Italy removes their Green Pass for all indoor places except hospitals and nursing homes and lifts their COVID-19 vaccination and mask mandate for museums, bars, hotels, and restaurants. However, masks will still be required for public transport until June 15. 2022-05-1
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people as young as 16 years receive a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This comes after the FDA authorized the usage of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose for people in that age group. 2021-12-9
Japan begins administering booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare workers amid growing concerns over the Omicron variant that has already been detected in the country. 2021-12-1
Prime Minister Erna Solberg announces that children aged 12 to 15 years old in Norway will be offered the single-dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. However, only the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that is currently recommended for this age group. 2021-09-2
The Vietnamese health ministry says the country will receive 31 million Pfizer vaccine doses this year and also register to buy about 10 million additional doses through COVAX. 2021-05-14
India begins a COVID-19 vaccine registration for those over the age of 18. 2021-04-28
The Government of Ireland temporarily suspends the use of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine following reports from the Norwegian Medicines Agency regarding serious blood clots developing in four people who received the vaccine, one of whom later died. 2021-03-14
The European Medicines Agency approves the emergency use of Moderna's vaccine. 2021-01-6
Contrary to the strategy adopted by the United Kingdom, Spain is expected to maintain its plan to administer two doses per person of the COVID-19 vaccine tozinameran, which is the recommendation of the manufacturer Pfizer-BioNTech. Germany is also considering the single-dose strategy. 2021-01-4