Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announces that Canada will issue a vaccine passport for international travel. 2021-08-11
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
Hungary begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine tozinameran. The first vaccinations are being delivered at two hospitals in Budapest. 2020-12-26
Greece introduces a seven-day quarantine for people arriving from the United Kingdom beginning tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. local time due to the discovery of a new variant of SARS-COV-2 in the country. 2020-12-20
The government announces that it will temporarily close 28 Top Glove factories in Klang in stages to enable the Health Ministry to conduct COVID-19 screening and quarantine workers. This comes as the world's largest surgical glove maker sees an increase in infections among factory workers. 2020-11-23
Portugal reports a record daily increase with 3,960 new cases, bringing the cumulative counts to 128,382 confirmed cases and 2,395 deaths. 2020-10-28
Russia is to begin clinical trials of its Sputnik V vaccine in India. 2020-10-17
French Health Minister Olivier Véran confirms the first death of a doctor treating COVID-19 patients. 2020-03-22
The government announces a tightening of the measures: all the events with more than five people are banned, including religious services, entertainment and leisure businesses are suspended, in particular museums, libraries, sport facilities, casinos and the mountain railways. Restaurants, bars, discos and nightclubs are also closed, although take-away service will be allowed. 2020-03-15