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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

Zimbabwe grants emergency use authorization for four COVID-19 vaccines, including China's CoronaVac and BBIBP-CorV, Russia's Sputnik V, and India's Covaxin.
2021-03-9

The United Kingdom surpasses four million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, India, Brazil, and Russia.
2021-02-12

The United Kingdom surpasses 80,000 deaths and three million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, Brazil, India, and Russia.
2021-01-9

Russia surpasses three million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fourth country to do so after the United States, India, and Brazil.
2020-12-26

Argentina surpasses one million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, India, Brazil, and Russia.
2020-10-19

Russia is to begin clinical trials of its Sputnik V vaccine in India.
2020-10-17

India records 24,000 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, surpassing Russia to become the country with the third highest number of cases in the world at 697,413 cases.
2020-07-6