Health & Medicine in the 21st century

363 sourced entries, 2000 CE to 2025 CE, oldest first. Also see Health & Medicine across every century or everything else in the 21st century.

20002 March - Imbarek Shamekh is appointed Secretary of the General People's Committee.Libya source
2000May 5 – After originating in the Philippines, the ILOVEYOU computer virus spreads quickly throughout the world.source
2000May 11 – India's population reaches 1 billion.source
20005 June - The Obasanjo administration establishes the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to tackle the human and ecological issues in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria.Nigeria source
2000June 16 census: Population: 428,079Cape Verde source
200026 July – Bangladesh announces closure of academic institutions over Dengue epidemic.Bangladesh source
2000October 1 - The ban on brothels is lifted.Netherlands source
2000October 8 – Koronadal becomes a component city in the province of South Cotabato through ratification of Republic Act 8803.Philippines source
2000October 10 - A three-day cease-fire is called to allow UN medical officers to continue providing polio vaccinations for children displaced by the fighting. A massive campaign to immunize approximately 4.5 million children in Afghanistan, one of only 30 countries where the disease still exists, began in early June.Afghanistan source
2000Last case of Polio recorded in Iraq.Iraq source
2001January 5 – In Patras, Greece, while attempting to board a ship bound for Italy, more than 20 Iraqi Kurds clashed with 15 Afghans. Eight were injured and taken to a hospital for treatment. The rest were arrested by the authorities.Afghanistan source
2001January 16 – The final documented case of the 2000–2001 Uganda ebola outbreak is diagnosed.source
2001February 19 – The 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak begins.source
2001March 2 – The Finnish Medical Association began a doctors' strike that lasted until August 18th.Finland source
200121 March – First case of foot and mouth disease discoveredNetherlands source
200112 April – Police crack down on student protesters, demanding greater freedom of speech. This leaves 50 students hospitalised.Ethiopia source
2001UN says thousands of Albanians are being poisoned by fatal toxins in their environment, urges international community to help.Albania source
2001May 31 – Research into Crohn's disease confirms that it is identified with mutation of the NOD2 gene.source
2001July 2 – The world's first self-contained artificial heart is implanted in Robert Tools in the United States.source
2001July – The largest ever recorded outbreak of Legionnaires' disease occurs in Murcia, Spain. 449 cases are confirmed, with more than 800 suspected ones.source
2001September 18 – The 2001 anthrax attacks begin in the United States, which cause five fatalities and 17 other infections.source
2001September 24 – A tornado outbreak tears through the eastern United States, causing two deaths and 57 injuries, and causing damages of $105 million.source
20011 November – Allan Simonsen replaces Paul Philipp as coach of the Luxembourg national football team.Luxembourg source
2001November 15 – Microsoft enters the gaming console market with the release of the Xbox, a sixth-generation gaming console, in the United States.source
2001November 26 - The government declares a national state of emergency.Nepal source
2001Anthrax-infected letters, the first in Asia, are sent to the Karachi office of the Jang newspaper; there are no casualties.Pakistan source
2001December 8 – An ebola outbreak is confirmed in Gabon.source
20021 January – The government of Bangladesh banned the sale of polyethylene bags in the capital, Dhaka, for environmental reasons.Bangladesh source
200230 January – Journalist Orlando Sierra Hernández is shot in the head twice while walking with his daughter in Manizales, Caldas. He dies in the hospital the following day.Colombia source
2002The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimated that 55,000 people at one Spinboldak camp were Kochi.Afghanistan source
2002April 28 – Two Jewish settlers are arrested attempting to place a bomb at the Maqasid Hospital, Jerusalem.Israel source
2002May 27 – State of emergency is extended for three months through royal ordinance.Nepal source
2002July 11 – The first synthetic virus is announced after being successfully created and tested at Stony Brook University.source
20028 August – Judge Datuk James Foong of the Kuala Lumpur High Court, Wisma Denmark, Jalan Ampang, decides that seven out of the ten people being sued by 60 residents, relatives and families of the Highland Towers collapse tragedy were negligent.Malaysia source
200230 September – ElderShield is launched as an insurance plan for those with severe disabilities. It will pay S$300 over 5 years.Singapore source
2002October 4 – The genome sequences for malaria carriers anopheles gambiae and plasmodium falciparum are published.source
200221 October – The results of the 2001 census are released, showing a 5.0% rise in the national population to 10,356,117 since the last census in 1991.Portugal source
2002October 31 – Belarus restricts religious activity outside of the Belarusian Orthodox Church with a new law.source
2002November 16 – 2002–2004 SARS outbreak: The first case of the Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic, a zoonosis caused by a coronavirus, is recorded in Guangdong province of south China.source
2003February 10 - Mayor Haaksman of the Delfzijl resigns amidst allegations of affairs, crises and scandals in his municipality. Former minister Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink is placed as interim mayor shortly here after .Netherlands source
2003February 26 – The first SARS patient in Vietnam hospitalized.Vietnam source
2003March 12 – The World Health Organization issues a global alert on SARS when it spreads to Hong Kong and Vietnam after originating in Mainland China.source
2003In Washington, D.C., Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Dana Rohrabacherintroduced the Access for Afghan Women Act into the United States Congress. The intention of the bill was to lay out a roadmap for incorporating women into Afghanistan's development process. Such incorporation would be achieved through funding organizations such as the Ministry of Women's Affairs (MOWA) and the National Human Rights Commission.Afghanistan source
2003Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, orders all UN personnel to leave Iraq.Iraq source
200310 May: The first confirmed SARS case is reported in Finland. A man who had been visiting Toronto is now being treated at Turku University Hospital.Finland source
2003May 10: The Seoul National University Bundang Hospital begins its first treatment.South Korea source
2003May 15 – Contact with infected prairie dogs causes the first outbreak of human mpox in the Western Hemisphere. Cases continue until June 11.source
200319 June: The retired's welfare administration, PAMI, is placed under temporal state surveillance to investigate corruption.Argentina source
2003July 5 – SARS is declared to be contained by the World Health Organization.source
2003September 11 – The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety comes into effect.source
2003Northern Ireland population estimated to be 1,702,600Northern Ireland source
2004February 21 – The U.S. permits the Red Cross to visit Saddam Hussein for first time since his capture in December.Iraq source
200418 March - President John Kufuor launches National Health Insurance Scheme.Ghana source
2004April 14 – Poland bans the use of chlorofluorocarbons.source
2004Doctors Without Borders announced it was withdrawing its staff from Afghanistan because of security concerns.Afghanistan source
2004XV International AIDS Conference, 2004 was held from July 11 to July 16 in Bangkok.Thailand source
2004September 30 – Painkiller Vioxx is pulled from the market due to a potential doubling of heart attack risk.source
2004November 21 – Nintendo releases the Nintendo DS handheld game console in North America.source
2004Bangladesh also made its Paralympic début at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. The country was represented by a single athlete competing in one sport, and did not win a medal.Bangladesh source
2004Kuwaiti Premier League 2003–04.Kuwait source
2004Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine 2004: Hans Clevers and Alec J. JeffreysSwitzerland source
2004H5N1 bird flu killed 20 people. 44 million birds were destroyed.Vietnam source
2005January 1 – Jeanna Giese from Wisconsin, United States, comes home from the hospital and officially becomes the first person to ever survive rabies without a vaccination.source
20052 January – Over 50,000 people demonstrate in the capital of Addis Ababa against government plans to renew talks on the border with Eritrea.Ethiopia source
2005January 28 - An outbreak of meningitis occurs in a community of refugees from Darfur.Chad source
2005March 23 - Muammar al-Gaddafi states that he is not going to pardon five Bulgarian nurses that face a death penalty accused of injecting children with the HIV.Libya source
2005April 22 – Rumors abound that a nuclear test by North Korea may be imminent, and that the United States is urging the People's Republic of China to pressure North Korea not to do so.North Korea source
2005May 15 - Andijan is sealed shut by the government with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw telling the BBC that there has been a "clear abuse of human rights" in Uzbekistan.Uzbekistan source
2005May 27 - The King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, has been taken to hospital, overtly for tests; however, the BBC quotes an unofficial source who claims the King has water in his lungs.Saudi Arabia source
2005November 7 - Sierra Leone Health and Sanitation, Abator Thomas says that polio has been eradicated in the country, following a successful immunization program.Sierra Leone source
2005November 13 – Andrew Stimpson, a 25-year-old Scottish man, is reported as the first person proven to have been 'cured' of HIV.source
2005November 21 – Ministry of Public Security abolished the regulation that each person could only register one motorbike.Vietnam source
2005November 30 – Surgeons in France carry out the first human face transplant with Isabelle Dinoire becoming the first person to undergo it.source
2005December 16 – Find-a-drug medical distributed computing project is concluded.source
2006March 27: Newspaper Rakyat Merdeka publishes a cartoon depicting the Australian prime minister and foreign minister as copulating dingoes in response to the West Papuan refugee crisisIndonesia source
2006A curfew originally imposed during the 1972 mass killings of Hutus is lifted after over 3 decades.Burundi source
2006May 25 - Scientists confirm the theory that HIV originated among wild chimpanzees in Cameroon.Cameroon source
2006June 22 - Mahendra Chaudhry warns that the Fiji Labour Party will withdraw from the coalition government if government programs continue to be biased towards indigenous Fijians.Fiji source
2006June – Medications such as praziquantel and ivermectin are distributed across the country to aide in prevention of intestinal parasites and related diseases.Burkina Faso source
2006July 8 - The Nigerian government announces it will lay off over 33,000 of 160,000 civil servants before 2007.Nigeria source
2006July 31 – The humanitarian assistance rendered by the Armenian government has been delivered to Lebanon via Syria. The 7.5-ton humanitarian cargo includes 52 types of medical products and first-aid means.Armenia source
2006November 1 - Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko: Litvinenko, former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service and critic of the Putin administration, is poisoned with Polonium-210. He dies of acute radiation syndrome on 23 November, causing widespread accusations that the Russian government was behind the poisoning.source
2006December 23 – 23 students were required to retake exams after High School Graduation Examination scandal in Hà Tây province.Vietnam source
2007January 14 – Rift Valley Fever outbreak in northeastern Kenya has reached a death toll of 95, out of 248 reported cases. Most affected are Garissa, Wajir, Ijara and Tana River districts. Several international and domestic health organisations have provided vaccines and other aid to overcome the outbreak.Kenya source
2007July 10: The Gadhafi Foundation announces a deal has been reached with families of more than 400 children infected with HIV in the case of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor.Bulgaria source
2007July 24 – Five Bulgarian nurses are released from Libyan prison after eight and a half years spent behind bars in Benghazi and Tripoli, marking the end of the so-called "HIV trial in Libya".source
2007August 27 - Pending arbitration by the International Trade Union Confederation, Chadian Union leaders suspend a strike by the country's civil servants which has disrupted public schools and hospitals since its beginning in May.Chad source
20071 September – International aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières has accused Ethiopia of denying it access to the country's eastern Ogaden region.Ethiopia source
20072 September – Sudan postpones a census that is a crucial for the success of two national elections.Sudan source
2007September 20: Government of Togo increases campaign for vaccination against Yellow feverTogo source
2007September 22: Several hundred Buddhist monks marched through Burma's second largest city Mandalay as activists urged people to join the protests against the ruling military junta.Myanmar source
2007October 10 – Valve Software releases The Orange Box on Windows and Xbox 360.source
200716 November – Paulo Wanchope, one of the country's most successful footballers ever, announced his retirement from the game.Costa Rica source
2008January 2: The Federatie Eredivisie Basketball of the Netherlands Basketball Association takes BC Omniworld of Almere out of the Eredivisie. The club had gone into administration.Netherlands source
2008January 9: food export ban from Santo Antão due to the agricultural pest, the Cape Verdean millipede (Spinotarsus caboverdus), liftedCape Verde source
2008February 1 – Minister of health announces the country is at major risk for a Meningitis outbreak due to lack of preparation.Burkina Faso source
200815 February – Naziha Salim, 81, Iraqi painter, complications from a stroke.Iraq source
2008June 25: Algeria is experiencing a shortage of 25 important medicines including those which treat blood pressure, gynecology, and heart disease.Algeria source
2008July 7 – Vice-Chancellor, Finance Minister and Chair of the Austrian People's Party Wilhelm Molterer resigns from the governing grand coalition (led by the Social Democratic Party of Austria) and calls for re-elections.Austria source
20085–6 June – 2008 Poland tornado outbreak; 4 fatalities.Poland source
2008November 10: International Association of Doctors for the Promotion of Education and Health in Africa begins campaign to provide disadvantaged populations with free healthcareTogo source
2008November 19 – Claudia Castillo of Spain becomes the first person to have a successful trachea transplant using a tissue-engineered organ.source
2009January – Start of an meningitis outbreak in four West African countries, including Nigeria.Nigeria source
2009April 27 – Due to the 2009 swine flu pandemic, Azerbaijan severed the import of animal husbandry goods from the United States. The country also introduced sanitary inspections at railroads and in Heydar Aliyev International Airport. All swine-breeding farms were subjected to strict prophylactic control.Azerbaijan source
2009May 25 – North Korea announces that it has conducted a second successful nuclear test in North Hamgyong Province. The United Nations Security Council condemns the reported test.source
2009May 31 – First H1N1 case in VietnamVietnam source
2009June 11 – The outbreak of the H1N1 influenza strain, commonly referred to as "swine flu", is deemed a global pandemic.source
2009June 20: Algeria's initial case of swine flu has been detected at Houari Boumediene Airport. The sick woman is an Algerian national who resides in Frankfurt, Germany and came to Algiers from Miami, Florida. She was conveyed to El Kettar Hospital for treatment.Algeria source
2009July 3 – First Swine Flu case was confirmed by a female from AustraliaCroatia source
2009July 28 - AIDS campaigners and human rights groups accuse the Cambodian government of herding HIV-affected families into an "Aids colony" outside Phnom Penh.Cambodia source
2009August 24- Long-distance buses and matatus are banned for entering the Nairobi CBD, in order to reduce traffic congestionsKenya source
2009September 21 – China becomes the first country to succeed a completed clinical trial by a company for the 2009/H1N1 vaccine in the world during the swine flu pandemic.source
2009October 18 - A Rwandan doctor working in a French hospital is suspended after a nurse locates an Internet Interpol arrest warrant, accusing him of a 1994 "genocide, war crimes".Rwanda source
201010 January – 18th Final of The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (for the second time for children with oncological diseases), oncology clinics for retrofitting the highly specialized equipment.Poland source
2010January 19: A report transmitted by the Pasteur Institute to the Algerian Ministry of Health, Population, and Hospital Reform stated the results of their technical and administrative report on the H1N1 vaccine Arepanrix. Produced by Glaxo Smith Kline, and imported to Algeria, the four lots were approved by the Pasteur Institute.Algeria source
201012 February – President Compaoré announces a plan to lift financial barriers to family planning to lower the maternal mortality rate within the country.Burkina Faso source
2010April 17 – Abdul Rahman Ahmed Jibril Baroud, c.73, Palestinian poet, heart attack.Palestine source
2010April 30 - Dick Wathika (PNU) is set to lose his parliamentary seat after a court nullified the 2007 election results of Makadara Constituency citing irregularities.Kenya source
2010July 25 – Nguyễn Trường Tô was expelled from the Communist Party of Vietnam for having "unhealthy relationship" with a prostitute.Vietnam source
2010August 10 – The World Health Organization declares the H1N1 influenza pandemic over, saying worldwide flu activity has returned to typical seasonal patterns.source
2010September 15 – The United Nations Security Council extends the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia by one year.Liberia source
2010Chad continues to struggle against a Cholera outbreak, hitting 5,000 total recorded cases in the country.Chad source
2011Thousands of refugees flee Ivory Coast to neighbouring countries; at least 18,000 of them to Liberia.Ivory Coast source
2011February 4 - A new centre to help rape victims in the Democratic Republic of the Congo opens in the eastern city of Bukavu.Democratic Republic of the Congo source
2011April 17 – The 2011 PlayStation Network outage begins, becoming one of the largest data breaches ever recorded, and exposing personal data from 77 million accounts on the platform. The outage lasted 23 days.source
2011April 25–28 – The 2011 Super Outbreak forms in the Southern, Midwest and Eastern United States with a tornado count of 362; killing 324 and injuring over 2,200.source
2011April–May – Thousands of Hmong people protested in Mường Nhé.Vietnam source
2011June 9 - Cheaper new meningitis vaccinations reduce cases in Africa, with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger recording the lowest number of cases.Niger source
2011June 15: Healthcare providers begin strike in protest of governmentTogo source
2011June 28 – The Food and Agriculture Organization announces the eradication of the cattle plague rinderpest from the world.source
2011Cholera continues to ravage the populations of Chad, as well as other countries neighboring Lake Chad.Chad source
2011October 3 - Hilton Baku Hotel Complex was opened by the participation of Ilham Aliyev.Azerbaijan source
2011October 31 – Date selected by the UN as the symbolic date when global population reached seven billion.source
2011Paul Karađorđević, prince and regent of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was rehabilitated.Serbia source
2012January 20 - The Yemeni government modifies a new bill that would have granted legal immunity to aides of outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh.Yemen source
2012May 18: Human rights groups speak out against unsanitary conditions of the Lomé prison which led to prisoner deathsTogo source
2012June 6 – 2012 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak first identified.source
2012June 28 – Vice President Joseph Boakai launches the 2012 Comprehensive Food Security And Nutrition Survey in Paynesville.Liberia source
2012June 29: Mater Dei Hospital celebrated its 5 Year anniversary as the general hospital in Malta.Malta source
20121 November: Yellow fever kills 32 people and sickens at least 50 more in the Darfur region of Sudan.Sudan source
2012December 10 – The Séléka overthrows the government of the Central African Republic which leads to the outbreak of a Civil war.source
201220 December – The British government sets to send aid to ease hunger crisis of countries in the Sahel region.Burkina Faso source
2012December 30 - The development concept “Azerbaijan 2020: a look into the future” was adopted by the decree of Ilham AliyevAzerbaijan source
2012According to the State Statistics Service, in September, for the first time in 19 years, the population of Ukraine increased;Ukraine source
2013January 21 – The Health Minister of Chad announces that 38 children have been hospitalized after getting vaccinated against Meningitis.Chad source
2013January 24 - The first Data Innovation Day, a day designed to raise awareness on how increased use of information can benefit individuals from the public and private sector, takes place.Ghana source
2013January 31 - Armenian politician Paruyr Hayrikyan is shot in his right clavicle and taken to a hospital in Yerevan, during his bid for the presidency.Armenia source
201331 January – A new law prohibiting hunting for sport was signed by President Laura Chinchilla. The law set fines of up to ₡1.5 million for sport hunting and up to ₡900,000 for wildlife trafficking.Costa Rica source
2013February 21 – American scientists use a 3D printer to create a living lab-grown ear from collagen and animal ear cell cultures. In the future, it is hoped that similar ears could be grown to order as transplants for human patients with ear trauma or amputation.source
2013February 28 – Acting Monrovia Mayor Mary Broh resigns amidst controversy.Liberia source
2013November 21 - A Prague nursing school issues a hijab ban, coursing some controversy.Czech Republic source
201325 November – Marian Kotleba of People's Party Our Slovakia wins the election of Governor of Banská Bystrica Region. Kotleba's win was described as a "shock" by political analysts, who attributed it to deep anti-Romani sentiments in the region.Slovakia source
2013December 1 – A new building of the Nazarbayev Center was opened.Kazakhstan source
2014January 1: Malta issued Public Transport changes. New buses were added later onMalta source
2014February 13 – Belgium becomes the first country in the world to legalise euthanasia for terminally ill patients of any age.source
2014February – The West African Ebola virus epidemic begins, infecting at least 28,616 people and killing at least 11,310 people, the most severe both in terms of numbers of infections and casualties.source
2014March 23 - The United Nations Children's Fund reports that an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus that has so far claimed the lives of 59 victims has spread from southern Guinea to the capital Conakry.Guinea source
2014April 30 — the Sultan of Brunei has announced a controversial new penal code that will eventually include stoning, amputation, and flogging as punishments; as 'Phase one' of Islamic law.Brunei source
20141 May – The first-ever outbreak of chikungunya in the Caribbean reaches epidemic levels.Jamaica source
2014May 5 – The World Health Organization identifies the spread of poliomyelitis in at least 10 countries as a major worldwide health emergency.source
2014May 29 - Medical teams from the World Health Organization and Doctors Without Borders arrive in Sierra Leone to deal with an outbreak of Ebola virus.Sierra Leone source
2014August 8 – The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the Ebola outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.source
2014September 12 - Cuba announces plans to send 165 medical staff to West Africa to help combat the Ebola virus outbreak that has claimed more than 2,400 lives.Cuba source
2014October 27 - An outbreak of cholera kills 51.Niger source
2014November 1 – Bangladesh faces a nationwide blackout.source
2014November 21 - The World Health Organization reports that an outbreak of bubonic plague in Madagascar has killed 40 people.Madagascar source
201512 January - The death toll from the poisoned beer rises to at least 69, with 169 in hospital. Reports also question whether the poison involved was actually crocodile bile; several studies have indicated that the substance is relatively harmless. The competing theory is that the actual poison may have been cardiac glycosides found in local plants.Mozambique source
201513 February - Sierra Leone quarantines 700 homes in the Aberdeen district of Freetown following the death of a fisherman.Sierra Leone source
2015February – The Ganja Law, or Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2015, was passed by Jamaica's Houses of Parliament.Jamaica source
2015March 30 – The People's Republic of China evacuates its citizens from Yemen due to concerns over declining security and also suspends anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden.Yemen source
2015April 29 – The World Health Organization (WHO) declares that rubella has been eradicated from the Americas.source
2015May 23 - President Thein Sein signs the Population Control Health Care Bill requiring parents to space each child apart by three years.Myanmar source
2015June 23 - A cholera outbreak is declared after 171 people are infected while 18 people die from it.South Sudan source
2015June 30 – Cuba becomes the first country in the world to eradicate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.source
2015October 3 – A United States airstrike on a Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) hospital in Afghanistan kills an estimated 20 people.source
2015December 24 - At least 25 people have been killed and 107 injured in a fire at a hospital in Jizan, Saudi Arabia.Saudi Arabia source
201529 December: For the first time since March 2014, Guinea is declared free from Ebola virus transmissions by the World Health Organization.Guinea source
2016January 14 - Thousands of Moldovans march the streets in protest against proposed candidate for Prime Minister Vlad Plahotniuc.Moldova source
201620 January – 2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreakAngola source
2016January 20 — Heart surgery was performed to President of Latvia Raimonds VējonisLatvia source
2016January 28 – The World Health Organization announces an outbreak of the Zika virus.source
201630 January – Jamaican health officials confirm the country's first case of the Zika virus in a 4-year-old child who recently returned from a trip to Texas.Jamaica source
20164 February: Tonga declares a Zika virus epidemic with two confirmed cases and 265 suspected cases.Tonga source
201626 May – The Cameroonian government announces the reappearance of the H5N1 Influenza virus in the country, reporting that at least 15,000 birds have been killed by the virus since 22 May.Cameroon source
2016August 17 - The governments of Australia and Papua New Guinea confirm the closure of Manus Regional Processing Centre following a request by the supreme court.Papua New Guinea source
2016December 22 – A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus between 70 and 100% effective, thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.source
2016Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes) by Juan Daniel F. Molero.Peru source
201727 January – A Czech court rules in favour of a nursing school that banned a Somali refugee student from wearing a headscarf.Czech Republic source
201725 March - Despite bans on protests, hundreds protest in Minsk against a so-called "social parasites" tax on the unemployed.Belarus source
2017April 15 – Emma Morano, an Italian supercentenarian, becomes the last known person born in the 19th century to die.source
201722 April 2017 to 1 July 2017 – 2017 Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola virus outbreakDemocratic Republic of the Congo source
2017April 25 - Saudi Arabia is elected to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women along with eleven other countries despite "being ranked by human rights experts as one of the worst for gender equality".Saudi Arabia source
201725 April – Tanzania expelled UNDP head Awa Dobo, possibly because of alleged criticisms of a controversial election in Zanzibar.Tanzania source
2017June 25 – The World Health Organization estimates that the 2016–17 Yemen cholera outbreak has over 200,000 cases.source
201725 June – The World Health Organization estimates that Yemen has more than 200,000 cases of Cholera.Yemen source
201719 July – Pharmacies begin selling cannabis for recreational use, making Uruguay the first country to establish a nationwide legal retail market for the drug.Uruguay source
201724 September: The White House announces that citizens of Chad will be restricted from travelling to the United States.Chad source
2018January 5 – Maduro ordered the closure of the borders with the islands of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire.Venezuela source
2018January 20–22 – The US government enters a federal government shutdown as a result of a dispute over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.source
201824 January – Tsz-kei Lau, the president of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) Students' Union, and Andrew Lok-hang Chan, a fifth-year student at the HKBU School of Chinese Medicine, are suspended for violating the students' code of conduct, until a disciplinary investigation into their protest on 17 January is complete. Over 10 students, including Lau and Chan, protested at the Language Centre for 8 hours, and demanded more transparency in an exemption test for an otherwise mandatory Putonghua course. A video clip later showed Lau speaking profanity to staff members.Hong Kong source
2018January - Large protests over environmental and development issues, thousands of people protested in Sofia opposing plans to expand a ski resort in Pirin National Park.Bulgaria source
2018March 26 – More than 100 Russian diplomats are expelled by more than 20 countries in the wake of the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal.source
201823 April - As the death toll reaches 24, President Ortega cancels his reforms.Nicaragua source
20181 May – Georgia implements new smoking regulations, banning smoking in public places and imposing restrictions on selling and advertising of tobacco products.Georgia source
2018May 25 – The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect, imposing strict privacy controls for European citizens worldwide.source
2018June 19 – Canada becomes the first major industrialised country to legalise cannabis for recreational use. The Bill which legalises cannabis took effect on October 17.source
2018June 20 – After widespread criticism, US President Donald Trump signs an executive order suspending his zero-tolerance family separation policies, though thousands of undocumented children were never reunited with their families even after the policy was suspended.source
2018July 24 - Law Minister Sher Bahadur Tamang resigns after making controversial remarks regarding female medical students in Bangladesh.Nepal source
2018August 1 – The 2018 Kivu Ebola outbreak begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It becomes the second-deadliest outbreak of the Ebola virus on November 29, surpassed only by the 2013 West African Ebola virus epidemic.source
2018August 20 – 15 year old Swedish pupil Greta Thunberg starts to stay out of school in an attempt to give attention to the climate change issue.source
2018October 5 - János Volner expelled from Jobbik. Erik Fülöp and István Apáti also leaves.Hungary source
2018October 15 – Katie Meyler steps down as CEO of More Than Me; the Liberian charity and Liberian government announce investigations and pledge support for the sexual abuse victims.Liberia source
2018November 28 – Chinese scientist He Jiankui, at a public conference in Hong Kong, announces that he has altered the DNA of twin human girls born earlier in the month to try to make them resistant to infection with the HIV virus; he also reveals the possible second pregnancy of another gene-modified baby.source
20191 January – The law on a defined contribution plan—mandatory for legally employed people under 40—comes into effect. Critics say the saved money is not properly secured against risks.Georgia source
20191 January – a ban on single-use plastic shopping bags comes into effect.Slovenia source
2019January 2 – Adventist Health System rebranded its facilities to the trade name AdventHealth.source
2019May 3 – The number of deaths from the Kivu Ebola epidemic exceeds 1,000. It is the second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, only surpassed by the Western African Ebola virus epidemic of 2013–2016.source
2019May 8 – A British teenager, Isabelle Holdaway, 17, is reported to be the first patient ever to receive a genetically modified phage therapy to treat a drug-resistant infection.source
2019June 9 – 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests: Over 1 million people in Hong Kong protest against proposed legislation regarding extradition to mainland China. It is the largest protest in Hong Kong since the 1997 handover.source
2019June 16 – A large-scale power outage hits Argentina, Uruguay and parts of Paraguay, affecting nearly 50 million people.source
2019July 17 – The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the Kivu Ebola epidemic to be a public health emergency of international concern.source
2019July 30 – India bans triple talaq.source
2019September 16 – A gas explosion in Koltsovo, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia sets off a fire in a bioweapons plant that houses viruses including smallpox, ebola and anthrax.source
2019October 4 – 2019–20 Hong Kong protests: Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam and the Chief Executive in Council invokes the Emergency Regulations Ordinance and banning the face mask in public gatherings with immediate effect.source
20198 October – An altercation between Chinese and Taiwanese diplomats during a reception at the Grand Pacific hotel in Suva leaves one Taiwanese official in hospital. The incident is seen as a spilling over of diplomatic tensions between the two governments over their respective influences across the Pacific.Fiji source
2019October 14 – A New York Times investigation reveals that Russian planes had bombed at least 50 hospitals and clinics in opposition-held Idlib, Syria.source
2019October 25 – Tourists visit the summit of Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock) for the last time, as a ban on climbing the famous rock in Australia's Northern Territory comes into effect.source
201911 November – The government of Botswana orders the church of Shepherd Bushiri to stop congregating in the country.Botswana source
2019November 19 – Google enters the video game market with the launch of Stadia.source
201928 November – The United Nations blames anti-vaccination messages for the current outbreak of measles in the country, where the death toll has risen to 39 and is expected to rise as 200 are reported hospitalised, according to the World Health Organization. Total cases now soar to near 3,000.Samoa source
2019December 1 – COVID-19 pandemic: First known human case of Coronavirus disease 2019, in Wuhan, Hubei, China.source
20195 December – The deadly measles epidemic in Samoa has led to the United Nations' World Health Organization to deploy 128 medical teams to assist in vaccination efforts. The UN's Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) allocated $2.7 million to support the response.Solomon Islands source
201910 December – Ostrava hospital attack: In Ostrava, a man opens fire in a hospital's waiting room, killing six people before fleeing and subsequently shooting himself dead.Czech Republic source
2019December 19 – A locust plague devastates 173,000 acres (70,000 hectares) of crop and grazing land in Ethiopia and Somalia.source
2019December 31 – COVID-19 pandemic: First official reports of "viral pneumonia" from the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission.source
2019Scheduled – The 2019 Guyanese general election was postponed and held on 2 March 2020.Guyana source
2020January 20 – COVID-19 pandemic: Chinese authorities publicly confirm human-to-human transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.source
2020January 23 – COVID-19 pandemic: The Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the initial COVID-19 outbreak, is quarantined, with all scheduled public transport services and intercity flights halted.source
202026 February – First confirmed case of COVID-19.North Macedonia source
2020March 6 - The first confirmed COVID-19 case is reported, a 76-year-old US male who travelled to the country via India.Bhutan source
2020March 9 – COVID-19 pandemic: Italy becomes the first country to implement a nationwide quarantine in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.source
202014 March – The country's first case of COVID-19 was confirmed. A 33-year-old woman, who returned from the United States at the end of February and then travelled to Lesotho before returning home to Eswatini, entered isolation.Eswatini source
202016 March - 1st case of the COVID-19 pandemic in BeninBenin source
2020March 20 - Prime Minister Hubert Minnis announced a 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew, restrictions on private gatherings, and closure of most in-person businesses, with limited hours for food stores and farmers' markets, pharmacies, gas stations, laundromats, banks, construction, and restaurants (limited to take-out only). Essential workers for the government, utilities, and media were exempted, as were health care providers and suppliers. The airport remained open, but only essential travel was allowed on public buses.Bahamas source
202021 March – The first case of COVID-19 is confirmed in Timor-Leste, a state of emergency is declared.East Timor source
2020March 24 – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang reports that the domestically transmitted epidemic is now under control. Two days later, China temporarily suspends entry for foreign nationals with visas or residence permits, effective midnight on March 28.source
2020March 26 – Global COVID-19 cases reach 500,000, with nearly 23,000 deaths confirmed. The U.S. surpasses China and Italy in the total number of known COVID-19 cases, with at least 81,321 cases and more than 1,000 deaths.source
202026 March – President Tallis Obed Moses declared a state of emergency in the country after a tourist on a cruise ship visiting the island of Aneityum had tested positive for the virus.Vanuatu source
2020April 1 – Yemen's internationally recognised government releases more than 470 of its prisoners amid concerns of the spread of the virus in Yemen's overcrowded jails. The United Nations Human Rights Council has called for the release of all political prisoners.source
2020April 5 – COVID-19 pandemic: The first case of COVID-19 in a zoo animal is reported: a four-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City.source
2020April 7 – COVID-19 pandemic: Japan declares a state of emergency in response to COVID-19 and finalises a stimulus package worth 108 trillion yen (US$990 billion), equal to 20% of the country's GDP.source
2020April 10 – Kivu Ebola epidemic: The Democratic Republic of the Congo reports the first case of Ebola since February 2020. The outbreak has killed more than 2,200 people since August 2018.source
2020April 14 – U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the U.S. will suspend funding towards the World Health Organization (WHO) pending an investigation of its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and its relationship with China.source
2020April 28 – The Indian Ministry of External Affairs condemns the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom after its annual report recommends placing India on the "countries of particular concern" blacklist over the Citizenship Amendment Act, the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status, and controversial comments made by Home Minister Amit Shah, among others.source
2020April 30 – COVID-19 pandemic: Lesotho is the only African country that has not reported the virus.Lesotho source
2020May 4 – A team of British and Kenyan scientists announce the discovery of Microsporidia MB, a parasitic microbe in the Microsporidia fungi group that blocks mosquitos from carrying malaria, potentially paving the way for the control of malaria.source
2020May 12 – Gunmen storm a maternity hospital and kill 24 people, including two newborn babies, in Dashte Barchi, a majority-Shia neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan. In a separate incident in Kuz Kunar, 32 people are killed at a funeral by a suicide bomber.source
2020May 14 – The UN warns of a global mental health crisis caused by isolation, fear, uncertainty and economic turmoil.source
2020June 1 – Kivu Ebola epidemic: The World Health Organization reports six new cases of Ebola, and UNICEF reports five deaths, in a renewed outbreak of the disease in Mbandaka, Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.source
2020July 7 – COVID-19 pandemic: Thousands of people rally outside the House of the National Assembly of Serbia in Belgrade in response to stricter lockdown measures proposed by President Aleksandar Vučić following an increase of cases in the city.source
2020July 25 – COVID-19 pandemic: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un convenes an emergency meeting, declares a state of emergency, and orders the lockdown of Kaesong after a person suspected of having COVID-19 returned from South Korea. If confirmed, it would be the first case to be officially acknowledged by North Korea.source
2020August 11 – COVID-19 pandemic: Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Russia has approved the world's first COVID-19 vaccine.source
2020October 15 – 2020 Thai protests: The Government of Thailand declares a "severe" state of emergency banning gatherings of five or more people, initiating a crackdown on demonstrations and imposing media censorship.source
20202020 United States presidential election: The election of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States and Kamala Harris as the 49th Vice President of the United States is called by many news media organizations after remaining vote counts (November 7) come in from key states delayed by an influx of mail-in ballots caused by the pandemic, defeating incumbent President Donald Trump.source
2020December 5 – COVID-19 pandemic: Russia begins mass vaccination against COVID-19 with the Sputnik V candidate.source
2020December 10 – COVID-19 pandemic: The United States and Saudi Arabia approve the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, while Argentina approves Sputnik V.source
2020December 20 – COVID-19 pandemic: A highly infectious new strain of SARS-CoV-2 spreading in Europe and Australia provokes international border closures.source
2020December 30 – COVID-19 pandemic: The United Kingdom approves AstraZeneca-Oxford's vaccine, the second one available. The vaccine is easier to store as it only requires normal fridge temperatures, making distribution easier.source
2021January 13 – In Lyon, France, the first transplant of both arms and shoulders is performed on an Icelandic patient at the Édouard Herriot Hospital.source
2021January 15 – COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 passes 2 million.source
202118 January – COVID-19 pandemic: The country goes under lockdown for the first time since the pandemic began. Malawi has recorded 12,470 coronavirus cases and 314 deaths, but there has been a 40% increase in infections in January.Malawi source
202120 January - India begins exporting the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Bhutan.Bhutan source
2021January 27 – A near-total ban on abortion comes into effect in Poland.source
2021January 29 – COVID-19 pandemic: The European Union invokes Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol following a row over COVID-19 vaccine supplies before reversing the decision.source
2021February 1 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 100 million.source
2021February 9 – COVID-19 pandemic: A joint WHO–China investigation into the source of the outbreak concludes. Investigators deem a Wuhan laboratory leak to be "extremely unlikely", with a "natural reservoir" in bats being a more likely origin.source
2021February 24 – COVID-19 pandemic: the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative delivers its first vaccines, delivering 600,000 doses for healthcare workers in Ghana.source
202110 March – Authorities worry about an increase in migrants from Haiti and Cuba. The skipper of a raft from Cuba is arrested for human trafficking after his raft explodes, leaving one dead and five missing (including a 28-year-old woman and her two children, 4 and 6). Twenty others were rescued; three of the rescuers had to be treated in a Bahamian hospital for sunburn.Bahamas source
202111 March – Eswatini receives a shipment of 20,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine through the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative.Eswatini source
2021March 25 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 500 million.source
202130 March – Papua New Guinea begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine supplied from Australia. Prime Minister James Marape is the first person to receive a dose of the vaccine.Papua New Guinea source
202122 April: 256,800 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Syria, under the UN backed COVAX initiative to vaccinate frontline health workers. Provided by the Serum Institute of India, the majority of the doses arrived in Damascus, while 53,000 doses were delivered to the northwest.Syria source
2021April 23 – UEFA announces that due to a lack of guarantees regarding spectators caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland would be removed as a tournament host for the UEFA Euro 2020.source
2021April 24 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 1 billion. Half of these doses have been administered in just three countries (the United States, China and India).source
2021May 12 – COVID-19 pandemic in India: The country's death toll exceeds 250,000. Delhi cremation grounds were running out of places while hundreds of bodies were reported washed up on the banks of the Ganges.source
2021May 18–May 22 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 is held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, after the cancellation of the 2020 contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The contest is won by Italian entrants Måneskin with the song "Zitti e buoni".source
2021June 11–June 13 – World leaders meet at the 47th G7 summit, hosted by the United Kingdom, with topics of discussion including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the corporate taxation of multinationals.source
2021June 29 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 3 billion.source
2021July 8 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of deaths from COVID-19 surpasses 4 million.source
2021July 11 – Thousands of Cubans, most of them young, attend a rare anti-government protest in San Antonio de los Baños to protest the increased food and medicine shortages brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.source
2021July 23–August 8 – The 2020 Summer Olympics were held in Tokyo, Japan. They were originally scheduled for 24 July–9 August 2020, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.source
2021August 9 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases the first part of its Sixth Assessment Report, which concludes that the effects of human-caused climate change are now "widespread, rapid, and intensifying".source
2021August 24–September 5 – The 2020 Summer Paralympics were held in Tokyo, Japan. They were originally scheduled for 25 August–6 September 2020, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.source
2021October 1 – The 2020 World Expo in Dubai begins. Its opening was originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.source
2021October 6–October 10 – The 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals is held in Italy, and is won by France. They were originally scheduled for 2–6 June 2021, but were moved following the rescheduling of UEFA Euro 2020 to June and July 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.source
2021October 6 – The World Health Organization endorses the first malaria vaccine.source
2021November 8 – Vanuatuan prime minister Bob Loughman confirms that two Vanuatuan citizens who were repatriated from New Caledonia have the Delta variant and urges residents to get vaccinated.Vanuatu source
2021November 26 – COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization convenes an emergency meeting in Geneva amid concerns over Omicron, a highly mutated variant of COVID-19 first identified in South Africa that appears more infectious than Delta.source
2021December 19 – The 2021 Hong Kong legislative election, originally scheduled for 6 September 2020 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is held.source
2021Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in BarbadosBarbados source
20221 January–Bahrain authorizes the emergency use of Pfizer's anti-viral oral drug Paxlovid for adults over the age of 18 years.Bahrain source
2022January 7 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of COVID-19 cases exceeds 300 million worldwide.source
2022January 10 – The first successful heart transplant from a pig to a human patient occurs in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.source
202214 January - Bhutan reports its first 14 cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in people who travelled abroad.Bhutan source
2022January 16 – World No. 1 tennis champion Novak Djokovic is deported from Australia following a high-profile legal case regarding his COVID-19 vaccination status, preventing his participation in the 2022 Australian Open.source
202222 January – Samoa Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa announces a three-day lockdown in response to ten positive COVID-19 passengers from a repatriation flight.Samoa source
2022January 28 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 10 billion.source
20222 February – Tonga enters a nationwide lockdown after the country reported its first locally transmitted COVID-19 cases.Tonga source
2022March 2 – The United Nations reports that over a million refugees have now fled from Ukraine to other countries.source
2022March 7 – COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 6 million.source
202224 March – The World Health Organization announces that a polio vaccination campaign will begin in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.Malawi source
2022March 31 – Expo 2020 closes in Dubai after a 6-month run; originally scheduled for 10 April 2021, it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.source
2022April 13 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases exceeds 500 million worldwide.source
2022May 6 – 2022 monkeypox outbreak: An outbreak of monkeypox begins when the first monkeypox virus case is reported in London, the United Kingdom.source
2022May 20 – 2022 monkeypox outbreak: The World Health Organization (WHO) holds an emergency meeting to discuss the spread of monkeypox in nearly a dozen countries, as the number of reported cases reaches 100.source
202222 May - Oman announces that it will repeal all COVID-19 restrictions, including its mask mandate.Oman source
20227 June - The Bahamas report their first suspected cases of monkeypox.Bahamas source
202222 July – Bermuda reports its first case of monkeypox.Bermuda source
2022July 23 – The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the recent monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, as the number of reported cases exceeds 17,000 in 75 countries.source
2022September 1 – The UN releases a report stating that the Chinese government's Xinjiang internment camps and treatment of Uyghurs may constitute crimes against humanity.source
2022November 15 – The world population reaches approximately 8 billion.source
2022December 7 – After substantial protests against China's Zero-COVID policies, the Chinese government eases on its COVID restrictions.source
20232 January – Malawi have suspended schools opening in Lilongwe and Blantyre following a cholera outbreak, which has killed 595 people so far. Nineteen people died on New Year's Eve alone.Malawi source
2023March 23 – World Athletics, the global governing body for athletics, bans trans women who have gone through male puberty from competing in female events.source
2023March 24–27 – A tornado outbreak kills at least 26 people in Mississippi and Alabama. This includes a violent tornado which devastated the city of Rolling Fork and the town of Silver City in Mississippi, killing 16 people and injuring 165 others.source
2023March 31 – April 1 – A historic and widespread tornado outbreak occurs in the United States, killing 33 people, injuring more than 218 others, and caused over $5.4 billion in damage. This tornado outbreak produced 147 tornadoes, making it the third-largest tornado outbreak in history.source
20236 April – The Gambia confirms a case of bird flu.Gambia source
2023April 24 – India surpasses China as most populous country.source
2023April 25 – A mass cult suicide is uncovered in Shakahola forest in Kenya. 429 followers of the Good News International Ministries are found in shallow graves throughout the forest, with over 613 people missing.source
2023May 5 – The World Health Organization ends its declaration of COVID-19 being a global health emergency, but continues to refer to it as a pandemic.source
2023May 11 – The World Health Organization ends its declaration of mpox being a global health emergency.source
20233 June – The EU imposes punitive measures on Kosovo for failing to reduce tensions in the north, including exclusion from high-level meetings and suspension of pre-accession funds until 2024.Kosovo source
2023July 2022 - May 2023: 2022–23 Liga Nacional de GuatemalaGuatemala source
2023August 21 – Saudi Arabia is accused of mass killing hundreds of African migrants attempting to cross its border with Yemen.source
20234 September – Thousands of protestors gather in Skopje over allegations that patients at a state cancer hospital missed life-saving treatment because staff were stealing the drugs to sell on the black market.North Macedonia source
202312 October – International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva confirms that Zambia, the first African nation to default following the COVID-19 pandemic, has agreed to a debt agreement with foreign creditors, concerning US$6.3 billion of its debt.Zambia source
2023October 17 – An explosion occurs at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, where displaced Palestinians are taking refuge. Many fatalities are reported, but estimates vary significantly, from 100 to as many as 471, depending on the source.source
2023November 9 – U.S. surgeons at NYU Langone Health announce the world's first whole eye transplant.source
202330 November – Montenegro postpones its population census to 3 December after the opposition threats to boycott the headcount.Montenegro source
2023December 6: A Malian health director said that Dengue fever was on the rise in the country, with 21 deaths and 600 cases of the disease counted days earlier.Mali source
202411 January – Latvia announces it will ban the sale and use of tobacco and nicotine products for those under 20 years of age, effective from 1 January 2025.Latvia source
202413 March - The Ministry of Health announces the arrival of mpox in the country, with 43 cases reported in nine out of 12 departments.Republic of the Congo source
2024A United Nations Independent Expert on persons with albinism reports discrimination in Lesotho, including limited access to healthcare and education.Lesotho source
2024July 19 – Global IT outages impact a variety of businesses and organisations across the world.source
2024August 14 – The World Health Organization (WHO) declares mpox a public health emergency of international concern for the second time in two years, following the spread of the virus in African countries.source
202421 August – Honduras reports five suspected cases of the new mpox clade.Honduras source
202422 August – Burundi reports 171 new mpox cases, raising the total case count in the country to 572 cases.Burundi source
202419 October – A case of bird flu of the H5N1 variant is detected in a deceased goose at the Skopje Zoo, prompting its closure for three weeks and the culling of several birds.North Macedonia source
2024October 24 – The first case of the 2024 Kwango province disease outbreak is reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.source
20241 November: The government blocks access to social media until 11 November, citing issues of public safety and threats to national security. The ban is lifted on 2 November following public uproar.Mauritius source
20245 December – A nationwide vaccination campaign is launched against Ebola.Sierra Leone source
2025January 15 – Colossal Biosciences and University of Melbourne create the world's first artificial womb in marsupials as part of their project toward de-extinction of the thylacine.source
202519 February – The government declares a dengue fever outbreak after rising cases nationwide.Tonga source
2025April 6 – The Dominican Republic significantly tightens border controls and migration enforcement along its border with Haiti, as announced by President Abinader.Dominican Republic source
2025April 28 – A widespread power outage affects Spain and Portugal for hours. Andorra is affected for a few seconds while southern France is lightly affected.source
202528 April – A massive blackout hits the Iberian Peninsula, causing extensive power outages across mainland Portugal.Portugal source
20255 June – A cholera outbreak is declared following the deaths of seven people and 38 other infections in Vridi Akobrate, near Abidjan.Ivory Coast source
202522 July – 2023–2025 mpox epidemic: The first case of mpox is reported in the country with the government declaring an outbreak.Gambia source
202524 July – Honduras mandates face masks again in public spaces amid a spike in respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, and orders temporary remote work for state institutions.Honduras source
20251 September – Former prime minister and ANO leader Andrej Babiš is hospitalized after being attacked by a man with a walking stick at a rally in Dobra.Czech Republic source
20255 November – The Mohammed VI International University Hospital Complex is inaugurated in Rabat by King Mohammed VI and Crown Prince Moulay Hassan.Morocco source
202518 November – Eswatini becomes the first African country to receive the twice-yearly HIV prevention injection drug lenacapavir.Eswatini source
2025November 25 – A report published by the United Nations shows that Indonesian capital Jakarta has surpassed Japanese capital Tokyo as the world's largest city, with a population of 42 million people.source