Latest on COVID-19 pandemic

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

Feb 28

- Chinese mainland reports 234 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 87 locally transmitted (Read more)

Outside China 

Feb 27

China

- Chinese mainland reports 239 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 112 locally transmitted

Outside China

- Brunei's daily COVID-19 cases top 3,000 for five straight days

Feb 26

China

Chinese mainland reports 249 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 93 locally transmitted (Read more)

Feb 25

Outside China

China

- Chinese mainland reports 224 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 82 locally transmitted

Feb 24

China

- Chinese mainland reports 186 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 85 locally transmitted

- More than 3.1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered on Chinese mainland

Outside China

- Study: COVID may cause long-term cardiovascular ailments (Read more)

Feb 23 

Outside China

- Over 12.5m children in US infected with COVID-19 (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 205 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 90 locally transmitted

- HK to test all residents three times for coronavirus in March (Read more)

Feb 22

Outside China

- British PM announces end of COVID-19 restrictions despite criticism (Read more)

- Omicron detected in New York wastewater days before South Africa announcement (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 138 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 59 locally transmitted

- HK logs record 7,533 cases (Read more)

Feb 21

Outside China

- UK's Queen Elizabeth II positive for COVID-19 (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 144 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 71 locally transmitted (Read more)

Feb 20

China

- Chinese mainland reports 195 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 101 locally transmitted

Feb 19

China

- Chinese mainland reports 137 new COVID-19 cases, with 80 locally transmitted

Feb 18

China 

- Chinese mainland reports 87 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 40 locally transmitted

Feb 17

China

- Chinese mainland reports 92 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 35 locally transmitted (Read more)

Feb 16

China

- Chinese mainland reports 102 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 46 locally transmitted (Read more)

Feb 15

Outside China 

- Tunisia reports 2 cases of Omicron BA.2 variant

China

- Chinese mainland reports 80 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 40 locally transmitted (Read more)

Feb 14

Outside China

- Russia adds 197,949 daily COVID-19 cases

China

- Chinese mainland reports 84 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 26 locally transmitted (Read more)

Feb 13

Outside China

- Thousands protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Australian capital

China

- Chinese mainland reports 67 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 28 locally transmitted (Read more)

Feb 12

Outside China

- Africa moving toward control of virus (Read more)

- France to ease COVID-19 protocol in schools, drop mask mandate outdoors (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 99 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 40 locally transmitted (Read more)

Feb 11

Outside China

- World should support China's Zero-COVID policy: Bloomberg (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 101 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 56 locally transmitted (Read more)

Feb 10

Outside China 

- British PM unveils plan to end final COVID-19 restrictions this month (Read more)

- Massachusetts and New York State lift mask mandates (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 29 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 7 locally transmitted (Read more)

Feb 9

Outside China

- Global COVID-19 cases surpass 400 million: Johns Hopkins University

China

- Chinese mainland reports 110 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 73 locally transmitted (Read more)

- South China's Guangxi reports 72 new local COVID-19 cases (Read more)

Feb 8

Outside China

- UK approves Novavax's jab for novel coronavirus (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 105 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 65 locally transmitted (Read more)

Feb 7

Outside China

- Russia confirmed 180,071 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the highest daily rise to date

China

- Chinese mainland reports 79 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 45 locally transmitted (Read more)

- South China's Guangxi reports 37 new local COVID-19 cases (Read more)

- Beijing reports 3 new local COVID-19 cases (Read more)

Feb 6

Outside China

- Omicron causes fewer hospitalizations than Delta: study

China

- Chinese mainland reports 43 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 13 locally transmitted

Feb 5

Outside China

- US COVID-19 death toll tops 900,000

- US CDC recommends Moderna COVID-19 vaccine after FDA's full approval

- Omicron causes fewer hospitalizations than Delta: study

China

- Chinese mainland reports 27 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 9 locally transmitted

Feb 4

Outside China 

- Thai health authorities approve Sinovac, Sinopharm vaccines for use in children

China 

- Chinese mainland reports 29 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 12 locally transmitted

Feb 3

China

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

Feb 2

China

- Chinese mainland reports 63 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 36 locally transmitted

Feb 1

Outside China

- Over 3.5 mln child COVID-19 cases reported in US in January (Read more)

China

- Chinese mainland reports 66 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 27 locally transmitted

- The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on the Chinese mainland grew by 334,000 on Monday, with the total number now over 3 billion

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