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Malta reports a record for the second consecutive day of 1,337 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 49,625.
2021-12-29

Argentina reports its first cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant in two people who travelled from Paris, as well as its first case of the Lineage B.1.351 variant in a person who travelled from Spain.
2021-05-10

Indonesia reports its first two cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, first discovered in India, in two people from Jakarta. The country also reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.351 variant, first discovered in South Africa, in a person from Bali.
2021-05-3

Brazil reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant, which was originally detected in South Africa, in a person from São Paulo.
2021-04-7

Nevada reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant in a person who travelled from South Africa to Reno and who later began showing symptoms of COVID-19.
2021-02-18

Malta reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa.
2021-02-16

India reports their first four cases of the 501.V2 variant from South Africa and one case of the Lineage P.1 variant from Brazil in people who traveled internationally.
2021-02-16

Denmark bans travel to non-residents from South Africa over concerns of the 501.V2 variant.
2021-01-6

Japan reports its first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from South Africa in a 30-year old woman who arrived in Japan on December 19 and later tested positive for COVID-19.
2020-12-29

Prominent scientist and HIV-AIDS researcher Gita Ramjee dies from COVID-19 in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
2020-03-31