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We provide the latest updates and crucial information on the global COVID-19 pandemic here.

Jan 1

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 231 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 175 locally transmitted (Read more)

Dec 31

Outside China

- Flu's comeback weighs on US hospitals filled with COVID-19 patients

- Chile reports decrease in COVID-19 cases, warns of Omicron rebound

- Israel approves 4th COVID-19 vaccine shot for adults at high risk

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 195 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 166 locally transmitted

Dec 30

Outside China

- European countries The latest figures reported by each government's health authority as of Dec 29, 2021.tighten COVID measures to tackle Omicron surge before New Year

- US San Francisco, more Bay Area counties require masks indoors due to omicron surge

- WHO warns of "tsunami of cases" from Omicron, Delta

China

- More than 2.8 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered on Chinese mainland as of Wednesday

- Chinese mainland reports 207 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 156 locally transmitted

Dec 29

Outside China?

-?US daily COVID-19 cases hit record high of over 510,000 (Read more)

-?England's bars, clubs thrilled to stay open at busiest time of year (Read more)

-?Biden bets on shorter COVID-19 isolation time amid labor crunch (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 197 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 152 locally transmitted

Dec 28

Outside China?

-?Fauci suggests air travel vaccine mandate as Omicron grounds US flights (Read more)

-?Pandemic widening the US divide (Read more)

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 209 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 182 locally transmitted

Dec 27

Outside China

-?Flights grounded as virus hits Christmas weekend (Read more)

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 200 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 162 locally transmitted (Read more)

Dec 26

Outside China

-?Nicaragua receives 2nd batch of China-aided COVID-19 vaccines (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 206 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 158 locally transmitted

Dec 25

Outside China

-?UK reports more than 120,000 daily coronavirus cases for first time (Read more)

-?US sees rising COVID-19 deaths, variants (Read more)

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 140 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 87 locally transmitted

Dec 24

Outside China?

-?Americans struggle to get tested as COVID-19 cases surge: CNN (Read more)

-?Omicron less severe according to UK studies (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 87 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 55 locally transmitted (Read more)

Dec 23

Outside China?

-?US health regulator authorizes Pfizer's COVID pill (Read more)

-?More than 3 million have died from COVID-19 in 2021, says WHO (Read more)

China?

-?Chinese mainland reports 100 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 71 locally transmitted (Read more)

Dec 22

Outside China?

-?New COVID-19 restrictions introduced in Europe (Read more)

-?US to distribute free COVID tests as Omicron spreads (Read more)

China?

-?Chinese mainland reports 77 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 57 locally transmitted (Read more)

Dec 21

Outside China?

-?Britain mulls virus options amid scandal (Read more)

-?Biden not 'locking down' US amid COVID surge: White House (Read more)

-?US CDC estimates Omicron accounts for over 73 pct of new weekly COVID-19 cases (Read more)

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 81 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 57 locally transmitted (Read more)

Dec 20

Outside China?

-?China jab peps up tourism in Colombia (Read more)

-?Javid refuses to rule out tougher measures in UK (Read more)

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 102 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 37 locally transmitted (Read more)

Dec 19

Outside China

Experts warn of 'viral blizzard' in US as Omicron hits over 40 US states (Read more)

More than 10,000 new Omicron cases confirmed in UK (Read more)

Netherlands to go into lockdown due to 'fifth wave with Omicron' (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 83 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 44 locally transmitted (Read more)

Dec 18

China

Chinese mainland reports 125 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 89 locally transmitted

Dec 17

Outside China

- Britain reports over 78,000 COVID-19 cases in a day (Read more)

- US panel recommends mRNA Covid vaccines over J&J (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 76 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 56 locally transmitted (Read more)

Dec 16

Outside China

- Rapid increase in Omicron COVID cases 'imminent': ECDC?(Read more)

- UN chief's spokesman tests positive for COVID-19?(Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 77 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 69 locally transmitted (Read more)

Dec 15

Outside China

- US COVID-19 deaths top 800,000: Johns Hopkins University

- Australian PM tested for COVID-19 following casual contact

- Italian govt to extend coronavirus state of emergency until March 2022

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 67 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 50 locally transmitted (Read more)

Dec 14

Outside China

-?Vaccine nationalism only exacerbates COVID pandemic (Read more)

- US COVID-19 cases surpass 50m: Johns Hopkins University?(Read more)

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 76 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 51 locally transmitted (Read more)

Dec 13

Outside China

-?True death toll of COVID-19 pandemic in US undercounted: report (Read more)

-?S. African president tests positive for COVID-19 (Read more)

- UK reticence on tough curbs put to the test?(Read more)

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 101 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 80 locally transmitted (Read more)

Dec 12

Outside China

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 75 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 49 locally transmitted (Read more)

Dec 11

Outside China

- Over 20 US states identify Omicron variant cases (Read more)

- China's 2nd COVID-19 vaccine candidate allowed late-stage trials in Nepal (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 87 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 51 locally transmitted (Read more)

-?Over 1.16b Chinese fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (Read more)

- China's vaccination against the novel coronavirus is highly expected to reach the herd immunity level by the end of 2021, says expert?(Read more)

Dec 10

Outside China?

-?UK testing COVID-19 treatment on thousands (Read more)

-?UK police will not probe lockdown party claims (Read more)

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 63 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 37 locally transmitted (Read more)

-?China lowers costs of COVID-19 nucleic acid tests (Read more)

Dec 9

Outside China?

-?Pfizer says COVID booster offers protection against omicron (Read more)

-?WHO urges countries to act now and curb Omicron's spread (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 83 new COVID-19 cases, with 60 locally transmitted (Read more)

-?Beijing administers over 2m COVID-19 vaccine doses to children (Read more)

Dec 8

Outside China

- More than 100 new cases of Omicron variant identified in UK

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 74 new COVID-19 cases, with 44 locally transmitted (Read more)

-?Shanghai neighborhood locked down due to COVID-19 (Read more)

-?Nanjing?of East China's Jiangsu province records one new COVID-19 case (Read more)

Dec 7

Outside China

-?Signs variant will dominate 'within weeks' (Read more)

China?

-?Chinese mainland reports 94 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 60 locally transmitted (Read more)

- Five?new COVID-19 cases reported in Ningbo,?Zhejiang province (Read more)

Dec 6

Outside China

-?US COVID-19 cases, deaths on rise amid Omicron attack, Delta dominance (Read more)

-?Omicron cases in UK rise by 50 pct in one day (Read more)

-?Restrictions rock Britain's travel sector (Read more)

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 61 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 38 locally transmitted (Read more)

Dec 5

China

- Chinese mainland reports 59 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 42 locally transmitted (Read more)

-?China's Harbin adds more risk areas as COVID-19 cases rise (Read more)

Outside China

- Former Dutch queen Beatrix tests positive for COVID-19 (Read more)

-?10m French have received COVID-19 booster shots: minister (Read more)

Dec 4

China

Chinese mainland reports 90 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 75 locally transmitted (Read more)

Outside China

Dec 3

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 96 new COVID-19 cases, with 80 locally transmitted (Read more)

- New COVID case reported in capital although situation 'under control'?(Read more)

-?Close contacts of new COVID-19 cases in Shanghai test negative (Read more)

Outside China

- 2nd US case of Omicron variant found in Minnesota

Dec 2

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 73 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 53 locally transmitted (Read more)

Outside China

- Top US doctor favors 9/11-style commission on US COVID-19 response: media?

- Britain braces for SAGE advice on variant cases?(Read more)

Dec 1

China

- More than 2.5 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered on the Chinese mainland as of Tuesday

-?Chinese mainland reports 113 new COVID-19 cases, with 91 locally transmitted?(Read more)

Outside China

- Omicron variant found in earlier test samples from Nov in Netherlands?(Read more)

Nov 30

China

- Over 1.1 billion people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in China, says a spokesperson of the National Health Commission

-?Chinese mainland reports 39 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 21 locally transmitted (Read more)

Outside China

- Biden: Omicron a concern, not 'cause for panic'?(Read more)

Nov 29

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 41 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 21 locally transmitted (Read more)

-?Tongliao city of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Monday records one new locally transmitted confirmed case of COVID-19 (Read more)

Outside China

-?Japan suspends entry of foreign visitors to guard against Omicron variant

Nov 28

China

- Chinese mainland reported 23 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 3 locally transmitted (Read More)

Outside China

- Two cases of Omicron variant detected in UK as restrictions tightened

Nov 27

China

- Chinese mainland reports 25 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 5 locally transmitted (Read more)

Outside China

-?EU countries tighten travel rules over new COVID-19 variant concerns

-?US stocks see heavy losses on concern over new COVID-19 variant (Read more)

Nov 26

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 13 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 4 locally transmitted (Read more)

Outside China

- UK coronavirus cases top 10 mln amid concerns over new variant (Read more)

-?European Commission proposes 9 months validity of COVID-19 vaccination (Read more)

Nov 25

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 24 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 2 locally transmitted (Read more)

Outside China

-?Europe epicenter of COVID pandemic again (Read more)

-?South Korea sticks with plan to?return to normalcy even as cases soar (Read more)

Nov 24

Outside China

- US COVID-19 deaths in 2021 surpass number in 2020 (Read more)

- Fully-vaccinated visitors from China and dozens of other countries may enter the UK from this week (Read more)

- COVID-19-related deaths in Europe could reach 2.2 mln by March 2022: WHO (Read more)

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 22 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 4 locally transmitted (Read more)

Nov 23

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 19 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 5 locally transmitted (Read more)

Outside China

-?French PM tested positive for COVID-19, Belgian PM isolated (Read more)

-?US daily COVID-19 cases up 18 pct: CDC director (Read more)

Nov 22

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 38 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 7 locally transmitted (Read more)

Outside China

-?Protests erupted in several EU countries? against new government COVID-19 restrictions (Read more)

Nov 21

Outside China

-?More US people die of COVID-19 this year than last: media (Read more)

- UK records another 40,941 new coronavirus cases

- Turkey's two-dose COVID-19 vaccination rate exceeds 80 pct (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 17 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 4 locally transmitted

Nov 20

China

-?China's latest COVID-19 resurgence enters final stage: official

-?Chinese mainland reports 23 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 3 locally transmitted

Outside China

-?Nations act as cases rise in Europe (Read more)

Nov 19

China

- Chinese mainland reports 24 new COVID-19 cases, with 8 locally transmitted.

Outside China

-?Declassified gov't report provides no support for lab-leak theory on COVID-19: Los Angeles Times (Read more)

-?COVID-19 infections on the rise across Europe (Read more)

Nov 18

China

Chinese mainland reports 35 new COVID-19 cases, with 6 locally transmitted.

Outside China

- Virus infections rising in almost half of US states (Read more)

Nov 17

China

Chinese mainland reports 31 new COVID-19 cases, with 8 locally transmitted.?(Read more)

More than 2.4 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered on the Chinese mainland as of Tuesday

Outside China

Nov 16

Chinese mainland reports 22 new COVID-19 cases, with 11 locally transmitted.?(Read more)

Outside China

Nov 15

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 52 new COVID-19 cases, with 32 locally transmitted?(Read more)

Outside China

- Travel industry takes the road to recovery (Read more)

Nov 14

China

- Chinese mainland reports 89 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 70 locally transmitted?(Read more)

Nov 13

China

- Chinese mainland reports 75 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 57 locally transmitted (Read more)

- China to stick with strict containment measures, says national health body (Read more)

-?Beijing tightens entry restrictions amid virus resurgence (Read more)

-?Nearly 27,000 people in Hong Kong get booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines (Read more)

Outside China

-?Europe reports largest weekly increase in COVID-19 cases: WHO (Read more)

Nov 12

Outside China

- Cuba sees continued drop in COVID-19 cases

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 98 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 79 locally transmitted (Read more)

Nov 11

Outside China

-?UK to add China's Sinovac, Sinopharm to approved vaccine list

China

- Chinese mainland reports 62 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 47 locally transmitted. (Read more)

Nov 10

Outside China

- Pfizer asks US FDA to authorize COVID-19 booster for all 18 and up?(Read more)

- Germany's COVID-19 incidence rate rises to all-time high?(Read more)

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 54 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 39 locally transmitted (Read more)

Nov 9?

Outside China

-?US opens border to fully vaccinated international travelers, benefiting airlines (Read more)

-?Global COVID-19 cases surpass 250 mln: Johns Hopkins University (Read more)

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 62 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 43 locally transmitted (Read more)

Nov 8

Outside China

-?UK registers over 30,000 new coronavirus cases (Read more)

-?Rwanda receives 2nd batch of COVID-19 vaccine from China (Read more)

China

-?Chinese mainland reports 89 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 65 locally transmitted (Read more)

Nov 7

- Chinese mainland reports 74 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 50 locally transmitted (Read more)

Outside China

Nov 6

Outside China

-?Europe struggles with sharp rise in COVID-19 infections despite vaccines (Read more)

-?Australia hits 80 percent COVID-19 vaccination milestone amid battle against 3rd wave

China

-?More than 2.31 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered on the Chinese mainland as of Friday

- Chinese mainland reports 55 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 40 locally transmitted (Read more)

Nov 5

Outside China?

-?Britain approves Merck's COVID-19 pill in world first (Read more)

-?Egypt receives new batch of China-donated Sinovac vaccines (Read more)

-?US lags behind on at-home COVID-19 testing: CNN (Read more)

-?Europe once again COVID-19 epicenter: WHO (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 78 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 68 locally transmitted (Read more)

-?More than 2.3b COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland

Nov 4

Outside China?

-?US COVID-19 death toll tops 750,000 (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 104 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 87 locally transmitted

Nov 3

Outside China?

-?Slow jabs pace fuels concerns of Africa virus resurgence (Read more)

-?US CDC advisors recommend Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 109 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 93 locally transmitted (Read more)

-?All stranded tourists transferred from Ejine Banner of Inner Mongolia autonomous region to different destinations (Read more)

Nov 2

Outside China?

-?G20 leaders agree to enhance COVID vaccine, climate change cooperation (Read more)

-?Iran's FM in quarantine for COVID-19: Spokesman (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 71 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 54 locally transmitted

-?All staff and visitors at Shanghai Disneyland and Disneytown test negative for COVID-19 (Read more)

- Beijing reports COVID-19 family cluster (Read more)

Nov 1?

Outside China?

-?Global COVID-19 deaths surpass 5 million: Johns Hopkins University

- US urged to stop politicizing COVID's origin (Read more)

-?White House press secretary tests positive for COVID-19 (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 92 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 59 locally transmitted

-?Heilongjiang reports 27 new COVID-19 cases (Read more)

-?Beijing asks travelers to risky areas to postpone return (Read more)

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