Template:Portal:Current events/2021 March 6

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.