Tonga's main island of Tongatapu enters a seven-day lockdown that closes non-essential businesses and bans sales of alcohol and mass gatherings, except small funerals, after the country reports its first case of COVID-19 in a person who travelled from Christchurch, New Zealand on a repatriation flight last week. 2021-11-2
Indonesia reports a record of 29,745 new cases and 558 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2.31 million and the nationwide death toll to 61,140. Active cases also surpassed 300,000 for the first time. 2021-07-5
Mexico reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant first discovered in India in the state of San Luis Potosí. 2021-05-2
The Japanese government extends an ongoing state of emergency in 10 prefectures, including Tokyo, which surpassed 100,000 cases yesterday. 2021-02-2
Turkmenistan approves the EpiVacCorona vaccine, becoming the first country outside of Russia to do so. 2021-01-29
Belarus is expected to begin production of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine during the first quarter of 2021 after it became the first foreign country to register the vaccine. 2020-12-21
Malaysia imposes mandatory COVID-19 screening for 1.7 million foreign workers due to a high number of cases among these workers. In addition, authorities impose a fine of RM50,000 per worker if employers house their foreign staff in crowded spaces. 2020-11-26
Brunei reports its first death from COVID-19, a 64-year-old man, as confirmed cases rise to 115 in the country. 2020-03-28