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****[[Kyrgyzstan]] reaches past 100,000 cases of [[COVID-19]]. [http://en.kabar.kg/news/kyrgyzstans-covid-19-cases-exceed-100-000-mark/ (Kabar)] |
****[[Kyrgyzstan]] reaches past 100,000 cases of [[COVID-19]]. [http://en.kabar.kg/news/kyrgyzstans-covid-19-cases-exceed-100-000-mark/ (Kabar)] |
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****[[Malaysia]] reports a record 44 new fatalities from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, |
****[[Malaysia]] reports a record 44 new fatalities from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including one foreigner. It brings the nationwide [[COVID-19 pandemic deaths|death toll]] to 1,866. [https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/05/15/health-ministry-malaysias-daily-covid-19-cases-remain-above-4000-with-most/1974318 (''Malay Mail'')] |
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****The [[Taiwan]]ese [[Government of Taiwan|government]] raises a alert level for [[Taipei]] and [[New Taipei City]] to level 3 for two weeks, which means limit gatherings to five people indoors and 10 people outdoors, avoid non-essential travel and must [[Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic|wearing mask]] outside homes. It comes after a record 180 new COVID-19 cases are reported in the past 24 hours. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/taiwan-coronavirus-surge-measures/2021/05/15/e3b1836e-b544-11eb-a980-a60af976ed44_story.html (''The Washington Post'')] |
****The [[Taiwan]]ese [[Government of Taiwan|government]] raises a alert level for [[Taipei]] and [[New Taipei City]] to level 3 for two weeks, which means limit gatherings to five people indoors and 10 people outdoors, avoid non-essential travel and must [[Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic|wearing mask]] outside homes. It comes after a record 180 new COVID-19 cases are reported in the past 24 hours. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/taiwan-coronavirus-surge-measures/2021/05/15/e3b1836e-b544-11eb-a980-a60af976ed44_story.html (''The Washington Post'')] |
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Revision as of 13:48, 15 May 2021
May 15, 2021 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
- The death toll in Gaza from the Israeli airstrikes rise to 140 people killed, including thirty-nine children. A second refugee camp is also bombed, after another was struck yesterday resulting in multiple casualties. At least 950 others are wounded, while two protesters are killed in the West Bank. The headquarters of many journals, including Al Jazeera, is destroyed in Gaza by being bombed. A man dies in Ramat Gan, in central Israel, during a rocket attack, bringing the death toll there to 9. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Kyrgyzstan
- Kyrgyzstan reaches past 100,000 cases of COVID-19. (Kabar)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
- Malaysia reports a record 44 new fatalities from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including one foreigner. It brings the nationwide death toll to 1,866. (Malay Mail)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
- The Taiwanese government raises a alert level for Taipei and New Taipei City to level 3 for two weeks, which means limit gatherings to five people indoors and 10 people outdoors, avoid non-essential travel and must wearing mask outside homes. It comes after a record 180 new COVID-19 cases are reported in the past 24 hours. (The Washington Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Kyrgyzstan
- COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia
- Slovakia lifts its national state of emergency that has been in force since October as the number of COVID-19 cases declined. It means the end of curfew and nationwide restrictions on gatherings. (The Slovak Spectator)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
Science and technology
- Chinese space program
- China National Space Administration rover Zhurong successfully lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars, making China the third nation on Earth to achieve a soft landing on the red planet. (BBC)