Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2021
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This article documents the chronology of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2021, which originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Some developments may become known or fully understood only in retrospect. Reporting on this pandemic began in December 2019.
Reactions and measures in Africa[edit]
Reactions and measures in the Americas[edit]
Reactions and measures in the Eastern Mediterranean[edit]
Reactions and measures in Europe[edit]
Reactions and measures in South and Southeast Asia[edit]
1 February[edit]
- The Malaysian state of Selangor's "State Investment, Industry and Commerce, and Small and Medium Entreprises" (SMEs) chairman Teng Chang Khim has announced that the state's Chinese New Year celebration will be held online via social media.[1]
- Malaysian Director-General of Health Noor Hisham Abdullah has announced that Malaysia will receive its first batch of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on 26 February 2021, which will be distributed nationwide over a period of two weeks.[2]
Reactions and measures in the Western Pacific[edit]
3 February[edit]
- New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern has provisionally approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in New Zealand. The initial batches of the vaccine are scheduled to arrive in late March 2021, with frontline workers and the vulnerable being given priority.[3]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Selangor to organise virtual CNY celebration on Feb 12, says state investment, industry and commerce chairman". Malay Mail. Bernama. 1 February 2021. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Malaysia to receive first batch of COVID-19 vaccines as country reports more than 4,000 new cases". Channel News Asia. 1 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ de Jong, Eleanor (3 February 2021). "New Zealand gives provisional approval to Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
