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The Current events section contains a listing on an ongoing automated basis of importance events, article editing trends and newsworthy developments related to COVID-19. The Did you know section showcases new or expanded articles that are selected through an informal review process. The Wikinews section (a listing of ongoing news events) like its big sister Wikipedia, is run and funded by volunteers donating their time and money, and also has no advertising.

See also COVID-19 deaths.

Current events

30 July 2024 – 2024 Summer Olympics

Several athletes test positive for COVID-19, including Australian swimmer Lani Pallister, forcing her to withdraw from the 1500 metre freestyle swimming event. (Al Arabiya)

26 July 2024 – Philippines–United States relations, ChinaAngVirus disinformation campaign

A former top United States official states that the Department of Defense covertly admits to conducting a mass disinformation campaign targeting the Philippines using social media bots and fake accounts to discredit the safety of Chinese CoronaVac vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, following public denial of involvement in June. (Reuters)

17 July 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election

U.S. President Joe Biden temporarily suspends his re-election campaign to recover at his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, after being diagnosed with COVID-19. (CNN)

20 June 2024 – ChinaAngVirus disinformation campaign

Congress of the Philippines lawmakers pursue an investigation into a U.S. military social media disinformation operation to discredit Chinese COVID-19 vaccines to Filipinos to determine the damages caused, international law infringements, and possible legal action. (Reuters)

14 June 2024 – COVID-19 misinformation by governments

Reuters releases a report that alleges that the United States military conducted a clandestine online campaign, ordered by the Trump administration in 2020 and ended by the Biden administration in 2021, to discredit the CoronaVac vaccine of China-based manufacturer Sinovac Biotech in the Philippines and other developing countries. (Reuters)

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Wikinews

• July 27: Australia: Victorian lockdown lifted
• July 26: Tunisia's president dismisses prime minister, suspends parliament
• July 22: Australia: Wikinews interviews Reg Kidd, mayor of the City of Orange, about COVID-19 lockdown and local government
• July 20: According to recent study, deaths in India number roughly 4 million during COVID-19 pandemic
• July 20: Three rural councils in New South Wales, Australia enter 7-day lockdown
• July 20: South Australia enters week-long lockdown to contain COVID-19 Delta variant spread
• July 20: Australia: Victoria lockdown extended by a week with 85 active cases recorded
• July 19: Technological University Dublin senior lecturer Dr Lorcan Sirr speaks to Wikinews on housing market in Ireland
• July 15: Australian state of Victoria to enter five-day lockdown following more than a dozen active COVID-19 cases
• July 14: California governor signs new state budget, eligible Californians to get stimulus payments
• July 10: National Health Service England waiting list at highest on record for second consecutive month
• July 10: Australia: Andrea Wildin, Greens candidate in Stretton state by-election, discusses political issues with Wikinews
• July 5: Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel hospitalised with COVID-19
• June 21: South Korean health authorities confirm first vaccination death
• June 17: South Korean president expresses willingness to supply COVID-19 vaccines to North Korea
• June 16: Wikinews interviews Victor Kline, leader of newly registered The New Liberals party in Australia
• June 4: 'Each makes the other more difficult to recover from': University of Sussex professor L. Alan Winters speaks to Wikinews on trade, COVID-19, Brexit
• May 28: Wikinews interviews candidate for Cleveland mayor Arthur Kostendt
• May 27: Wikinews interviews candidate for New York City mayor Vitaly Filipchenko
• May 10: Wikinews interviews Jonathan Stanley, Scottish Unionist candidate for 2021 Airdrie and Shotts by-election in Scotland
• May 10: Wikinews interviews Neil Manson, SDP candidate for 2021 Airdrie and Shotts by-election in Scotland
• May 10: Wikinews interviews Donald Mackay, UKIP candidate for 2021 Airdrie and Shotts by-election in Scotland
• April 15: India records 14 millionth case of COVID-19 amid new surge in infections
• April 13: French Prime Minister announces suspension of all flights to, from Brazil over coronavirus variant concerns
• April 9: North Korean Research Institute for Nutrition Care of Children director slams UN's report on child malnutrition due to COVID-19
• April 7: North Korea withdraws from Tokyo Olympics, citing COVID-19 concerns
• March 20: European Medicines Agency calls AstraZeneca vaccine "safe and effective"
• March 12: US President Biden signs US$1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package
• March 4: Chancellor Rishi Sunak announces UK budget 2021
• March 1: Two Jordanian ministers caught breaking lockdown measures, resign