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South Africa begins its vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using a vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, which has not yet been authorized worldwide. President Cyril Ramaphosa, government officials, and health workers are among the first to receive the vaccine.
2021-02-17

U.S. Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX) dies from COVID-19 at the age of 67, thus making him the first member of Congress to die from the disease.
2021-02-7

Private gatherings in Victoria are limited to 15 people after a worker at a quarantine site for tennis players competing in the Australian Open tests positive for COVID-19.
2021-02-4

Spain reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant in a 30-year-old man who travelled from South Africa to Vigo.
2021-01-28

Switzerland reports its first two case of new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from South Africa after two people tested positive for COVID-19 despite having no clear traveling history to South Africa.
2020-12-28

Switzerland begins a mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine tozinameran. A ninety-year-old woman in Lucerne is the first Swiss citizen to receive the vaccine.
2020-12-23

Belgium surpasses 500,000 total confirmed cases of COVID-19.
2020-11-9

Madagascar reports its first death from COVID-19; that of a 57-year-old medical worker who suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure.
2020-05-17

Officials in Yemen report the country's first deaths from COVID-19 in the port city of Aden.
2020-04-30