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2021 Myanmar protests
- Myanmar security forces begin violently dispersing anti-coup protesters and clearing makeshift road blocks, killing a total of 18 protesters in several cities. More than 30 others are wounded by live rounds, and several have been arrested. (Al Jazeera)
- Chadian security forces raid the home of opposition leader Yaya Dillo Djérou in N'Djamena, killing five of his relatives, including his mother and son. A government statement states that the raid was an operation to arrest Dillo. Two other people are also killed and five are wounded in the ensuing fight. (Al Jazeera)
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COVID-19 pandemic
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COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
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COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
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COVID-19 vaccination in Australia
- Australia receives their first shipment of 300,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine. (ABC Australia)
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COVID-19 vaccination in Australia
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COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
- Auckland enters alert level 3 lockdown for seven days, with the rest of the country entering alert level 2. This comes after a new COVID-19 case of unknown origin was detected. (NZ Herald)
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COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
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COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
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COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
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COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom
- The number of people who have received their first dose of the vaccine in the United Kingdom reaches 20 million, making it the fastest vaccination program in Europe. (The Independent)
- The United Kingdom reports their first cases of the Lineage P.1 variant first detected in Brazil in three people from England and three people from Scotland. (BBC)
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COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom
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COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
- Prime Minister Viktor Orban receives the first dose of the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine. (AFP via Barron's)
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COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
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COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
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COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
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COVID-19 vaccination in the Philippines
- The Philippines receives its first shipment of 600,000 doses of the Sinovac CoronaVac donated by China. (AP)
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COVID-19 vaccination in the Philippines
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COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
- Iran surpasses 60,000 deaths from COVID-19, the highest death toll of a Middle Eastern country. (Al-Arabiya English)
- Iran receives their first shipment of 250,000 doses of the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine. (Tasnim News Agency)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
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COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
- Malaysia surpasses 300,000 cases of COVID-19. (New Straits Times)
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COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
- Thailand begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine. Government ministers and health workers are among the first to receive doses of the vaccine. (Bloomberg)
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COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
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COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
- President Cyril Ramaphosa announces that South Africa's alert level will be lowered to level one effective midnight following a decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases. (Timeslive)
- South Africa signs an agreement with Johnson & Johnson to secure 11 million doses of their vaccine. (Reuters)
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COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- The Centers for Disease Control's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends Johnson & Johnson's single-shot vaccine for people over the age of 18, a day after the Food and Drug Administration approved the emergency use of the vaccine. (CBS News)
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COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
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Hong Kong national security law
- Police charge 47 out of the 55 arrested last month during a mass raid with "subversion". Those charged include Professor Benny Tai, former legislator James To, activist and district councillor Lester Shum and League of Social Democrats politicians and activists Leung Kwok-hung and Jimmy Sham, who was particularly defiant in court. (BBC)
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2020–2021 Thai protests
- Sixteen protestors are wounded after police use tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets on pro-democracy protesters near the residence of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha in Bangkok. (Al Jazeera)
- Police in Kazakhstan arrest 50 protesters who were calling for the release of political prisoners in line with a resolution passed by the European Parliament. (Al Jazeera)