Sources: Xinhua News Agency
Maharashtra imposes a ban on all political, social, and religious gatherings, as well as all processions and public demonstrations in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. 2021-02-22
Japan begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 beginning with 40,000 health workers. 2021-02-17
Auckland enters level three restrictions for the next three days in response to an ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, closing all non-essential businesses and suspending all in-person education. The rest of the country will enter level 2 restrictions, which will limit public gatherings. 2021-02-15
The number of new COVID-19 cases in India rises by nearly 67,000, a record high since the pandemic began. 2020-08-13
The COVID-19 death toll in the United Kingdom passes over 40,000. 2020-06-5
Fifty crew members on the cruise ship "Costa Atlantica" test positive for COVID-19 after it docks in Nagasaki, Japan. 2020-04-23
South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar confirms the country's first case of COVID-19. The patient is a 29-year-old woman who had arrived from Ethiopia in February and is now in isolation. 2020-04-5
The Gambia reports its first confirmed case of COVID-19, a female patient in her 20s who recently returned from the United Kingdom. The patient is in isolation at a clinic in Fajara. 2020-03-18
Newly elected member of parliament Fatemeh Rahbar dies after contracting COVID-19. 2020-03-7