New South Wales reports Australia's first confirmed death from the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a fully vaccinated man in his 80s who had experienced breakthrough infections and also had underlying health conditions. 2021-12-27
The South African Health Department suspends COVID-19 contact tracing and quarantine for people with asymptomatic cases due to 80% of the population being vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19. 2021-12-24
President Vladimir Putin receives his booster dose of the Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-11-21
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is fined for violating the mask mandate imposed in São Paulo. 2021-06-12
Two 11-week-old white tiger cubs that died in Lahore Zoo on January 30 are believed to have died of COVID-19. 2021-02-13
New Mexico reports a record 2,112 new cases, bringing the statewide total to 67,559 cases. 2020-11-17
Queen Elizabeth II gives an address to the nation, just the fifth such event in the monarch's 68-year reign, where she compares social isolation to the world war evacuations, thanks the public for their resilience and the world for unifying. 2020-04-5
Chile's Ministry of Health reports its country's first COVID-19 death in an 83-year woman from Renca, Santiago. The country has more than 500 confirmed cases, the second-largest number in South America after Brazil. 2020-03-21
Belarus, Monaco, Iceland, Azerbaijan, New Zealand, Lithuania, Mexico and Nigeria confirm their first cases of coronavirus. 2020-02-28