Bosnia and Herzegovina reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 Delta variant in a Spanish woman who visited the Catholic pilgrimage site of Medjugorje. 2021-07-2
Lithuania reports its first case of the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a woman from Vilnius who tested positive for COVID-19 in early January. 2021-02-1
Novartis signs an agreement with Pfizer and BioNTech to help produce their vaccine. 2021-01-29
Myanmar begins a vaccination programme using the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Healthcare workers are the first people to be vaccinated. 2021-01-27
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff receive the Moderna vaccine. 2020-12-29
The European Union begins a mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19. 2020-12-27
The number of new confirmed cases in Indonesia increases by a record 8,369 new cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 557,877. Papua reports the most cases of any province with 1,755 new cases. 2020-12-3
The number of worldwide confirmed cases surpasses 60 million. 2020-11-25
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a month-long nationwide lockdown in England. The new rules are to come into effect at midnight on November 5 and will last until December 2. However, unlike the first lockdown in March, schools, colleges and universities can stay open and major sporting events will go ahead as normal. 2020-10-31
Chile confirms its first case of COVID-19 in the Maule region. 2020-03-3