Sources: Xinhua
Cambodia launches a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using 600,000 doses of Sinopharm's BBIBP-CorV vaccine. The son of Prime Minister Hun Sen, Hun Manet, and several cabinet ministers are among the first people to get vaccinated. 2021-02-10
Vietnam closes schools in 22 provinces ahead of the Tết holiday and ends a Communist Party congress early following the detection of a new cluster of COVID-19 cases in northern areas. 2021-02-1
Portuguese Economy Minister Pedro Siza Vieira tested positive for COVID-19. 2021-01-19
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen test positive for COVID-19 and will cancel their trip to Niamey, Niger to attend the 47th OIC meeting of Foreign Ministers. 2020-11-25
Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat dies at the age of 65 due to complications from COVID-19. 2020-11-10
The European Union approves the use of the drug remdesivir to treat severe cases of COVID-19. 2020-07-3
The COVID-19 death toll in the United Kingdom passes over 40,000. 2020-06-5
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, his wife and their four children test positive for COVID-19. 2020-06-1
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa declares a state of emergency, the first in the country in 45 years, due to the coronavirus pandemic. [https:--www.politico.eu-article-portugal-declares-state-of-emergency-coronavirus-covid19-antonio-costa- ("Politico Europe"])2020-03-18
The Gambia reports its first confirmed case of COVID-19, a female patient in her 20s who recently returned from the United Kingdom. The patient is in isolation at a clinic in Fajara. 2020-03-18