An ombudsman report finds that the Victorian state government's decision to briefly impose a "hard lockdown" on public housing towers in July in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, not allowing anyone in or out, was a violation of human rights. The state government refuses to apologise to the tower residents despite the report's recommendations. 2020-12-17
Portugal reports a record daily increase with 4,656 new cases, bringing the cumulative counts to 137,272 confirmed cases and 2,468 deaths. 2020-10-30
French Polynesian President Edouard Fritch tests positive for COVID-19 after returning from France. 2020-10-12
India surpasses seven million COVID-19 cumulative cases, becoming the second country to reach that milestone after the United States. 2020-10-11
Victoria reports 41 new deaths, including eight people who died in the last 24 hours. The other 33 were reported before yesterday, which includes 22 people who died in the weeks leading up to August 27 and were reported to DHHS by aged care facilities on August 30. 2020-08-31
Indonesia reports a record high 2,366 recoveries from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. West Java reports a most number with 627 new recoveries. 2020-07-28
France reports 1,417 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, raising the country's death toll to 10,238. 2020-04-7
China sends masks and medical experts abroad to aid countries affected by COVID-19. 2020-03-21
Uzbekistan suspends flights to and from France, Spain, and Great Britain. 2020-03-13