The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Russia surpasses 800,000. 2022-04-29
Australia reports a record for the ninth consecutive day of 18,243 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 341,437. Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania all report record numbers of new cases. 2021-12-29
The Philippines reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant in a 35-year-old female who is asymptomatic and recovered after isolating for 10 days. 2021-08-15
Israel lifts its indoor face mask requirement for those except unvaccinated people in healthcare facilities, airplane passengers, and people who must quarantine as the number of new cases continues to decline. 2021-06-15
The Food and Drug Administration approves the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine for emergency use in the United States. 2021-02-27
Cuba reports a record 1,012 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 26,686. 2021-01-31
The Czech Republic surpasses 7,000 total deaths from COVID-19. 2020-11-21
Prime Minister Erna Solberg announces new restrictions limiting the number of guests to visit a household to five, ordering bars to close at midnight as of November 7, and ordering people to avoid unnecessary travel. In addition, a new rule is introduced that visitors must have proof of a negative COVID-19 test if they want to visit the country. 2020-11-5
Da Nang becomes Vietnam's first province or centrally governed city to reinstate social distancing measures after two new local infection COVID-19 cases with unknown source of transmission. 2020-07-26
President Kais Saied orders the army to deploy in the streets to enforce a lockdown in response to the coronavirus. 2020-03-23