Template:Portal:Current events/2021 March 29

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.