South Africa lifts its remaining COVID-19 restrictions including mandatory PCR tests for vaccinated travellers as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to decline. 2022-03-23
The EMA and the ECDC approves the mixing and matching of two different COVID-19 vaccines for both initial and booster doses. 2021-12-7
Gyms, theatres, and cinemas are reopened in Denmark as a part of the easing of restrictions and a reliance of the "corona pass", which confirms that a person has either tested negative in the past 72 hours, been vaccinated, or recently recovered from COVID-19. 2021-05-6
North Carolina governor Roy Cooper announces that some stay-at-home and curfew restrictions will be lifted on February 26, such as allowing bars to reopen indoors, increasing the number of people in gatherings, and extending the alcohol sale cutoff to 11:00 p.m. 2021-02-24
Bangladesh begins a nationwide vaccination programme against COVID-19 in Dhaka. 2021-02-7
South Korea suspends flights to and from the United Kingdom until December 31 over concerns about the new strain of SARS-CoV-2. 2020-12-23
The government announces that Hong Kong will close some entertainment venues such as bars, nightclubs and bathhouses from November 26 to December 2. In addition, a maximum of ten tables will be allowed in restaurants, with four people per table. These measures come as Hong Kong reports 80 new cases in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day total since August. 2020-11-24
Buryatia becomes the first Russian republic to return to a lockdown, as it closes restaurants, shopping malls, and other places of public gathering for two weeks. 2020-11-16
Annie Glenn, widow of astronaut John Glenn and disability rights advocate, dies of COVID-19 in a nursing home in Minnesota. 2020-05-19
In Josefstadt, Vienna, students at Albertgasse high school have been prohibited from leaving the school after one of their instructors was flagged as potentially carrying the virus since he had recently returned from a trip to Northern Italy. 2020-02-26