Sources: NBC News
The United States Armed Forces order all personnel stationed in Japan to wear masks when traveling off-base amid criticism of their handling of the increase in COVID-19 cases in areas where they are based in large numbers, such as Okinawa and Iwakuni. 2022-01-6
Algeria begins to implement vaccine passports as a precondition for people to enter or leave the country and also for people to enter a wide range of public venues such as sports facilities, theatres and museums as part of an attempt to increase the country's low COVID-19 vaccination rate. 2021-12-26
The Philippines reports a new record for the second consecutive day of 7,999 confirmed cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 656,056. 2021-03-20
Cuba reports their first case of a variant from South Africa in an asymptomatic person who travelled from the country. 2021-01-22
Argentina receives their second batch of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine. 2021-01-16
Russia reports 13,868 new daily cases, setting a new record for a single day, pushing the overall number of infections to 1,326,178. The country also reports a record rise of 244 deaths, bringing the official death toll to 22,966. 2020-10-13
Myanmar reports 106 new cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day surge since the first case was detected in the country in March. Of those new cases, 93 new virus cases were found in Rakhine State. 2020-08-26
Brazil reports a record 33,274 new cases of COVID-19 and 956 more deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 498,440 and 28,834 deaths, the fourth highest in the world. 2020-05-30
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces that Canada will spend $192M to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. 2020-03-23