Italy ends its two-year state of emergency and begins to gradually lift attendance limits for outdoor and indoor sports venues, along with a requirement that anyone over the age of 50 should be vaccinated to enter their place of work. 2022-04-1
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases approves the entry of fully-vaccinated foreign nationals from green-list countries beginning on December 1. 2021-11-26
Croatia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 6,932 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 490,074. 2021-11-5
The COVID-19 crisis worsens in Papua New Guinea, as the government seeks international help in order to combat the increase in new cases and deaths. The government has admitted to a slow response to the crisis and also blames vaccine hesitancy as part of the problem. The World Health Organization has agreed to help the country. 2021-10-15
U.S. President Joe Biden orders intelligence agencies to increase their investigations into the origin of the virus, following reports that researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology became ill a month before the pandemic began. 2021-05-26
Hungary grants emergency use approval for the CanSino Biologics Convidecia and Indian Covishield COVID-19 vaccines. 2021-03-22
The health ministry stated that a new, mutated strain of the coronavirus stemming from mink farms in the country is "most likely" extinct, amid fears that the new strain could compromise COVID-19 vaccines. 2020-11-19
Guatemala is expected to reopen their borders after closing them for six months in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. 2020-09-10
The Department of Health and Social Care reports 684 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the country's death toll to 3,605 and 38,168 confirmed cases. 2020-04-3