Template:Portal:Current events/2021 March 22

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.