Sources: NBC News
The World Health Organization recommends that people who are immunocompromised or received an inactivated COVID-19 vaccine should get their COVID-19 booster dose due to reducement of vaccine effectiveness against virus variants. 2021-12-9
Austrian chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announces a full nationwide lockdown for the entire population starting on 22 November, amid a surge in new COVID-19 cases that has overwhelmed hospitals. Schallenberg also announces that COVID-19 vaccinations will become mandatory as of 1 February 2022. 2021-11-19
COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, COVID-19 pandemic in Bermuda2021-10-1
New South Wales reports Australia's first death from COVID-19 in 10 months after a woman in her 90s died in Sydney after contracting the virus in a family setting. 2021-07-11
Malta reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa. 2021-02-16
The United States surpasses 400,000 deaths from COVID-19, just five weeks after passing 300,000 deaths. 2021-01-19
Texas surpasses two million cases of COVID-19, becoming the second state to do so after California. 2021-01-14
South Korea suspends flights to and from the United Kingdom until December 31 over concerns about the new strain of SARS-CoV-2. 2020-12-23