Iran reports a record 27,444 new cases of
COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total of cases to 3,576,148.
(AP)
Iran imposes a week-long
lockdown in
Tehran and the surrounding
region in the province of
Alborz where all
bazaars, public offices, market places, restaurants, gyms, and movie theatres are closed, due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
(AP)
Laos reports a record 170 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 3,710.
(The Laotian Times)
Nyan Win, a senior advisor to ousted leader
Aung San Suu Kyi, dies in hospital after contracting COVID-19 in prison, amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country.
(Al Jazeera)
South KoreanPrime MinisterKim Boo-kyum and
Minister for National DefneseSuh Wook apologize for the outbreak of COVID-19 aboard the destroyer Munmu the Great off the coast of
Africa. Currently, nearly 250 of the 301 unvaccinated crew aboard the ship have contracted COVID-19. Prime Minister Kim says "I apologize for having failed to take better care of the health of our soldiers who devoted themselves to the country".
(Reuters)
Lockdown restrictions return in
South Australia after an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. Three Australian states, and roughly half the national population, are now under strict lockdowns.
(The Guardian)
Zimbabweanauthorities order compulsory vaccinations for
civil servants and also reduce the number of government workers to physically report for duty to 25% in an attempt to reduce the local transmission of COVID-19.
(RTÉ)
Taiwan announces that it will be opening a representative office in
Vilnius,
Lithuania. This comes amid warming relations between the two nations and the opening of a Lithuanian office in
Taipei. The office will be known as the Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania, making it the first
Taiwanese diplomatic mission in Europe to include Taiwan in its name.
(Taiwan News)
Blue Origin launches its first crew onboard its
New Shepard rocket to outer space. The mission was crewed by American
billionaire and Blue Origin founder
Jeff Bezos, his brother
Mark Bezos, pilot and
Mercury 13 candidate
Wally Funk and Dutch student
Oliver Daemen. Funk and Daemen respectively become the oldest and youngest people ever to travel to space.
(BBC News)
Iran reports a record 27,444 new cases of
COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total of cases to 3,576,148.
(AP)
Iran imposes a week-long
lockdown in
Tehran and the surrounding
region in the province of
Alborz where all
bazaars, public offices, market places, restaurants, gyms, and movie theatres are closed, due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
(AP)
Laos reports a record 170 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 3,710.
(The Laotian Times)
Nyan Win, a senior advisor to ousted leader
Aung San Suu Kyi, dies in hospital after contracting COVID-19 in prison, amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country.
(Al Jazeera)
South KoreanPrime MinisterKim Boo-kyum and
Minister for National DefneseSuh Wook apologize for the outbreak of COVID-19 aboard the destroyer Munmu the Great off the coast of
Africa. Currently, nearly 250 of the 301 unvaccinated crew aboard the ship have contracted COVID-19. Prime Minister Kim says "I apologize for having failed to take better care of the health of our soldiers who devoted themselves to the country".
(Reuters)
Lockdown restrictions return in
South Australia after an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. Three Australian states, and roughly half the national population, are now under strict lockdowns.
(The Guardian)
Zimbabweanauthorities order compulsory vaccinations for
civil servants and also reduce the number of government workers to physically report for duty to 25% in an attempt to reduce the local transmission of COVID-19.
(RTÉ)
Taiwan announces that it will be opening a representative office in
Vilnius,
Lithuania. This comes amid warming relations between the two nations and the opening of a Lithuanian office in
Taipei. The office will be known as the Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania, making it the first
Taiwanese diplomatic mission in Europe to include Taiwan in its name.
(Taiwan News)
Blue Origin launches its first crew onboard its
New Shepard rocket to outer space. The mission was crewed by American
billionaire and Blue Origin founder
Jeff Bezos, his brother
Mark Bezos, pilot and
Mercury 13 candidate
Wally Funk and Dutch student
Oliver Daemen. Funk and Daemen respectively become the oldest and youngest people ever to travel to space.
(BBC News)