The Food and Drug Administration of the Philippines authorises emergency use of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, which will be included in the national vaccination program. 2021-11-17
Queensland reopens its state border to fully vaccinated Australians travelling by plane, as 70% of the state's adult population are now fully vaccinated. 2021-11-15
The Iranian Food and Drug Administration approves the usage of the single-dose Janssen and Sputnik Light vaccines. 2021-09-16
New South Wales eases its lockdown rules for people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 where people outside LGAs of concern are allowed to gather in groups of up to five people in a person's LGA or within 5 km from their home. 2021-09-13
The Netherlands bans all passenger flights from India until May 1 due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in India. 2021-04-26
Iran reports a record 10,463 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total since the pandemic began to 692,949 cases. 2020-11-9
The Reserve Bank of Australia slashes its official cash rate to a historic low 0.1%, in an attempt to boost spending in the economy and address the high rate of unemployment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is also expected that the cash rate will not go up for at least another three years. 2020-11-3
National Public Health Emergency Team reports 1,012 new cases in Ireland in 24 hours. It is the highest number of reported cases in Ireland since April, when 1,068 cases were reported. 2020-10-10
Mayor Bill de Blasio announces that the city will close an additional 61 schools to combat COVID-19 hotspots. 2020-10-8