Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tests positive for COVID-19. 2022-05-20
Vietnam reports a record 12,920 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 410,366. The country also surpasses 10,000 deaths from COVID-19. 2021-08-27
Bangladesh reports its first six cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, which was discovered in India, prompting the authorities to extend the land border closure by two weeks. 2021-05-8
Maine reports its first two cases of the B.1.1.7 variant first detected in the United Kingdom in a person from Franklin County who previously travelled internationally. 2021-02-10
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu becomes the first Israeli to get a second dose of Pfizer's tozinameran vaccine as the country begins administering second doses of the vaccine to the public. 2021-01-9
Jordan reports a record 7,933 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide cumulative total to 163,926 cases. 2020-11-18
Illinois reports 12,348 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, a new single-day record since the pandemic began. This brings the cumulative cases total to 477,978. 2020-11-7
President Juan Orlando Hernández is hospitalized for COVID-19 and is being treated for pneumonia. Although receiving medicine via an intravenous drip, the president is claimed to be generally in good health, according to a spokesman for the Health Ministry. 2020-06-17