The Biden administration announces that the United States has donated 200 million COVID-19 vaccines to countries around the world, fulfilling a pledge from president Joe Biden that the U.S. would be the "world's arsenal" in vaccines. 2021-10-21
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announces that the United States has donated 500,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Moldova. Moldovan President Maia Sandu praises the United States for the vaccine deployment to the country. 2021-07-10
Bennett also announces that he has spoken with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla about swapping doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to other countries. 2021-07-4
U.S. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announces that the Biden administration will ship 2 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Peru and 2.5 million doses of the Moderna vaccine to Pakistan. Additionally, the United States will also send vaccine doses to Bangladesh. 2021-06-29
The Vatican Press Office announces that all journalists to accompany Pope Francis on his March trip to Iraq must receive a Covid vaccination. Certificates of vaccination are required for reporters seeking press credentials for the trip. 2021-02-22
Iran reports a single-day record of 9,450 new cases in the last 24 hours, prompting President Hassan Rouhani to announce new restrictions that all non-essential businesses must close at 6:00 p.m. local time for a month starting November 10. 2020-11-7
Indonesia's total COVID-19 cases pass 100,000; 58% of them are recovered. 2020-07-27
Chile's Ministry of Health reports its country's first COVID-19 death in an 83-year woman from Renca, Santiago. The country has more than 500 confirmed cases, the second-largest number in South America after Brazil. 2020-03-21
The World Health Organization says China reporting zero domestic cases of COVID-19 for two days in a row should "give the world hope." 2020-03-20