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 the United Nations[edit]
7 May[edit]
- The World Health Organization has given emergency authorization for the use of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine.[1][2]
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]
8 May[edit]
- The British Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps announced that several countries would be upgraded to England's new "green list" in mid-May; which allows quarantine-free travel with testing at the border and two days after returning. From 12 May, travellers from Nepal and the Maldives will be allowed to travel to England without undergoing quarantine. From 17 May, travellers from Australia, Brunei, the Falkland Islands, the Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Iceland, Israel (including Jerusalem), New Zealand, Portugal (including the Azores and Madeira) and Singapore will be allowed to enter England without undergoing quarantine.[3]
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.[4]
4 May[edit]
- India suspends the Indian Premier League in response to COVID-19 cases surpassing 20 million cases nationwide.[5]
5 May[edit]
- Malaysian authorities have reimposed movement control order restrictions in certain districts in Selangor, the federal territory of Kuala Lumpur, and Perak for two weeks between 6 and 20 May.[6][7]
8 May[edit]
- Malaysian Senior Minister (Security) Ismail Sabri Yaakob] confirmed that the Malaysian Government would not implement a nationwide movement control order but will instead impose targeted movement restrictions in response to local outbreaks.[8]
- The Malaysian Government has banned all interstate and inter-district travel without police approval between 10 May and 6 June 2021.[9]
10 May[edit]
- Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced that a nationwide Movement Control Order lockdown would be reinstated from 12 May to 7 June. Dining in, social activities and shopping areas will be suspended although workers are allowed to commute between work and home. Inter-district and inter-state travel are also banned.[10]
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.[11]
- 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.[12]
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.[13]
5 May[edit]
- In the Australian state of New South Wales, mask wearing requirements and limits on visitors have been imposed in Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains and Wollongong following a local community outbreak involving an individual with no physical link to travel or border control/quarantine hotels and workers.[14][15]
10 May[edit]
- The New Zealand Government has announced that 500 spaces a fortnight will be allocated over the next ten months for skilled and critical workers including agricultural and horticultural Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) workers, and construction workers for the Auckland City Rail Link and Wellington's Transmission Gully Motorway.[16]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Taylor, Adam (7 May 2021). "WHO grants emergency use authorization for Chinese-made Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Sinopharm: Chinese Covid vaccine gets WHO emergency approval". BBC News. 7 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "NZ among countries entering England's 'green list' for quarantine-free travel later this month". 1 News. 8 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Ong, Justin (5 May 2021). "Now, KL to enter MCO from Friday, says Ismail Sabri". Malay Mail. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Kanyakumari, D. (5 May 2021). "KL and JB among areas placed under MCO as Malaysian government retightens COVID-19 curbs". Channel News Asia. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Govt not planning nationwide MCO, to enforce targeted restrictions instead, says Ismail Sabri". The Star. 8 May 2021. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Interstate, inter-district travel ban from May 10-June 6". The Star. 8 May 2021. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ Anand, Ram (10 May 2021). "Malaysia declares nationwide lockdown from Wednesday to June 7 as Covid-19 cases spike". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 11 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.
- ^ Sakzewski, Emily (5 May 2021). "COVID live updates: NSW health detectives able to trace source of infection, new restrictions apply from tonight". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Nguyen, Kevin (6 May 2021). "NSW records another COVID-19 case, health detectives zero in on source". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Neilson, Michael (11 May 2021). "Covid 19 coronavirus: 500 extra managed isolation spaces a fortnight for skilled and critical workers". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
