Portal:Current events/2021 March 11

March 11, 2021 (2021-03-11) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2021 Myanmar protests
  • Seven protesters are killed when security forces open fire at an anti-coup protest. (Al Jazeera)
• 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis
  • Israel–Iran proxy conflict
    • U.S. and Arab officials disclose a clandestine Israeli naval operation against vessels in the Persian Gulf, Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea carrying Iranian oil and weaponry to Syria since 2019. At least 12 Iranian vessels have been bombed with limpet mines, according to U.S. officials. (The Wall Street Journal)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
    • U.S. President Joe Biden signs the $1.9 trillion relief package into law. (CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Cairo clothing factory fire
  • At least 20 people are killed and 24 others injured by a fire at a clothing factory in Cairo, Egypt. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia
      • Cambodia reports the first death from COVID-19 in a 50-year-old man who was a driver for a Chinese man in Sihanoukville, who was involved in the N8 club in Phnom Penh. (Khmer Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
      • Iran receives a shipment of 150,000 doses of Indian Covaxin vaccine. (The Times of India)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the State of Palestine
      • Gaza Strip receives 40,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine from the United Arab Emirates. (Ynet News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
      • The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency extends the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to people aged 65 and older as overseas trials show its effectiveness. (The Korea Herald)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus
      • Belarus reports their first case of the Lineage B.1.1.7 of SARS-CoV-2, which originated in the United Kingdom. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark
      • Danish Health Authority temporarily suspends the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for two weeks as a "precaution" following reports that some vaccinated people had experienced blood clots, causing one person to die after receiving the vaccine. It has not been determined whether there is a link between the vaccine and the clots. (CNBC)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
      • Hungary reports a record 8,312 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 489,172. (Hungary Today)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Italy
        • Italian Medicines Agency bans a batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as a precautionary measure following suspected death of two people, including 43-year-old serviceman, who had been vaccinated. (Ansamed)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden
      • Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden and Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland are test positive for COVID-19. (The Local Sweden)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Benin
    • Benin receives a shipment of 144,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from India through COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative. (Ecofin Agency)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Rwanda
    • Rwandan President Paul Kagame becomes the first head of state in East Africa to receive the doses of COVID-19 vaccine. (Africanews)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota
      • Minnesota reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant of SARS-CoV-2, which originated in South Africa, in a Twin Cities-area resident in their 40s who became ill on January 24 and was tested positive on January 29. (AP)

Law and crime

• 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis
  • Former Catalan government's member Meritxell Serret surrends to the Supreme Court after three years in self-imposed exile in Belgium following the declaration of independence in 2017 and her imputation of a crime of disobedience. The magistrate declines the national search and arrest warrant against her and releases her after declaring. (Washington Post)

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