Sources: KIRO-TV
South Africa changes its COVID-19 vaccination rules to allow mixing of vaccines between the Pfizer–BioNTech and Janssen COVID-19 vaccines for second and third doses and also reduces the interval between the second and third doses of the Pfizer vaccine in order to increase the country's vaccination rate. 2022-02-21
Romania reports a record 19,105 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,964,021. 2022-01-20
The government announces plans to make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for the general population, setting a minimum age of 14 years and requiring unvaccinated persons to pay fines of up to 3,600 euros every three months. The rules will be in effect from February 1 until January 2024. 2021-12-9
The government announces that public servants will soon be a target of the "no jab, no job" policy and that they will have to either resign or receive half-pay if they refuse to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-09-21
The United Kingdom reports 146 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total of deaths since March 12. 2021-08-10
Interim President Francisco Sagasti extends the COVID-19 state of emergency in Peru until the end of August. 2021-07-11
AstraZeneca announces that the efficacy rating of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate has been lowered to 76%, following new analyses of the trial run in the United States. Earlier in the week, the company had been criticized for advertising its vaccine with a 79% efficacy rating using what critics claimed was outdated data. 2021-03-25
Donald Trump Jr., son of outgoing President Donald Trump, tests positive for COVID-19. His spokesperson says that he is asymptomatic. 2020-11-20
Authorities in Qingdao say that they will test the entire population of more than nine million people for COVID-19 in the next five days, after new cases appeared linked to Qingdao Chest Hospital, which was treating people confirmed with the disease after returning from overseas. 2020-10-12