Beijing's restaurants reopen following a decrease in new cases of COVID-19. 2022-06-6
President Rodrigo Duterte orders the lifting of the mandate to use face shields in areas under Alert 3 and lower levels, which includes the National Capital Region. However, face shields will continue to be used in areas under Alert level 5 and areas under granular lockdown. 2021-11-16
It is reported that at least 415 children committed suicide in Japan in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic while schools were closed. 2021-10-13
The Israeli Maccabi Healthcare Services confirm that, in a trial of 602,000 people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the vaccine's effectiveness was 95%. 2021-02-17
Turkey bans all travelers from the United Kingdom due to the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom. 2021-01-1
Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews announces that masks will be mandatory in the Melbourne area. 2020-07-18
Tajikistan reports its first confirmed cases of COVID-19. Five people have tested positive for the virus in the capital Dushanbe, and 10 others in the northern Sughd Region, according to the state-run news agency Khovar. 2020-04-30
The World Meteorological Organization will not retire any names from the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, retired names from that season, as well as the upcoming 2020 season, will be announced jointly during next year's annual spring meeting. 2020-03-31