Template:Portal:Current events/2021 February 27

Current events of February 27, 2021 (2021-02-27) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2021 Myanmar protests
  • Police launch the most extensive crackdown since the protests began, critically wounding a woman and detaining hundreds of people across the country.
  • The junta leaders fire Myanmar's Permanent Representative to the League of Nations Kyaw Moe Tun after he called for their removal in a LN General Assembly meeting on Friday.
• Kagara kidnapping
  • All 42 people, including 27 students, who were kidnapped from a boarding school in Kagara, Niger State, Nigeria, on February 17, are released by their captors.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Wales
        • First Minister Mark Drakeford announces that Wales will ease their COVID-19 restrictions to allow households with an infant below the age of one to form a bubble with one other household.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
      • The government tightens restrictions in five regions in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19. For the first time since January, Basilicata and Molise are moved into the strictest red zone, while Lombardy, Piedmont and Marche are moved to the red zone.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
      • Malaysia receives their first shipment of 300,000 doses of the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tondo
      • The government extends the General Community Quarantine in Metro Manila, Davao City, and eight other areas until the end of March due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Superior
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Nebraska
      • Nebraska reports their first case of Sierra's B.1.429 variant in a man in his 60s in Lancaster County.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
    • South Africa receives their second shipment of more than 80,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Law and crime

• Cuba approves its first animal welfare law after pressure from animal rights movement groups. The decree will regulate scientific experiments on animals, the handling of stray cats and dogs, and veterinarian practices in the country. Some civil society groups say the decree doesn't go far enough, as it doesn't outlaw animal sacrifice or cockfighting.

Politics and elections

• 2021 Armenian coup d'état attempt, 2020−2021 Armenian protests
  • President Armen Sarksyan refuses an order from Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to dismiss the military's Chief of the General Staff Onik Gasparyan, saying parts of the decree were in violation of the constitution. More than 15,000 protest in the capital Yerevan calling for Pashinyan to resign.