Natural Disasters & Epidemics In The Year 2021

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says COVID-9 pandemic has had an "extremely unfair" effect on income and economic opportunities for women

US President Joe Biden says "Gun violence in this country is an epidemic" as he unveils package of executive actions including restrictions on "ghost guns"

Dr. Anthony Fauci thanks American health workers for their sacrifice during the pandemic, acknowledging their more than 3,600 deaths

Brazil's Senate orders an official inquiry into President Jair Bolsonaro ' and government official's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

Tens of thousands of people march in Brazilian cities against President Jair Bolsonaro and his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

Pulitzer Prizes awarded to Katori Hall for drama, The New York Times for pandemic coverage and special citation for Darnella Frazier for recording the murder of George Floyd

James Bond film "No Time To Die", the last starring Daniel Craig , premieres after an 18 month delay due to the pandemic

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recommends world's first Malaria vaccine (Mosquirix) for children after a pilot program was effective in Africa [1]

Brazilian Senate inquiry finds President Bolsonaro should face series of criminal charges, including crimes against humanity, for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic [1]

COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 passes 2 million.

COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeds 100 million worldwide.[20]

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.

COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 100 million.

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.[30]

COVID-19 pandemic: The United States becomes the first country to surpass 500,000 deaths from the virus.

COVID-19 pandemic: the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative delivers its first vaccines, delivering 600,000 doses for health-care workers in Ghana.

COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 2.5 million.

COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 500 million.

COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 3 million.

COVID-19 pandemic: With global case numbers approaching a second peak, India reports 315,000 infections within 24 hours, the highest one-day tally recorded anywhere in the world to date.

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.

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).

COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeds 150 million worldwide.

COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization gives emergency use listing to the Sinopharm BIBP COVID-19 vaccine, the first non–Western vaccine to be authorized.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 is held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, after the cancellation of the 2020 contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 contest is won by Italian entrants MÃ¥neskin with the song "Zitti e buoni".[100]

COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization gives emergency use listing to the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, the second non–Western vaccine to be authorized.[108]

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.

COVID-19 pandemic: Novavax announces 90.4% overall efficacy in its Phase 3 U.S. and Mexico trial.

COVID-19 pandemic: Brazil becomes the second country to surpass half a million deaths from the virus.

COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 3 billion.

COVID-19 pandemic: The number of deaths from COVID-19 surpasses 4 million.

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.

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.[160]

COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases surpasses 200 million worldwide.

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti, killing more than 2,100 people.

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.[180]

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.[206]

The World Health Organization endorses the first malaria vaccine.

COVID-19 pandemic: The number of recorded deaths from COVID-19 surpasses 5 million.

COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization gives emergency use listing to the Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine, the third non–Western vaccine to be authorized.

COVID-19 pandemic: The United Kingdom becomes the fourth country to surpass 10 million COVID-19 cases after the United States, India and Brazil.

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.

COVID-19 pandemic: The United States becomes the first country to surpass 50 million COVID-19 cases.

COVID-19 pandemic: Russia becomes the fifth country to surpass 10 million COVID-19 cases after the United States, India, Brazil and the United Kingdom.

COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization gives emergency use listing to the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine.

The 2021 Hong Kong legislative election, originally scheduled for 6 September 2020 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is held.