Portal:Current events/2021 April 6

April 6, 2021 (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)
Arkansas is the first U.S. state to ban transitional care for transgender minors. (The Independent)

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)