Sources: TASS
Belarus ends its short-lived mask mandate that was introduced on October 9 despite a record number of COVID-19 cases as President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed the measures as "unnecessary". 2021-10-22
Russia surpasses four million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fourth country to do so after the United States, India, and Brazil. 2021-02-10
A teen in London, Ontario, dies from COVID-19, making him the youngest person in the area to die from the disease. 2021-01-23
Iran imposes tougher restrictions in Tehran and other cities as the country battles a third wave of COVID-19. 2020-11-21
Twitter restricts President Donald Trump's campaign from tweeting after its account shared a video of Trump's interview with Fox News in which he said children are "almost immune" to COVID-19. 2020-08-5
Beijing closes all schools, locks down several residential estates and imposes a partial travel ban, urging residents not to leave the city, after 27 more COVID-19 cases are confirmed in the city, bringing the total to 106 new cases in the last five days. The new outbreak is linked to the Xinfadi Market. 2020-06-16
The COVID-19 critical care NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham is opened inside the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull, England. It can treat up to 4,000 COVID-19 patients. 2020-04-16
The government of the Solomon Islands orders all schools closed to combat COVID-19. 2020-03-31
Uzbekistan confirms the Central Asian country's first case of COVID-19, an Uzbek citizen who had recently returned from France. All schools, colleges and universities are ordered to close for three weeks, while all public events are cancelled. 2020-03-15