Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian civil war
Ten oil workers are killed and another is injured during an ISIL attack on a bus in Deir ez-Zor, Syria. (Reuters)
2021 Solomon Islands unrest
The New Zealand Defence Force and Police travel to Honiara, Solomon Islands, in order to help stabilize the country and maintain peace after days of rioting, looting and unrest that killed three people. (RNZ)
Health and environment
COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka
India reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in two foreigners who travelled to Karnataka. (NDTV)
COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, COVID-19 vaccination in the Philippines
The Philippine Department of Health announces that all adults over the age of 18 years can receive a booster dose at least six months after receiving their second dose or a least three months after receiving their single dose. (Rappler)
COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
Singapore reports its first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in two fully vaccinated people, age 44 and 41, who returned from Johannesburg. (The Straits Times)
COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
South Korea reports a record for the second consecutive day of 5,266 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 457,612. (Anadolu Agency)
Greece reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a man who travelled from South Africa to Crete. (Ekathimerini)
COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 drug development
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency approves GSK and Vir Biotechnology's sotrovimab antibody treatment, after a clinical trial found that the treatment reduced the risk of hospital admission and death by 79% in vulnerable adults if administered within five days of symptoms developing. (The Guardian)
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota
Minnesota reports its first case of the Omicron variant in a person who traveled from New York City. (KSTP-TV)