Australia reports a record 88 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including a record 46 deaths in New South Wales, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,976. 2022-01-21
Indonesia receives the first batch consisting of 500,000 doses of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine donated by the Netherlands. 2021-09-11
The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation recommends that children between the ages of 12 and 15 be included in the COVID-19 vaccination program using the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccination bookings for this age group will begin on September 13. 2021-08-27
The White House issues an indoor mask mandate for staff amid the spread of the Lineage B.1.617 Delta variant. 2021-07-27
The Taiwanese government raises the alert level for Taipei and New Taipei City to level 3 for the next two weeks, urging citizens to limit gatherings to five people indoors and 10 people outdoors, avoid non-essential travel, and continue wearing masks outside homes. This comes after a record 180 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the past 24 hours. 2021-05-15
France reports 833 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest number of deaths recorded in a single day, bringing the country's death toll to 8,911 and the number of cases to 98,010. Health Minister Olivier Véran says, "We have not reached the end of the ascent of this epidemic." 2020-04-6
Riots break out at several prisons in Colombia over COVID-19 fears. Residents report explosions and gunfire inside La Modelo prison in the capital Bogotá. Inmates release a statement demanding the government allow vulnerable prisoners to be granted house arrest. 2020-03-22
Spanish Ministry of Culture orders in Madrid the closing of all ministry dependent centers, including the museums of El Prado, Reina Sofía, Royal Palace, National Library and Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. 2020-03-11
In order to combat the spread of coronavirus, Israel orders all arrivals from abroad, regardless of country, to self-quarantine. 2020-03-9