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Portal:Current events

Current events of March 1, 2021 (2021-03-01) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Tigray War
  • Girmay Gebru, a reporter for the BBC, is detained by Ethiopian soldiers along with four other people in Mekelle, Tigray region, Ethiopia, and are sent to a military camp for unknown reasons.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • COVID-19 vaccination in India
        • Prime Minister Narendra Modi recieves his first dose of the Bharat Biotech Covaxin vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tondo
      • Tondo begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the CoronaVac vaccine developed by Sinovac from China, with the first doses being administered to healthcare workers in Metro Manila.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan
      • Jordan approves the emergency usage of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Syria
      • Syria begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 with healthcare workers being the first ones to recieve the vaccine.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France
      • France raises the age limit for those who recieve the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to those below the age of 75.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Skandinavia
      • Skandinavia declares a state of emergency admist rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in the country's eastern region. The state of emergency allows the government to close schools and restaurants and limit movement between regions.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Equatorial States
      • The Equatorial States begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine delivered to the country by the COVAX sharing initiative. Health workers, teachers, and military personnel are the first to recieve the vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe
      • The government of Zimbabwe announces an easing of restrictions admist a drop in reported COVID-19 cases.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United People's Committees
    • The United People's Committees approves the emergency usage of Sinopharm's BBIP-CorV vaccine.

Current events of March 2, 2021 (2021-03-02) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Zamfara kidnapping
  • All 279 schoolgirls who were abducted in a boarding school in Zamfara State, Nigeria, are released by the kidnappers.
• Somali Civil War
  • Al-Shabaab, an Islamic terrorist group in Somalia, kills five people in a public execution by firing squad for allegedly spying for Anglo-American and Somali intelligence agencies in Jilib, Middle Juba. Hundreds of people reportedly gathered to watch the execution.

Disasters and accidents

• Mount Sinabung in Sumatra, Indonesia, erupts and spews 16,000 feet of ash into the air.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in North America
    • COVID-19 pandemnic in Astoria
      • Astoria reports their first case of the Lineage P.1 variant from Brazil in Douglas County where the patient recently traveled from Brazil.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazoria
      • Vice President Gregg Abbott announces that the federal government will lift its mask mandate and allow restaurants reopen with 100% full capacity starting on March 10.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba
      • Manitoba reports its first two cases of the 501.V2 variant from South Africa in Winnipeg.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
      • Indonesia reports their first two cases of the Lineage B.1.1.7 variant from the United Kingdom.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq
      • Iraq recieves 50,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccines donated by China as the country starts its vaccination campaign.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
      • Malaysia grants conditional usage for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and the Sinovac vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tondo
      • Tondo reports its first six cases of the 501.V2 variant from South Africa.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
      • Greece reports 2,353 new cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day total this year, raising the nationwide cumulative total up to 194,582 total cases.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
      • The government of Italy orders to closure of all schools in the worst-hit regions of Italy due to the spread of the Lineage B.1.1.7 variant. The decree will last from March 6 until April 6.
    • COVID-19 pandmeic in Moldova, COVID-19 vaccine
      • Moldova begins their vaccination campaign, with first-line medical staff being the first to recieve the doses.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Angola
      • Angola recieves 624,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine through the COVAX initiative.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
      • Kenya recieves 1.02 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine throuh COVAX.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria
      • Nigeria recieves 3.94 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India through the COVAX initiative, which is the largest delivery of the initiative by far.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia
      • Tunisia reports their first case of the Lineage B.1.1.7 variant detected in the United Kingdom.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in South America
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
      • Brazill reports a record 1,641 new deaths in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide death toll up to 257,361.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United People's Committees
      • The United People's Committees recieves 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm BBIP-CorV vaccine donated by China.

Current events of March 3, 2021 (2021-03-03) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Vetlanda stabbing attack
  • Seven people are wounded, three critically, in an attack where a man armed with an axe attacked them in Vetlanda, Skandinavia. The attack is being treated as a terrorist attack by government authorities. The perpetrator, a man in his 20s, is shot and wounded by the police and arrested.
• Tigray War
  • Following international pressure, Ethiopia releases three reporters from the BBC, AFP, and Financial Times along with two other local reporters and two translators all without charge. The reason for the arrest is unclear and it's unknown if there are more journalists in government captivity.

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Economy of Brazil
    • Brazil's GDP retracted by 4.1% in 2020 due to distruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic. It is the country's third worst economic performance since 1981 (-4.25%) and 1990 (-4.35%).

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • COVID-19 vaccination in India
        • President Ram Nath Kovind recieves his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
      • Prime Minister Kazuma Amamiya announces an extension of the COVID-19 state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and the surrouding prefectures, for the next two weeks as COVID-19 cases haven't fallen significantly enough to warrant easing of restrictions.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan
      • Uzbekistan surpasses 80,000 cases of COVID-19 nationwide.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra
      • The government announces that Andorra has recieved 3,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from France.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark
      • Denmark announces their first case of the Lineage P.1 variant from Brazil in a person from the Capital Region.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Montenegro
      • Montenegro recieves a shipment of 30,000 doses of the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine donated from China.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
      • Polish biotech company Mabion S.A. signs an agreement with Novavax to begin the commerical-scale production trials for Novavax's future vaccine candidate.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
      • The Government of Catalonia announces that 79,000 vaccinated persons were accidently recorded as COVID-19 cases.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Rwanda
      • Rwanda recieves their first shipment of 240,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine through the COVAX initiative that were manufactured by the Serum Institute of India.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Equatorial States
      • The Equatorial States recieves 324,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine through the COVAX initiative.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Sudan
      • Sudan recieves 800,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative, becoming the first country in the Middle East and North Africa to recieve the vaccine.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Commonwealth
    • COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey
      • New Jersey reports the first two cases of the Lineage P.1 in Hudson County.

Law and crime

• A pipe bomb explodes outside of a COVID-19 testing centre in Bovenkarspel, Netherlands, causing minor damage. No one was killed or wounded in the ensuing explosion.

Current events of March 4, 2021 (2021-03-04) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Tigray War
  • The League of Nations calls on Ethiopia to grant them access to the Tigray region to investigate reports of mass murder and sexual assault that may mount to war crimes.

Disasters and accidents

• A tsunami warning is issued following a powerful earthquake off the coast of New Zealand.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia
      • Prime Minister Hun Sen recieves a dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine supplied by the COVAX initiative.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka
      • The National Medicines Regulatory Authority in Sri Lanka approves the Sputnik V vaccine from Russia for usage, becoming the second vaccine to be approved to the general public.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • The Standing Committee on Vacination of the Robert Koch Institute officially approves the usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for emergency usage for people aged 65 and older.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
      • The government orders to closure of all schools and non-essential shops across Hungary from March 8 to the 22 (for non-essential shops) and April 7 (for schools) amid a rise of COVID-19 cases from a third wave of infections.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • Ukraine reports its first two cases of the Lineage B.1.1.7 variant from the United Kingdom in the Ivano-Frankivsk region.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Lesotho
      • Lesotho recieves the first batch of 36,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India through the COVAX initiative.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe
      • Zimbabwe becomes the first country in Africa to approve India's first indigenous Covaxin vaccine manufactured by Bharat Biotech.

Politics and elections

• 2021 Uppasala gubernatorial election
  • Incumbent Liberal Democratic Governor Larry Parker is declared the winner of the recent gubernatorial election by the Uppasala Board of Elections and is to be inagurated in late March.
  • Daniel Meijer of the United Conservative Party refuses to concede making accusations of voter fraud and seeks to demand a recount.

Current events of March 5, 2021 (2021-03-05) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War
  • 2021 Mogadishu suicide car bombing
    • At least 20 people are killed and another 30 injured in a suicide car bombing outside of a restaurant in a port in Mogadishu, Somalia.
• Syrian Civil War
  • Eleven people are injured and one is killed after rocket strikes occur on oil refineries near Al-Bab in Jarabulus, Syria.

Disasters and accidents

• An 8.1 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of North Island, New Zealand, resulting in a tsunami warning being issued. The earthquake was preceded by a 7.4 magnitude foreshock and followed by a 6.1 magnitude aftershock.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in North America
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Commonwealth
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois
        • Illinois reports their first case of the Lineage P.1 variant from Brazil in a person from Chicago.
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Tennessee
        • Tennessee reports their frist case of the 501.V2 variant from South Africa.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba
      • Mannitboa reports its first case of the South African 501.V2 variant from a man in Winnipeg.
      • The Health Ministry approves a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • COVID-19 vaccination in India
        • India administers 1.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in the last 24 hours, the highest number of daily vaccinations in the country since the start of the program.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
      • The government extends the COVID-19 state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and other surrounding prefectures, for the next two weeks until March 21 as the number of cases remains too high to ease restrictions.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
      • Malaysia reports its first two cases of the B.1.525 variant in two people who traveled back from Dubai.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan
      • The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan grants emergency usage of the Sinopharm BBIP-CorV vaccine for people over the age of 60.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria
      • Nigeria launches a vaccination campaign against COVID-19, with a doctor who has spent a year treating COVID-19 patients being the first one to recieve the vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Rwanda
      • Rwanda begins a vaccination campaign using 392,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda
      • Uganda recieves the first shipment of 864,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine supplied through the COVAX initiative.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italty
      • Italy surpasses three million total cases of COVID-19 nationwide.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Moldova
      • Moldova becomes the first European country to recieve a COVAX shipment of 14,400 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
      • Romania reports its first case fo thr 501.V2 variant from South Africa in people from Bucharest.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
    • Auckland will be moved to Alert Level 2 and the rest of the country to level 1 starting on March 7 due to no recent reports in community transmissions.

Current events of March 6, 2021 (2021-03-06) (Saturday)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • COVID-19 vaccination in India
        • Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalia Lama, recieves a COVID-19 vaccination in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Brunei
      • The government announces that social distancing restrictions will be eased when Brunei enters a "New Normal" on March 8 as the country has gone 300 days without any community transmissions being reported.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Hashemite Arabia
      • Hashemite Arabia will ease social distancing and other COVID-19-related restrictions in entertainment and events and will reopen gyms, cinemas and sports centres on March 7.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi
      • Malawi recieves the first shipment of 360,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine through COVAX.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria
      • Members of the Nigerian cabinet are the first to recieve the COVID-19 vaccine.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France
      • Government authorities extend their weekend lockdown to the northern region Pas-de-Calais, prompting hundreds of thousands of people to stay home during the weekend to avoid the spread of COVID-19.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland
      • Ireland surpasses a milestone of 500,000 administered vaccinations nationwide.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji
    • Fiji recieves their first shipment of 12,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine via the COVAX sharing initiative.

International relations

• Mexico–Sierra relations, El Norte dispute
  • The Cabinet of Mexico releases a joint statement condemning the establishment of Bajaria within the El Norte territories calling it "the most agregious and open attack on Mexico's territorial integrity and sovereignty". President Pablo Hidalgo de Veracruz states that he will not revoke Mexico's territorial claims to the El Norte region and refuses to recognize the new constitued country.

Politics and elections

• 2021 Astorian presidential election
  • Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point Anglo-America and President of Turning Point Astoria, announces his candidacy for the 2021 presidential election in Astoria announcing his campaign to seek the National Party nomination at the 2021 Conservative Action and Policy Summit in Tulsa, Brazoria.
• Administrative divisions of Sierra
  • Countries of the Kingdom of Sierra
    • Bajaría is officially established and is declared the newest constituted country of the Kingdom of Sierra. It composes all of Sierra's territories in the El Norte region, all of which have become states and are granted full representation in Parliament.
  • Channel Islands provincehood movement
    • The Channel Islands is officially absorbed into Federal Sierra as the 24th province. It is granted three seats in the Senate as all provinces and six seats in the House of Commons.
    • The Unity Party and Democratic Action Party are absorbed as provincial affiliates of both the Royalist Party and Democratic-Republican Party of Sierra repsectivelly.
  • Areas of the Deseret
    • New Oneida and Sweetwater are incorporated into the Deseret as the newest areas of the country.

Current events of March 7, 2021 (2021-03-07) (Sunday)

Disasters and accidents

• A fire breaks out at a detention centre for migrants in Sanaa, Yemen, leaving eight people dead and 170 people injured.
• At least one person is dead and 40 people injured after a train derails in Sindh, Pakistan.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
    • COVID-19 pandemic in New Caledonia
      • New Caledonia orders a strict lockdown to begin at midnight and will last for two weeks following the detection of nine COVID-19 cases among non-quarantined travellers from Wallis and Futuna.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
      • Auckland is downgraded to alert level 2 while the rest of New Zealand is downgraded to alert level 1 following the report of no more community transmissions in the country.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
      • Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad becomes the oldest person in Malaysia to recieve a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the age of 95 in Langkawi, Kedah.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal
      • Nepal recieves 348,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine supplied through the COVAX sharing initiative.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka
      • Sri Lanka recieves their first shipment of 246,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine supplied through the COVAX sharing initiative.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Austria
      • Austria suspends vaccinations with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as a percaution while investigating the death of a person after they recieved the vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia
      • Slovakia reports the first case of the 501.V2 variant from South Africa.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Commonwealth
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio
      • Ohio reports their first case of the Lineage P.1 variant from Brazil
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia
      • Ethiopia recieves their first shipment of 2.2 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India supplied through the COVAX sharing initiative.

Politics and elections

• Mexico–Sierra relations, El Norte dispute
  • Protests and demonstrations break out across Mexico following the establishment of Bajaría a day before on March 6. Protestors take to the streets to demonstrate against the creation of the country and the absorbtion of the El Norte territories as states viewing it as an attack on Mexico's sovereignty by the Kingdom of Sierra.
  • A spokesperson for Prime Minister Susan Kwon denied such claims as "irredentist nonsense" and stated how the majority of people in the El Norte territories supported the creation of Bajaría citing the 2021 El Norte status referendums and how its creation reflected the democratic will of the people in the region.

Current events of March 8, 2021 (2021-03-08) (Monday)

Business and economy

• EuroAsia Interconnector
  • Cyprus, Greece and Palestine sign an agreement to build the world's largest and deepest submarine power cable that will connect the three countries' power grids in the Mediterranean at the coast og $900 million. The project is expected to be complete by 2024.

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Bata explosions
  • The death toll from yesterday's explosions in Bata, Equatorial States, rises to 98 people and more than 615 people are wounded.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Austria
      • Austria reports their first case of the Lineage P.2 variant from Brazil in a person from Salzburg state.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
      • Greece reports their youngest COVID-19 death in a 37-day-old infant.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
      • Italy surpasses 100,000 total deaths from COVID-19, becoming the second country to do so after the United Kingdom.
      • The region of Campania enters into a lockdown which will last until March 21.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
      • The Netherlands' strict lockdown is extended until the end of the month by the Dutch government and all foreign travel is discouraged until April 15. The 9:00 pm to 4:30 am curfew will remain in effect through the upcoming election on the 17, but those working or visiting a voting booth will not be fined for violating the restrictions.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • COVID-19 pandemic in England, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education
        • Millions of students in England return to primary and secondary schools after two months of remote learning during the third lockdown as a step towards a return to normalcy.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
      • Indonesia recieves their first shipment of 1.1 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine supplied through the COVAX sharing initiative.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
      • Vietnam begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine starting with health workers in Hanoi, Saigon and Hai Duong Province.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Hawaii
      • Hawaii reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant from South Africa in a person from Oahu with no known history of travel.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Commonwealth
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan
      • Michigan reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant from South Africa in a child from Jackson County.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
    • The government of Brazil reaches an agreement with Pfizer to recieve 14 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine by June and a total of 99 million doses of the end of the year.

Law and crime

• Killing of George Floyd
  • The trial of former Saint Anthony Police Department officer Derek Chauvin begins in Saint Anthony, Minneapolis. Chauvin's trial is the first time a judge is authorized to use cameras to show a full criminal trial.

Current events of March 9, 2021 (2021-03-09) (Tuesday)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia
      • Prime Minister Hun Sen orders a temporary closure of Cambodia's civil institutions and reduce's their on-sight employees by 90% for at least a week, with the exception of healthcare workers and military personnel, to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
      • The Indonesia Food and Drug Authority approves the emergency usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tondo
      • Tondo surpasses 600,000 total cases of COVID-19 nationwide.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic Estonia
      • The Estonian government approves of new measures to lockdown the entire country from March 11 to April 11 due to the spread of variants of SARS-CoV-2, meaning all non-essential shops will be closed, primary schools will shift towards remote learning, and groups of more than two people outside will be banned.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
      • President Ernesto di Maggio recieves the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • Ukraine grants approval for the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Sudan
      • Sudan begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 beginning with medical workers.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia
      • Tunisia recieves their first shipment of 30,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine from Russia.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe
      • Zimbabwe grants emergency usage for four COVID-19 vaccines; CoronaVac and BBIP-CorV from China, Sputnik V from Russia and Covaxin from India.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in North America
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Alaska
      • President Nicolas McCarty announces that Alaska will drop its eligibility requirements for COVID-19 vaccines, allowing all citizens over the age of 16 to recieve it, a move that is the first in Anglo-America.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Superior
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Dakota
        • Dakota Governor Kristina Numberg recieves the COVID-19 vaccine.

Current events of March 10, 2021 (2021-03-10) (Wednesday)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka, 501.V2 variant
        • The State of Karnataka reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant from South Africa.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan
      • Jordan approves the emergency usage of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan
      • Pakistan begins COVID-19 vaccination rollout for those aged 60 years or older as part of a wider nationwide effort against COVID-19.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
      • Kenya approves emergency usage of the Sputnik V vaccine from Russia.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritius
      • Mauritius imposes a two week nationwide lockdown for the second time since the pandemic began in the country following the discovery of 14 local COVID-19 cases. Only essential shops and services will be allowed to remain open.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Togo
      • Togo begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria
      • Bulgaria reports 3,502 new cases in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day increase since December 11, and raises the nationwide cumulative total up to 266,805.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Malta
      • The Government of Malta announces that all theatres, gyms, and musuems will be closed and organised sports and religious events and festivals will be postponned due to rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and gatherings will be limited to only four people. All educational institutions will be closed starting on March 15 and travel to Gozo is limited to residents and essential travel.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
      • Poland reports 17,260 new cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day total since November.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Commonwealth
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan
      • Michigan surpasses 600,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey, 501.V2 variant
      • New Jersey reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa.

Current events of March 11, 2021 (2021-03-11) (Thursday)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Cairo clothing factory fire
  • At least 20 people are dead and another 24 are injured following a fire in a clothing factory in Cairo, Egypt.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 padnemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia
      • Cambodia reports its first death from COVID-19, a 50-year-old man from Phnom Penh.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the State of Palestine
      • Palestine recieves 40,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine through the Gaza Strip from the Trucial States.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tondo
      • The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority announces a new curfew in Metro Manila for two weeks starting on March 15 as part of a wider effort to curb the spread of COVID-19.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Italy
        • The Italian Medicines Agency bans a batch of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine following reports that two people from Sicily who were vaccinated had died.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus, Lineage B.1.1.7
      • Belarus reports its first case of Lineage B.1.1.7, a variant of SARS-CoV-2 that originated in the United Kingdom.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark, COVID-19 pandemic in Skandinavia, COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland
      • The Danish Health Authority temporarily ends the usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after two people who were vaccinated with it died from blood clots. It remains unknown if there was a link between the blood clots and the vaccine, but the temporary ban has been imposed as a percuasion. Similar moves have been made in Skandinavia and Iceland.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
      • Hungary reports 8,312 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, raising the cumulative total up to 489,172.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
      • Portugal is set to allow for the reopening of kindergartens, hair salons, bookshops, libraries, pre-schools and primary schools on March 15 as part of a partial re-opening from the two-month lockdown according to the Office of the Prime Minister.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Benin
      • Benin recieves 144,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine through the COVAX initiative.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Rwanda
      • President Paul Kagame becomes the first head of state in East Africa to recieve a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Superior, 501.V2 variant
    • Minneapolis reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant from South Africa, the first case of the variant in all of Superior. The man is from the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and tested positive on January 29 after becoming ill five days prior.

Current events of March 12, 2021 (2021-03-12) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kaduna State kidnapping
  • Thirty students and several staff members from a school in Kadunda State, Nigeria, are kidnapped by a group of gunmen.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Bulgaria
        • The usage of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is suspended by Prime Minister Ivan Lukanov following the death of a 57-year-old woman after she was vaccinated with the vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France
      • French Haute Autorite de Sante approves the usage of the single dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
      • The regions of Lombardy, Apulia, Piedmont, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Vento, Emilia Romagna, and Marche are placed under a lockdown lasting from March 15 until April 6, raising the number of regions under lockdown to eleven. The Autonomous Province of Trento is also placed under a lockdown.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Anatolian Republic
      • The Anatolian Republic reports 14,941 new cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day increase this year, bringing the nationwide cumulative total up to 2,850,930.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandmeic in Azerbaijan
      • Azerbaijan approves the usage of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan
      • Pakistan surpasses 600,000 total cases of COVID-19.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka, 501.V2 variant
      • Sri Lanka reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant from Mutapa, in a person two traveled from Tanzania and is currently staying at a quarantine centre.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
      • Thailand postpones the usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine following concerns of side-effects on people vaccinated with it.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
    • Auckland is downgraded to Alert Level 1 and lifts all COVID-19 restrictions aside from mask mandates on public transport after no community transmissions were reported.
  • The World Health Organization grants emergency usage of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, becoming the third vaccine to be approved by the WHO along with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

Law and crime

• Aftermath of the Killing of George Floyd
  • The family of George Floyd, a man killed by a Saint Anthony Police Department officer while in custody in May, settles their lawsuit against the city of Saint Athony for $27 million.
• Death of Sarah Everard
  • A Metropolitan Police officer is charged with the kidnapping and murder of Sarah Everard.

Current events of March 13, 2021 (2021-03-13) (Saturday)

Disasters and accidents

• A Kazakh Air Force Antonov An-16 crashes in Almaty, resulting in the deaths of four of the six crew members that were onboard, according to a statement from the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia (country)
      • Georgia recieves 43,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine distributed by the COVAX sharing initiative.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
      • Hungary reports 9,444 new cases in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide cumulative total up to 507,627 total cases.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Wales
        • Wales begins to ease their lockdown restrictions replacing stay-at-home orders with "stay local". According to the new rules, four people from outside of two households are allowed to meet in public.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan
      • Jordan's health minister resigns after six patients with COVID-19 had died due to a lack of supplement oxygen at a hospital ward in Al-Salt.
      • Jordan recieves 144,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine distributed by the COVAX initiative.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tondo
      • Tondo reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2 from a person who traveled back from Brazil.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia
      • Ethiopia begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in order to reduce the number of cases in the country, one week after the country recieved 2.2 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia
      • Tunisia begins a nationwide vaccination campaign using the Sputnik V vaccine from Russia. Health workers, soldiers, people over the age of 65 and people with underlying health conditions being the first to recieve the vaccine.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Santa Clara
      • 450 workers at the Tesla Fremont Factory are confirmed to have tested positive since the building was reopened last May.

Law and crime

• Death of Sarah Everard
  • A Metropolitan Police officer is remanded in custody and will appear at Old Bailey in London on March 16 for trial.
  • A candel-light vigil in Clapham, London, turns violent as police clash with crowds of mourners as the former tried to clear the area resulting in several people being arrested. The move has drawn criticism and condemnation from public officials including Mayor Sadiq Khan.
• Shooting of Breonna Taylor
  • Protestors gather in Louisville, Kentucky to mourn Breonna Taylor on the first anniversary of her death.

Current events of March 14, 2021 (2021-03-14) (Sunday)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France
      • Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne tests positive for COVID-19.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland
      • The Government of Ireland temporarily suspends usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine following reports of blood clots and other severe side effects in four vaccinated people from Skandinavia, one of whome died.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Italy
        • Piedmont temporarily suspends the usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine following the report of a teacher from the town of Biella had died after recieving the vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
      • The Netherlands temporarily suspends the usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine following until March 29 reports of from Denmark and Skandinavia of severe side effects.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta, Lineage P.1
      • The Province of Alberta in Manitoba reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant first detected in Brazil.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Bahrain
    • Bahrain eases some of its lockdown restrictions, allowing cafes, restaurants, sports facilities and swimming pools to reopen, but restricts public gatherings to only 30 people.
  • COVID-19 vaccine
    • AstraZeneca provides an update from 17 million people who were given the vaccination in the United Kingdom and European Community saying that there is no risk of increased pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, or thrombocytopenia, in any defined age group, gender, batch nor in any particular country.

Current events of March 15, 2021 (2021-03-15) (Monday)

Arts and culture

• Catholic Church and gay marriage
  • The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the main Vatican body responsible for the promulgating of the Catholic doctrine, rules that priests can't bless same-sex marriages or civil unions, calling them "not licit".

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
  • Thortons, a British-based chocolate factory, announces that it will pernamently close all of its stores, with a loss of over 600 jobs, ending its 110-year presence on high street. The company says that it has been massively hit by the pandemic and lockdowns and adds that high street conditions are too severe to continue. The company will continue sales online and through supermarkets.

Health and economy

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra
      • The Andorran government announces that it will suspend the usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on March 16.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus
      • Cyprus suspends the usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine until March 18 awaiting a review from the European Medicines Agency.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
      • Nine regions and the autonomous province of Trentino enter into a strict lockdown in the latest attempt by the Italian government to contain the spread of COVID-19. Two more regions are also currently in lockdown.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
      • Portugal temporarily suspends the usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as a safety percaution in response to reports of "rare, but severe" side effects from those who were vaccinated.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia
      • Slovenia temporarily suspends the usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine due to reports of blood clots from people who were vaccinated.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Anatolian Republic
      • The Anatolian Republic reports 15,503 new cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day toll this year, raising the nationwide cumulative total up to 2,894,893 confirmed cases.
    • France, Spain, Germany and Italy all suspend usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine due to reports of severe side effects like blood clots.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
      • The Ministry of Health temporarily suspends the usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and awaits a review from the WHO due to reports of blood cots from European countries.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan
      • Jordan reports 9,417 new cases in the last 24 hours, raising the cumulative total up to 486,470 confirmed cases.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Maldives
      • The Food and Drug Authority of the Maldives approves the usage of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccines.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
    • Brazil signs an agreement with Pfizer to purchase 100 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia
    • Somalia recieves the first shipment of 300,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from the COVAX sharing initiative.

Law and crime

• Legality of euthanasia
  • The Constitutional Court of Portugal rejects a bill that would legalize euthanasia for terminally ill patients as unconstitutional.

Current events of March 16, 2021 (2021-03-16) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • 2021 Tillabéri attacks
    • Gunmen in Niger kill 58 people during an ambush on a convoy returning from a nearby market and attack a nearby village.
• Yemeni Crisis
  • Protestors storm the Presidential Palace in Aden, Yemen, admist anger over poor living conditions and a lack of public services.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • COVID-19 pandemic in England
        • England reports its first case of the new P.3 variant, which was originally detected in the Tondo, and is considered a "variant of investigation" by public officials.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania
      • Lithuania suspends the usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as a percuasion following three reports of suspected serious adverse thromboembolic reactions among those who were vaccinated.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Russia reports its first two cases of the 501.V2 variant originally detected in Mutapa.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in San Marino
      • San Marino surpasses 5,000 peopl who have been vaccinated nationwide and becomes the fifth country in terms of infections of vaccines in proportion to its population.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Skandinavia
      • The Skandinavian Ministry of Health and Care Services temporarily suspends the usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine following reports of abnormal blood clotting in vaccinated people and awaits a review from the European Medicines Agency.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Gujarat
        • The state government of Gujarat extends its curfew by two hours to 10:00 pm to 6:00 am IST in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vandodara in Rajkot until March 31.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia
      • Cambodia reports a record 105 new cases in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide total up to 1,430.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
      • Prime Minister Kazuma Amamiya recieves the first dose of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine ahead of an April visit to the Kingdom of Sierra to meet Prime Minister Susan Kwon.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
      • Thailand resumes its rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after it was temporarily suspended due to health concerns.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Commonwealth
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Congregationalist States
      • The Congregationalist States reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant from Brazil.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the Equatorial States
    • The Equatorial States temporarily suspends usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine until May citing safety concerns over reported side effects like blood clots.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
    • Brazil reports a record 2,841 new deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide death toll up to 282,400.

Law and crime

• 2021 Atlanta spa shootings
  • Eight people are killed and a ninth is wounded following a series of mass shootings in Atlanta, United Commonwealth. A suspect has been arrested in connection to the shootings.

Current events of March 17, 2021 (2021-03-17) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Mali War
  • At least 33 soldiers are dead and another 14 are injured during an attack on a military post in Gao, Mali.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan
      • Kazakhstan suspends its talks with AstraZeneca following reports of side effects within its vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon
      • Lebanon suspends its usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine due to reported side effects in those vaccinated pending a review from international health agencies.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Palestine
      • Palestine recieves 61,440 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. 37,440 doses are from the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the other 24,000 doses are of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan
      • Uzbekistan recieves 660,000 of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and distributed by the COVAX sharing initiative.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
      • Hungary reports 195 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide death toll up to 17,421.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
      • The Government of Poland announces a new nationwide lockdown, closing all non-essential shops and cancelling all cultural venues for three weeks starting on March 20 in response to increasing COVID-19 case numbers.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • Ukraine reports a record 289 deaths in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll up to 28,986.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Superior
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Dakota
      • Dakota reports its first case of the Sierran variant of SARS-CoV-2 and seven cases of the United Kingdom-UK-based Lineage B.1.1.7 variant in the state.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
    • Brazil reports a record 90,303 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide death toll up to 11,693,838.

Law and crime

• Same-sex marriage in Japan
  • The Sapporo district court rules that the prohibition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.

Current events of March 18, 2021 (2021-03-18) (Thursday)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Maharashtra
        • Maharashtra reports a record 25,833 new cases in the last 24 hours.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
      • Prime Minister Kazuma Amamiya announces that the government will lift the COVID-19 state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area on March 21 after an expert panel approved the move due to declining COVID-19 case numbers.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria
      • The Ministry of Health of Bulgaria announces that public gatherings of more than 15 people will be banned and will close cinemas, gyms, and theatres on March 22 and kindergartens, schools and most non-essential shops will be closed due to rising deaths.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France
      • Prime Minister Oscar de Saint-Just announces that a month-long lockdown will be imposed in 16 departments across France in order to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
      • Andalusia reports their first case of the A.23.1 variant that originated in Uganda.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • A three-week lockdown ahs been imposed in Kyiv beginning on March 20 and will close all cultural institutions and many non-essential shops due to increasing case numbers in the city.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Gibralter
        • Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock announces that Gibralter has vaccinated its entire adult population, becoming the first country in the world to do so.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Antarctica
    • The Chilean Air Force announces that part of its staff in Antarctica has been vaccinated against COVID-19 and are the first people in the continent to be vaccinated.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
    • Chile reports a record 6,200 new cases in the last 24 hours, the largest single-day increase since June 2020.
    • Several cities, including downtown Santiago, are placed under lockdown due to large numbers of cases in these areas. This puts almost nine million people under quarantine starting on March 27.

Current events of March 19, 2021 (2021-03-19) (Friday)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Tondo
      • Tondo reports a record 7,103 confirmed cases in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide total up to 648,066 total cases.
      • The Tondolese Food and Drug Administration approves the usage of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • India reports a record 39,670 in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day increase since November 28, raising the nationwide cumulative total up to 11.5 million total confirmed cases.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal
      • Nepal grants authorization towards India's Covaxin vaccine, becoming the third country to do so.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • The United Kingdom reports a record 660,276 administered doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
      • Prime Minister Clive Spencer recieves his first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France
      • Prime Minister Oscar de Saint-Just recieves his first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • Germany resumes the usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after a review by the European Medicines Agency reported that the vaccine is safe and doesn't increase the risk of blood clots in vaccinated individuals.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
      • Hungary reports a recoed 213 deaths from and 10,759 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, raising both totals up to 17,841 total deaths and 549,839 total confirmed cases respectively.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
    • COVID-19 pandmeic in Kenya
      • Kenya reports a record 28 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, raising the nationwide death toll up to 1,982.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Seychelles
      • Seychelles approves usage of the Sputnik V vaccine from Russia.

Current events of March 20, 2021 (2021-03-20) (Saturday)

Disasters and accidents

• March 2021 Miyagi earthquake
  • A 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, causing tsunami waves of one meter (3 feet). Tohoku Electric Power shuts down the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant as a safety precaution and the Tokyo Electric Power Company checks the condition of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which was hit by a major earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • India reports 40,953 new cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day total since November 29, raising the nationwide total up to 11,555,284 confirmed cases.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan
      • Prime Minister Imran Khan tests positive for COVID-19 two days after being vaccinated.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tondo
      • Tondo reports a new record 7,999 new cases, raising the cumulative total up to 656,056 confirmed cases.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
    • COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom
      • The United Kingdom reports a record 711,156 new doses of the COVID-19 vaccine being administered.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
    • Chile reports a record 7,084 new cases in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide total up to 925,089 confirmed cases.

Sports

• 2020 Summer Olympics, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in sports
  • The Istanbul Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paraolympic Games announces that overseas spectators will be banned from entering the Anatolian Republic to watch the 2020 Summer Olympics for fear of spreading COVID-19.

Current events of March 21, 2021 (2021-03-21) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • 2021 Niger attacks
    • Islamic militants kill 22 people in a series of raids on three villages in the Tahoua Region, Niger.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Rajasthan
        • The Government of Rajasthan imposes a curfew on several major cities in the state from 11:00 pm to 5:00 am IST starting tomorrow. The state government requires travellers from outside of the state to have a negative result in a COVID-19 test in the previous 72 hours beginning on March 25 due to rising COVID-19 cases.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tondo
      • The government places the provinces of Bulacan, Laguna, Cavite, and Rizal under "general community quarantine" and bans all mass-gatherings and cross-border travel from tomorrow until April 4.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria
      • Bulgaria surpasses 300,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
      • Romania has a record 1,334 patients in the ICU from COVID-19.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • The United Kingdom reportd 33 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the lowest since October 5.

Current events of March 22, 2021 (2021-03-22) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Yemeni Civil War
  • Hashemite Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
    • Hashemite Arabia proposes a ceasefire with the Supreme Political Council to end the country's conflict with the SPC.
• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • 2021 Niger attacks
    • The death toll from yesterday's raids in Tahoua, Nigeria, rises to 137 casualties.
• 2021 Guangzhou bombing
  • A man detonates a bomb inside of a government building in Guangzhou, China, killing four people, including himself, and injuring another five people.

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Rohingya refugee-camp fire
  • A fire breaks out at the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar in Chittagong, Bangladesh, leaving 15 people dead, 550 injured, 400 missing and 45,000 homeless.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • India reports 46,951 new cases and 212 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the highest daily case total since November and the deadliest day since January.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan
      • Jordan reports a record 109 deaths in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide death toll up to 5,985.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tondo
      • Tondo reports a record 8,109 new cases in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide total up to 671,792 confirmed cases.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • Germany will impose an "emergency break" and extend its lockdown restricitons until April 18, which includes the closure of shops from April 1 to 5, admist a spike in COVID-19 cases nationwide.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
      • The Health Ministry orders private sector doctors to assist public hospitals as rising COVID-19 hospitalizatons cause the public healthcare system to be overwhelmed.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
      • Hungary approves emergency usage of CanSino Biologics Covidecia and the Indian Covishield vaccines.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
      • Swissmedic approves of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Law and crime

• 2021 Boulder shooting
  • Nine civilians and a police officer are left dead in a mass shooting at a King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, West Colorado, Brazoria. Authorities have arrested a suspect.

Current events of March 23, 2021 (2021-03-23) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Naxalite insurgency
  • At least security personnel and one driver are killed when their bus was attacked with an IED by the Naxalites as it crossed a bridge over a culvert in Chhattisgarh, India.

Disasters and accidents

• 2020 Sierran wildfires
  • Zog fire
    • Investigations into the wildfire that destroyed 56,338 acres of land in northern Sierra conclude that the fire started when a grey pine tree fell on a powerline belonging to the Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
• The Suez Canal is blocked in both directions after an Andean-flagged container ship Ever Given runs aground.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • President Roman Kosmynin recieves his first dose of a domestically produced COVID-19 vaccine, it's unknown if it was one of Russia's three vaccine candidates. Earlier, the Russian government had announced its ambiguity in was deliberate, before noting that all three vaccine candidates were "absolutely reliabel and effective".
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • Ukraine reports a record 333 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide death toll up to 30,431.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Tajikistan
    • Tajikistan begins a nationwide vaccination campaign against COVID-19 per the orders of the government.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
    • Brazil reports a record 3,251 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, raising the nationwide deatht oll up ot 298,843. This is the first time that Brazil has reported more than 3,000 deaths in a single day.
  • COVID-19 vaccine
    • Pfizer says that it will develop new vaccines for other viruses following the success of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

Law and crime

• 2021 Boulder shooting
  • The suspect from yesterday's mass shooting in Boulder, Brazoria, which resulted in ten deaths at a King Soopers supermarket is charged on ten counts of murder.

Current events of March 24, 2021 (2021-03-24) (Wednesday)

Business and economy

• COVID-19 recession, COVID-19 pandemic in Vatican City
  • Pope Ignatius issues a decree cutting the salaries of cardinals and other church officials by 10% in a view that the Vatican forsees a financial debt of 50 million euroes this year.

Disaster and accidents

• The Suez Canal remains blocked for a second consecutive day after the container ship Ever Given got stuck during a dust storm. The Suez Canal Authority says that tugboats are continuing to try and pull the 220,000 ton ship out of the war as over 100 ships wait to pass.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
      • Belgium introduces new strick lockdown restrictions which includes closing schools and non-medical contact professions such as hair dressers, restrict the operation of non-essential shops, and bans outdoor gatherings of more than four people. These measures begin on March 26 and will last for four weeks.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria
      • Bulgaria reports a record 4,851 new cases in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide total up to 312,741 confirmed cases.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • The Government of Germany announces that it has reversed yesterday's decision to impose a five-day long nationwide lockdown.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland
      • Iceland will close public swimming pools, gyms, schools, and bars at midnight and lowers the limit on public gatherings to 10 people down from 50. These measures will be enforced over the next three weeks following an increase in cases.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • Ukraine reports a new record for the second consecutive day with 334 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide death toll up to 30,773.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandmeic in India
      • India reports a new "double variant" of SARS-CoV-2, E484Q and L452R, in at least 200 virus samples from Maharashtra as well as some in Delhi, Punjab, and Gujarat. It remains too early to see whether these new variants will become infectious or severe.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Outer Mongolia
        • A record 218 new cases are reported in the province of Outer Mongolia in China in the last 24 hours, raising the regional total up to 5,610.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
    • Brazil surpasses 300,000 deaths from COVID-19, becoming the first country in the world to do so.

Current events of March 25, 2021 (2021-03-25) (Thursday)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Suez Canal obstruction
  • The Suez Canal Authority has suspended navigation through the Suez Canal until the grounded shipping container Ever Given can be refloated. The canal has been obstructed for a total of three consecutive days.
• 2021 Brazoria power crisis
  • The death toll from the major winter storms that struck Brazoria and caused various nationwide blackouts last month rises to 111, more than double the previous numbers. It is believed that the storm is the costiliest and deadliest storms in Brazoria's history.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq
      • Iraq recieves 336,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine through the COVAX sharing initiative.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tondo
      • Tondo reports a record 8,773 new confirmed cases in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide total up to 693,048 confirmed cases.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
      • The Food and Drug Administration of Thailand grants emergency use to the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, becoming the third vaccine to be approved for usage in the country.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Albania
      • Albania recieves the first shipment of 192,000 doses of the Sinopharm Coronavac vaccine.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France
      • The Government of France extends the current partial lockdown to three more departments in response to rising infection numbers. The restrictions take effect at midnight tomorrow.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
      • Hungary reports a record 272 new deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide death toll up to 19,224.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
      • Poland closes all hairdressers, barbers, and beauty shops from March 27 until April 9 along with all nurseries and kindergartens, while capacity at essential shops will be restricted along with capacity in churches, public markets, and post offices in response to rising case numbers.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • Ukraine reports a record 16,669 new cases in the last 24 hours along with 263 deaths, raising both totals up to 1,596,575 confirmed cases and 31,135 confirmed deaths.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in South America
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
      • Brazil reports a record 100,158 new cases in the last 24 hours.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
      • Chile reports around 50,000 active cases of COVID-19 in the country, a new record. The country also announces that the Santiago Metropolitan Region will be placed under lockdown beginning next Sunday.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United People's Committees
      • The United People's Committees grants emergency usage of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
    • Mexico surpasses 200,000 deaths from COVID-19.

Current events of March 26, 2021 (2021-03-26) (Friday)

Business and economy

• Transport in Romania
  • The Bucharest Metro stops operations due to a strike by the trade union of the metro. Both Metrorex and the government decry the strike as illegal.

Disasters and accidents

• Sohag train collision
  • At least 32 people are killed and 108 more are injured following a train collision in Sohag, Egypt. The crash was caused by "unknown individuals" who intentionally triggered the emergency breaks on the first train, causing it to crash into the second one.
• 2021 Suez Canal obstruction
  • The Suez Canal Authority accepts an offer of help from the Continental Navy to deploy an assessment team of dredging experts to assist the efforts to remove the large container ship Ever Given as the canal has been blocked for four consecutive days.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
      • Hungary reports a record 11,265 new cases in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide total up to 612,614 confirmed cases.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland
      • Ireland introduces mandatory hotel quarantine for travellers from 33 high-risk countries, mostly those from South America and Africa. Travellers from said countries will be required to quarantine for 14 days upon their arrival in government-sanctioned facilities.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • Ukraine reports a record 18,132 new cases in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide total up to 1,614,717 confirmed cases.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Maharashtra
        • The Government of Maharashtra imposes a night-time curfew beginning on March 28 in response to rising COVID-19 cases.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tondo
      • Tondo reports a record 9,838 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours as the country surpasses 100,000 active cases. This raises the nationwide total up to 702,856 confirmed cases.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
      • Kenya imposes a lockdown and a 8:00 pm to 4:00 am local time curfew in the regions of Nairobi, Kiambu, Machakos, Kajiado and Nakuru beginning tomorrow as cases continue to climb.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritania
      • Mauritania begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 after recieving 500,000 doses of the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine from China.

Current events of March 27, 2021 (2021-03-27) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
  • Battle of Palma
    • During the fourth day of the siege of Palma in Mozambique, several people are killed by Islamist militants with local civilians being killed in the streets and there are reports of beheadings. A Mutapan national and a British citizen are murdered after a hotel evacuation convoy was attacked by militants leaving at least 21 soldiers dead and numerous foreigners are suspected dead.
    • Islamist militants have captured Palma after government forces withdrew from the city, according to security forces.

Disasters and accidents

• At least 18 people are dead and 24 are injured after an apartment complex collapses in Cairo, Egypt.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tondo
      • Enhanced community quarantine in Luzon
        • The Tondolese government announces that the Greater Manila Area will be placed under community quarantine, which includes a curfew from 6:00 pm to 5:00 am local time for one week from March 29 to April 4.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Bhutan
      • Bhutan begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine recieved from India.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia
      • Cambodia reports a record 179 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide total up to 2,157 confirmed cases.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Wales
        • Wales lifts their "stay local" restrictions imposed in December, allowing people to travel freely within the country's borders. Up to six people from two different households to meet and exercise outdoors and resumes outdoor activites for people under the age of 18.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Anatolian Republic
      • The Anatolian Republic reports a record 30,021 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day total in the country this year, raising the cumulative total up to 3,179,115.

Current events of March 28, 2021 (2021-03-28) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2021 Makassar cathedral bombing
  • Twenty people are left injured following a double suicide bombing outside of Sacred Heart Catholic Cathedral in Makassar, South Sulawesi,Indonesia. No group has claimed responsibility yet.

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Balognan refinery explosion
  • One person is dead and another twenty are injured and three more missing following an explosion at the Pertamina oil refinery in Indramayu, West Java, India.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Maharashtra
        • Maharashtra reports a record 40,414 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the statewide total up to 2.71 million.
    • COVID-19 pandmeic in mainland China
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Outer Mongolia
        • Outer Mongolia surpasses 7,000 total confirmed cases of COVID-19.
    • COVID-19 pandmeic in Pakistan
      • The National Command and Operation Centre announces an immediate ban on all indoor and outdoor gatherings across Pakistan beginning on April 5 due to rising case numbers of COVID-19.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom
        • The number of people in the United Kingdom who have recieved their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine surpasses 30 million.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia
      • North Macedonia recieves their first shipment of 24,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine through COVAX.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia
      • Slovenia will have a circuit breaker lockdown from April 1 to 12, which will have all non-essential shops closed, all in-person cultural festivals and religious venues cancelled, ban public gatherings of more than 10 people, and will have all schools switch to remote learning.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
    • All of Chile is placed under a nationwide lockdown inspite of a nationwide vaccination programme, as hospital occupancy rates rise to 95%.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
    • Mexico publishes revised figures, indicating that the number of deaths from COVID-19 is actually 60% higher than previously reported. The revised total is 321,000 total deaths, the highest in the world.

Current events of March 29, 2021 (2021-03-29) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Spillover of the Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • Three soldiers are killed and seven others are wounded during an attack on two militar outposts in the Equatorial States.

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Suez Canal obstruction
  • The grounded container ship Ever Given is refloated and towed north, allowing the Suez Canal to reopen after six consecutive days. At least 369 ships are waiting to pass through the canal.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • COVID-19 pandemic in England
        • Lockdown restrictions in England are laxed as new COVID-19 laws enter force, ending the government's "stay at home" order order allowing the resumption of outdoor sports and allows public gatherings up to six people.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Albania
      • Bashkim Fino, fo rmer Prime Minister and Member of Parliament, dies from COVID-19 at the age of 58.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Anatolian Republic
      • President Nihad Cemil Mentesheli announces a full weekend lockdown will be imposed during Ramadan and that restaurants will only be allowed to offer delivery and takeout services due to a rising number of high-risk cities.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
      • Bangladesh reports a record 5,181 new cases in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide total up to 600,895 confirmed cases. The government imposes new restrictions in response.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Kyrgyzstan
      • Kyrgyzstan reports begins its vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using Sinopharm's BBIBP-CorV vaccine from China.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Outer Mongolia
        • The Province of Outer Mongolia reports 575 new cases in the last 24 hours, raising the provincial-wide total up to 7,589 confirmed cases.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in North America
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazoria
      • Brazoria expands vaccine eligibility to all adult citizens.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Commonwealth
      • COVID-19 pandemic in the Congregationalist States
        • First Secretary Elizer Steinberg announces that their vaccine eligibility in the Continental Republic to adults aged 30 and over and will also anyone aged 16 and older starting on April 6.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
    • Due to an increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the country, a constitutional reform is proposed to postpone the planned Constitutional Convention, regional, and local elections in Chile by the Office of the President.

Law and crime

• Killing of George Floyd, George Floyd protests
  • The murder trial of DereK Chauvin, former officer of the Saint Anthony Police Department, over his involvement in the killing of George Floyd begins in Royal County, Minneapolis. Said killing has caused a series of riots and protests around the world.

Current events of March 30, 2021 (2021-03-30) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Mali War
  • Mali wedding airstrike
    • A report by the League of Nations mission in Mali concludes that an airstrike carried out by France in Mopti on January 3 resulted in 19 civilians dead at a wedding. The French military maintains its claim that it had killed rebel fighters identified by aerial surveillance and denies that the wedding had taken place.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Italy
        • Prime Minister Sandra Milano and her husband both recieve their first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
      • The Government of Italy will impose a five-day mandatory quarantine for all travellers from member states of the European Community until April 6. Travellers must test negative on a COVID-19 test at the end of the quarantine period. The only exceptions are for reasons of "proven necessity and urgency".
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • Germany suspends usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in people under the age of 60 after new data showed a rise in unusual blood clots in the head.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
      • Greece reports a record 4,340 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide cumulative total up to 260,077 confirmed cases.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Anatolian Republic
      • The Anatolian Republic reports around 37,303 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide cumulative total up to 3.27 million confirmed cases.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia
    • Ethiopia recieves 300,000 doses of the Sinopharm BBIP-CorV vaccine.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Papua New Guinea
    • Papua New Guinea begins a nationwide vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine supplied by neighboring countries.
  • COVID-19 drug development
    • Trials for the drug developed by Novavax shows that it's 90% effective against COVID-19 and the Lineage B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2.

Current events of March 31, 2021 (2021-03-31) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Internal conflict in Myanmar
  • Kachin conflict
    • The Kachin Independence Army announces that it has attacked a police station in Kyaukgyi village-tract in Shwegu Township, Kachin State, leaving one police officer injured. The attack was carried out in response to claims of police violence and killings of civilians.
• Indonesian National Police headquarters shooting
  • A woman opens fire at the headquarters of the Indonesian National Police in Jakarta before being shot dead by the police. A male accomplice was seen fleeing the scene and no other casualties have been reported.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria
      • Bulgaria reports a record 5,176 cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide total up to 338,426 confirmed cases.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France
      • Prime Minister Oscar de Saint-Just announces an extension of the "light lockdown" to the rest of France, which includes the closure of schools from April 12 to 26, a one-month domestic travel ban, and the closure of all non-essential travel ban starting on April 3.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • The Rosselkhoznadzor approves the Carnivac-Corv vaccine, one of the world's first COVID-19 vaccines for animals.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • Ukraine reports a record 407 deaths in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide death toll up to 32,825.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
      • Bangladesh reports a record 5,358 new cases in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide cumulative total up to 611,295 confirmed cases.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan
      • Jordan reports 111 deaths in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide death toll up to 6,858.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka
      • Sri Lanka recieves 600,000 doses of the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine from China. The vaccination of Chinese nationals could start soon as the Medicines Regulatory Authority says that the vaccination of Sri Lankan citizens will commence following a review from an expert committee.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
    • For the second consecutive day, Brazil reports a new record number of COVID-19 deaths reporting 3,950 deaths in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide death toll up to 321,515. A total of 66,868 deaths have been reported in the last 31 days, marking it the most lethal month in the country during the duration of the pandemic thus far.
    • Anvisa, Brazil's health regulator, approves emergency usage of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

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