Xi'an is placed under lockdown and mass testing is conducted in half of the city's districts after a cluster of cases in the city were traced back to six karaoke bars. 2022-07-6
Austria reports a record 13,152 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 948,100. 2021-11-13
California will require face masks in schools despite CDC guidelines saying that vaccinated students are not required to wear a mask. 2021-07-9
Illinois reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant first detected in Brazil in a person from Chicago. 2021-03-5
Serbia reports their first case of the B.1.1.7 variant in a person who travelled from London and later began experiencing mild symptoms. 2021-01-24
Chancellor Angela Merkel and the leaders of all 16 states agree to extend the nationwide lockdown until February 14, due to the threat of new variants of SARS-CoV-2. They also agree to mandate medical masks for all passengers on public transport. 2021-01-19
The government announces that malls and food and beverage establishments will be closed from December 11 at 06:00 p.m. local time until the end of the year. Restaurants will only be allowed to offer takeaway service. 2020-12-9
Iowa reports 960 hospitalized cases, making it the first time the state reported fewer than 1,000 hospitalized cases since November 18. 2020-12-5
Belgium reports 1,684 new confirmed cases and 494 more deaths from COVID-19, its highest daily death toll to date, bringing the country's death toll to 3,019 and 26,667 total cases. 2020-04-10
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte extends the quarantine lockdown, to cover all the region of Lombardy and 14 other northern provinces, affecting over a quarter of the national population. 2020-03-8