Template:Portal:Current events/2021 February 8

Current events of February 8, 2021 (2021-02-08) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Yemeni Civil War
  • Houthi forces resume an offensive against Ma'rib, one of the last strongholds of the internationally recognized government in northern Yemen. Government sources say that 20 pro-government fighters were killed and another 28 have been injured repelling five attacks in the last 24 hours.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in North America
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
      • President Pablo Hidalgo de Veracruz resumes morning news conferences two weeks after testing positive for COVID-19.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazoria, 501.V2 variant
      • The Houston Methodist Hospital reports the first case of the 501.V2 variant in Brazoria in a man from Fort Bend County who recovered several weeks ago. Brazoria is the most recent country in North America to report cases of the 501.V2 variant.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Commonwealth
      • All public schools in the United Commonwealth reopen after 37% of the population was successfully vaccinated.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
      • Indonesia reports 13,038 recoveries in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide total up to 963,028 recoveries nationwide.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Laos
      • Laos recieves 300,000 doses of China's Sinopharm vaccine
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
      • Malaysia reports a record 24 deaths in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide total up to 896.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education
      • France introduces new measurs to ban homemade masks in educational institutions, requiring schoolchildren over the age of six to wear only category one masks in schools.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands, Variant of Concern 202012/01
      • The Netherlands extends its nationwide curfew until March 3 to prevent the further spead of the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina, Lineage P.1
    • Argentina reports its first cases of the Brazilian variant of SARS-CoV-2 after two people were infected for the P.1 variant.