Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2021
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This article documents the chronology of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in May 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]
3 May[edit]
- The Malaysian Government has re-imposed two-week Movement Control Order restrictions in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor and Sarawak in response to a nationwide spike in COVID-19 cases. Schools will be closed and social and religious gatherings will be banned. While some economic activities will be allowed, eateries can only provide takeaway services.[1]
4 May[edit]
- India suspends the Indian Premier League in response to COVID-19 cases surpassing 20 million cases nationwide.[2]
Reactions and measures in the Western Pacific[edit]
1 May[edit]
- Most of Fiji has been placed into lockdown for 56 hours between 8pm 1 May to 4am local time on 3 May 2021 following the detection of an Indian variant of COVID-19. No businesses will be allowed to operate in Fiji during that period.[3]
- The New Zealand Ministry of Health has advised several travellers who traveled from Brisbane International Airport to New Zealand on 29 April to self-isolate and seek a COVID-19 test after a traveller who had traveled from Papua New Guinea and mingled with New Zealand-bound travellers tested positive for COVID-19.[4]
3 May[edit]
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown agreed to establish a travel bubble between New Zealand and the Cook Islands commencing 17 May. Travelers have to be present for at least 14 days in either NZ or the Cook Islands in order to participate in the travel bubble.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Malaysia to impose new Covid-19 movement curbs, with bazaars and schools to close: Sources". The Straits Times. 2 May 2021. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ Jadhav, Rajenda (4 May 2021). "India halts cricket league as coronavirus cases cross 20 million". Reuters. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Movono, Lice (1 May 2021). "Fiji tightens lockdown as Covid cases rise". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Covid-19 coronavirus: Immediate isolation warning for Brisbane to NZ travellers caught in airport bubble breach". The New Zealand Herald. 1 May 2021. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ Cheng, Derek (3 May 2021). "Covid 19 coronavirus: Cook Islands travel bubble to begin on May 17 - PM Jacinda Ardern". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
