Sources: AP
Taiwan reports its first death of a foreigner from COVID-19. The patient was a British national in his 70s. It is also the first death from the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 reported in the country. 2021-02-4
Senegal reports their first case of a more contagious variant of SARS-CoV-2 that originated in the United Kingdom. 2021-01-28
Nevada reports their first case of the B.1.1.7 strain of SARS-CoV-2 in a person with no recent travel history. 2021-01-25
Massachusetts reports their first case of a more contagious variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a woman in her 20s from Boston who traveled to the United Kingdom and began experiencing symptoms the day after she returned. 2021-01-17
Louisiana reports their first case of the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the Greater New Orleans area. 2021-01-16
Los Angeles County reports their first case of the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a man who traveled to the United Kingdom and is currently in quarantine in Oregon. 2021-01-16
Russia reports their first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom. 2021-01-10
Mexico reports their first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom. 2021-01-10
Saudi Arabia reopens its air, sea, and land borders, and resumes international passenger flights as well, after borders were closed in December to prevent the spread of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 that originated in the UK. People arriving from South Africa, the United Kingdom, and other countries where the new variant is spreading are required to spend 14 days in another country and present a negative test result prior to entering Saudi Arabia. 2021-01-3
Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi announces that the country will ban all international travellers for two weeks starting January 1, citing concerns over new variants of SARS-CoV-2. Government officials are exempt from this ban. 2020-12-28