Costa Rica reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in an eight-year-old boy who recently travelled from the United States along with his family. 2021-12-20
Ukraine reports its first case of the Omicron variant in a person who travelled from the United Arab Emirates. 2021-12-18
The Biden administration announces January 4, 2022 as a deadline for private companies to require their employees fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or face weekly testing in an effort to encourage private businesses to prevent the spread of COVID-19. 2021-11-4
The Italian National Institute of Health recommends that pregnant women should receive a COVID-19 vaccines after the first three months of their pregnancy due to growing evidence on the safety of vaccines during pregnancies for both the fetus and mother. 2021-09-24
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announces that 80% of adults in the state has received a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-09-4
Health Secretary Matt Hancock announces that all British and Irish residents returning from 33 "high-risk" countries will be charged £1,750 to stay in quarantine hotels in England for 10 days and that those who fail to do so or who violate COVID rules face fines of up to £10,000 or up to 10 years in jail. 2021-02-9
Turkey purchases 50 million doses of CoronaVac to be delivered in December, January, and February, said Health Minister Fahrettin Koca. 2020-11-25
The Department of Health Services (DHS) reports that 3,861 people in Wisconsin have tested positive in the last 24 hours, the highest number since the beginning of the pandemic. The positivity rate of 26.47% of the 14,586 tests received is the highest positivity for any day with more than 10,000 tests. 2020-10-16
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte extends the quarantine lockdown, to cover all the region of Lombardy and 14 other northern provinces, affecting over a quarter of the national population. 2020-03-8