Portal:Current events/2022 February 4
February 4, 2022 (Friday)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Austria, COVID-19 vaccination in Austria
- Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen signs a law that makes the country the first in the European Union to mandate people aged above 18 years to receive the COVID-19 vaccine after the Bundesrat yesterday voted 47-12 to approve the law. (The Guardian)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record 168,201 new COVID-19 cases for the 15th consecutive day, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 12,452,765. (Interfax)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
- Turkey reports a record 111,157 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. (Hurriyet Daily News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Austria, COVID-19 vaccination in Austria
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
Sports
- Iran–United States relations
- An American visa is denied for an Iranian national wrestling team that had a coach who advocated Death to America and held a green card. (Fox News)
- 2022 Winter Olympics
- The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing begin. (CNN)