Malta reports its first case of the "Delta" B.1.617.2 variant, which was originally discovered in India. 2021-06-4
In Guangzhou, hundreds of flights at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport are canceled and the Liwan District is placed under lockdown following an outbreak of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, believed to be the first community outbreak of this variant in the country. 2021-06-1
Vietnam discovers a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 that combines the mutations from Lineage B.1.617 and Lineage B.1.1.7. 2021-05-29
Pakistan reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, which was first discovered in India. 2021-05-28
Hungary reports its first two cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, which was first discovered in India. 2021-05-28
Germany begins to implement a two-week quarantine for German citizens and residents who have travelled from the United Kingdom, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated. Additionally, all non-essential travel to the UK is banned amidst an outbreak of the Indian Lineage B.1.617 variant. 2021-05-23
India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology writes to all social media companies asking them to remove content referring to an "Indian variant" of COVID-19. 2021-05-22
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
Italy bans anyone who had travelled to India within the past 14 days from entering the country in order to reduce the spread of the Lineage B.1.617 variant. 2021-04-25
Australia reports its first local COVID-19 cases in two weeks, when a doctor in Brisbane tests positive. 2021-03-13