Portal:Current events/2021 April 6

April 6, 2021 (2021-04-06) (Tuesday)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina
    • Argentina reports the highest infection toll since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, reporting a total of 20,870 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative tally to 2.4 million cases. (Olé)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
    • Bangladesh reports a record 7,213 new confirmed cases and 66 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 651,652 and the nationwide death toll to 9,384. (Business Standard)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario
      • Toronto will closes schools for in-person learning from tomorrow until April 18 and shifts the students into remote learning because a rising number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. (CP24)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic
    • The government approves a plan to reopen selected stores and lower grades elementary schools, as well as lifting the 9:00 p.m. curfew and limits of movement between districts beginning from April 12. (U.S. News and World Report)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in India
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi
      • The Delhi government imposes a curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. IST until April 30 amid the rising number of the COVID-19 cases in the union territory. (The Economic Times)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
    • Indonesia reports the first case of a more transmissible new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 nicknamed as "Eek", which contains the E484K mutation that can reduce the vaccine protection. (Reuters)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Mongolia
    • Mongolia reports a record 831 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 11,651. (AKIPress)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
    • The New Zealand government announces it will allow quarantine-free travel from Australia starting on 19 April, reestablishing two-way quarantine-free travel between the nations. (BBC)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
    • The Philippines reports a record 382 new deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 13,817. (ABS-CBN News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
    • South Africa signs a deal with Pfizer to supply 20 million doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine. The first batch expected to arrive in late April. (Independent Online)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Trinidad and Tobago
    • Prime Minister Keith Rowley tests positive for COVID-19. (Trinidad Express)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
    • Turkey reports a record 49,584 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 3.5 million. (Anadolu Agency)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
    • Ukraine signs a deal with Pfizer to supply 10 million doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine. (UNIAN)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
      • U.S. President Joe Biden announces to move the deadline for all states to make all adults eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine to April 19, instead of the original May 1. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• Politics of Vietnam
  • The National Assembly elects Võ Thị Ánh Xuân as the country's 15th Vice President, with 93.1% of the vote. She is the 6th consecutive woman to hold the post. (VnExpress)
• 2021 Dutch general election
  • Minister of State Herman Tjeenk Willink of the Labour Party is appointed as informateur for the next cabinet formation. (DutchNews.nl)

Sports

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, 2020 Summer Olympics
  • North Korea announces the country has withdrawn from participating in the Olympics citing COVID-19 concerns. (The New York Times)

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