting the number of people in private gatherings to 10 and banning spectators at large-scale musical, sporting and cultural events due to concerns related to the spread of the Omicron variant. 2021-12-21
Singapore reports a record 3,577 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 113,381. 2021-10-6
European Union response to the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine2021-10-4
Uzbekistan approves and certifies the use of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine for mass vaccination. 2021-02-17
The number of confirmed deaths in the United States reaches 250,000. 2020-11-18
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio asks residents to avoid traveling out of state during the upcoming holidays. For those who decide to travel, he urges them to get tested and quarantine for two weeks. 2020-10-27
India's total COVID-19 cases surged to 4,65 million after the country reports world's record daily jump of 97,570 new cases and 1,201 deaths in the last 24 hours. 2020-09-12