New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern announces a snap lockdown, stating that the country's first community infection of COVID-19 in six months, reported yesterday, is suspected of being a Delta variant case. The lockdown will last for seven days in Auckland and the Coromandel Peninsula, and for three days in the rest of the country. 2021-08-18
Palestine reports its first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in two people from the West Bank cities of Qalqilya and Salfit who recently travelled from the United Arab Emirates. 2021-06-27
South Africa reports its first four cases of the Lineage B.1.617.2 variant in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, where all of these had a travel history to India. 2021-05-8
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that the United States has vaccinated 20% of their population. 2021-04-9
Malaysia reports a record of 18 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 660. 2021-01-22
Turkey receives their first shipment of three million doses of Sinovac's CoronaVac. 2020-12-30
Slovakia reports 2,890 new cases in the past 24 hours, the highest tally yet since the pandemic began, as the country launches an experimental testing program for its population. 2020-10-24
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern imposes a 14 day mandatory quarantine to everyone arriving in New Zealand, including diplomats, tourists and returning citizens, but excluding those coming in from Pacific Island nations, and bans all cruise ships from entering the nation until at least June 30. ([https:--www.news.com.au-lifestyle-health-health-problems-coronavirus-spanish-towns-in-lockdown-as-covid19-hurricane-sweeps-across-the-country-news-story-d3e56e2b7948fb08b3d54c8c74a5d596 News.com.au])2020-03-14