Outgoing Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announces move, citing decline in case numbers

The decision will formally go into effect on Thursday

Japan decides to lift coronavirus state of emergency

Families and friends gathered in parks and at beaches, reuniting 11 weeks after an outbreak of the Delta variant brought Australia's biggest city to a virtual standstill

People picnic at the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney after lockdown rules were eased

Vaccinated Sydney residents picnic as lockdown rules relaxed

Country reports 38 more cases in past 24 hours after Delta variant hits island nation

Auckland, the country’s major city, will remain under lockdown till Aug. 31

New Zealand extends nationwide lockdown for 4 more days

Gov't to rent hotels to treat COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms as hospital beds almost occupied, health minister says

Meanwhile, over 235 people died due to the disease in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 20,397

Bangladesh extends lockdown with worsening pandemic situation

The tightening of restrictions, including a pause on all construction work in the city, comes as over six million residents completed their third week under stay-at-home orders

Australian authorities ordered a slew of new restrictions in the country's largest city as a weeks-long lockdown failed to quash an outbreak of Covid-19

Sydney tightens lockdown amid 'stubborn' outbreak

A sign taped to one apartment window read "Send Beer" while another asked, "where is the vaccine?"

Sydney police patrol outside a Bondi Junction apartment block. The building has been locked down under armed guard after eight residents across five different units tested positive to Covid-19. An apartment building in Melbourne’s Maribyrnong is also in lockdown

Australian apartment blocks placed in hard lockdown

64 people had died in the previous 24 hours, while almost 1,000 tested positive

The Delta variant is responsible for 70 percent of the infections

Bangladesh extends lockdown as cases hit new record

The government said in an order published Saturday that new restrictions will begin Monday and last for a month

Thailand has reported more than 244,000 cases and over 1,900 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic

Thailand to reimpose coronavirus curbs to contain outbreak

Country imposing curfew from 10 pm to 5 am on weekdays and Saturdays and full lockdown on Sundays until July

Turkey has so far administered over 30.69 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since it launched a mass vaccination campaign in mid-January, according to official figures released Sunday

Turkey ends nationwide 31-hour coronavirus curfew

Roadmap for normalization process expected to be determined at today's cabinet meeting

The roadmap for the normalization process is expected to be determined at today's cabinet meeting chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey ends nationwide weekend coronavirus curfew

Over 96% of Brits developed antibodies after single dose of COVID-19 vaccine, says new research

Lockdown restrictions in England were further eased on Monday, with the government allowing people to hug each other, limited indoor gatherings to take place, as well as limited foreign travel and holidays

UK minister says lockdowns could return amid Indian variant rise

They also opened its museums and famed archaeological sites, including the ancient Acropolis

People make their way around Monastiraki square, as the country's tourism season officially opens, in Athens, Greece May 15, 2021.

'I'm finally here': Greece formally opens to tourists

Museums will be reopened next week

People sit in on a cafe terrace in the Monastiraki district of Athens in Greece that will reopen private beaches on Saturday and museums next week while travel restart May 15

Greece to reopen beaches, museums after long lockdown

Food sector to reopen with certain rules while night curfew shortens for another hour

Customers will only be allowed to be served in the open and with only six people per table, while music will not be allowed in order for customers not to come too close to hear each other

Greece relaxes more COVID-19 measures

Macron also gave a timetable for lifting an unpopular night-time curfew which has turned French cities into ghost towns after 7:00 PM

Cafes and restaurants can serve outdoors from May 19

France to reopen cafes, bars, museums from May

Infections nationally have eased this month but remain stubbornly high at more than 1,500 a day

Tables and chairs are pictured next to a closed restaurant as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown continues in Vienna, Austria April 23, 2021.

Japan decides to lift coronavirus state of emergency

Vaccinated Sydney residents picnic as lockdown rules relaxed

New Zealand extends nationwide lockdown for 4 more days

Bangladesh extends lockdown with worsening pandemic situation

Sydney tightens lockdown amid 'stubborn' outbreak

Australian apartment blocks placed in hard lockdown

Bangladesh extends lockdown as cases hit new record

Thailand to reimpose coronavirus curbs to contain outbreak

Turkey ends nationwide 31-hour coronavirus curfew

Turkey ends nationwide weekend coronavirus curfew

UK minister says lockdowns could return amid Indian variant rise

'I'm finally here': Greece formally opens to tourists

Greece to reopen beaches, museums after long lockdown

Greece relaxes more COVID-19 measures

France to reopen cafes, bars, museums from May

Vienna easing lockdown cautiously, with swipe at government plans

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Japan decides to lift coronavirus state of emergency

Vaccinated Sydney residents picnic as lockdown rules relaxed

New Zealand extends nationwide lockdown for 4 more days

Bangladesh extends lockdown with worsening pandemic situation

Sydney tightens lockdown amid 'stubborn' outbreak

Australian apartment blocks placed in hard lockdown

Bangladesh extends lockdown as cases hit new record

Thailand to reimpose coronavirus curbs to contain outbreak

Turkey ends nationwide 31-hour coronavirus curfew

Turkey ends nationwide weekend coronavirus curfew

UK minister says lockdowns could return amid Indian variant rise

'I'm finally here': Greece formally opens to tourists

Greece to reopen beaches, museums after long lockdown

Greece relaxes more COVID-19 measures

France to reopen cafes, bars, museums from May

Vienna easing lockdown cautiously, with swipe at government plans