Authorities in Shanghai announce that they will tighten the enforcement of lockdown measures, as COVID-19 cases continue to increase in the city. 2022-04-22
Russia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 1,239 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the national death toll to 250,454. 2021-11-10
Denmark confirms that it will purchase 280,000 doses of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for a total price of 37 million crowns ($5.84 million) or roughly $20.9 per dose as part of a European Union agreement with Novavax. 2021-08-11
Japan reports a record 2,812 new cases in the past 24 hours. 2020-12-9
Prime Minister Igor Matovič announces that Slovakia will shut down most of its schools and require the population to stay home apart from work, essential shopping, and nature trips between October 24 and November 1, in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19. He also plans to go ahead with nationwide free testing of 5.5 million people across the country. 2020-10-22
Northern Ireland reports 1,080 new cases in the last 24 hours, which become the highest daily total for the number of positive tests since the Department of Health rolled out its current testing model. 2020-10-9
Hungary announces that it will close its borders to foreigners on September 1 in an attempt to curb a rise in infections, and Hungarians returning from abroad will have to go into two-week quarantine. Hungarians can only leave if they have provided two negative tests. 2020-08-28
Former Prime Minister of Somalia Nur Hassan Hussein dies from COVID-19 in London. 2020-04-1
Ethiopia confirms its first case of COVID-19, a 48-year-old Japanese woman coming from Burkina Faso. 2020-03-13