The European Medicines Agency conditionally approves the use of the Pfizer anti-COVID-19 oral drug Paxlovid for high-risk adult patients. 2022-01-27
England reports a record 162,572 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 2022-01-1
Singapore partially eases its social gathering restrictions and will allow up to five vaccinated people to dine in at food and drink establishments, hawker centres, and coffee shops as the country moves to the endemic phase due to a decrease in the number of new COVID-19 cases. 2021-11-22
Singapore begins to ease some social distancing measures and allows indoor dining to resume at food and beverage establishments and increases the maximum group size to five people for those who have been fully vaccinated or who have recovered from COVID-19. However, unvaccinated people are only allowed to dine in groups of up to two people at coffee shops and hawker centres. 2021-08-10
Millions of students across England return to primary and secondary schools after two months studying at home during the third lockdown as a first step towards a return to normality. 2021-03-8
Saudi Arabia extends precautionary measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19, which restricts social gatherings to 20 people and suspends all events and parties, for another 20 days. 2021-02-14
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announces a lockdown in the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya as well as in five states and also bans interstate travel for two weeks beginning January 13 in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. 2021-01-11
Ontario reports a new single-day record of 1,859 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 125,385. 2020-12-5
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu implements a new statewide mask mandate amid rise of cases in the state. 2020-11-20
Ontario reports 1,328 new infections, marking a new single-day record for a second day in a row. 2020-11-8