Louisiana reports its first two cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant first discovered in India. 2021-05-21
Libya receives its first shipment of more than 100,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine. 2021-04-4
Malaysia reports a record of 18 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 660. 2021-01-22
Dublin cancels their annual Saint Patrick's Day festival for the second year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event will instead be held virtually on a special online TV channel. 2021-01-20
Dublin cancels their annual Saint Patrick's Day festival for the second year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event will instead be held virtually on a special online TV channel. [https:--www.rte.ie-news-2021-0120-1190884-st-patricks-festival- (RTÉ)]Cork, Limerick, and Ennis have all cancelled their respective Saint Patrick's Day parades for the second year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [https:--www.rte.ie-news-munster-2021-0120-1191023-st-patricks-day-parades- (RTÉ)]COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland2021-01-20
The first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrive in Canada. 2020-12-13
The Food and Drug Administration announces that they have formally approved Tozinameran, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. 2020-12-11
China temporarily bans travellers arriving from many countries including Belgium, France, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom due to concerns over the growing spread of COVID-19 in those countries. 2020-11-5