Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul urges people to "move on" from COVID-19 and declares his intentions for Thailand to downgrade the disease to an endemic. However, he didn't include a time frame on when to do so and says that the situation will be reviewed by mid-June after bars, pubs and entertainment venues reopened in the country. 2022-06-8
The Tunisian Health Ministry authorizes the use of the Russian Sputnik Light vaccine as a booster dose. 2021-12-29
Vietnam reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a person who travelled from the United Kingdom on December 19. 2021-12-28
Sweden reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a person who travelled from South Africa. 2021-11-29
Nebraska reports their first case of the Lineage B.1.1.7 variant in a person from Douglas County. 2021-02-26
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia test positive for COVID-19. 2020-11-26
President Joko Widodo states that the country has sought emergency authorization to start a mass vaccination programme by the end of the year using CoronaVac and the Sinopharm vaccine. He also said that health workers, military and police will be the first to receive the vaccine. 2020-11-13
It is announced that the first results of Russia's clinical trial for its Sputnik V vaccine will include data from 5,000 to 10,000 people. 2020-10-19
Austria reports 1,747 new infections in the past 24 hours, a new one-day record for the country since the pandemic began. 2020-10-17
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and U.S. Representative Paul Gosar self-quarantine themselves after having made contact at CPAC with a man confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19. 2020-03-9