The United Kingdom eases its quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated travellers from the United States and European Union countries other than France where most of them are in the "amber list" category in order to reunite family and friends whose loved ones live abroad. Travellers will still need to take either a lateral flow or PCR test before their departure, and a PCR test on the second day after their arrival. 2021-08-2
The European Commission signs a new deal with Pfizer and BioNTech to purchase 900 million doses of its vaccine with an additional option to purchase another 900 million doses for delivery from 2021 to 2023 which they intend to use as booster shots against the illness and to allow for the vaccination of children and teenagers. 2021-05-8
Ukraine reports a record 19,893 new confirmed cases and 433 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1.71 million and the nationwide death toll to 33,679. 2021-04-2
Thailand receives their first shipment of 200,000 doses of the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccines. 2021-02-24
Singapore and Hong Kong postpone their air travel bubble agreement for two weeks amid a rise in COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong, which reported 43 new cases in the past 24 hours. 2020-11-21
U.S. Senator Rick Scott of Florida tests positive for COVID-19. He is expected to continue working from his house in Naples. 2020-11-20
Russia reports a record 22,778 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 1.95 million. 2020-11-16
Wuhan plans to test all 11 million of their residents for the coronavirus. 2020-05-11