April 7, 2021 (2021-04-07) (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in India
- COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
- Bangladesh reports a record 7,626 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 659,278. (Dhaka Tribune)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
- Iran reports a record 20,954 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,984,348. (Middle East Online)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar
- Qatar announces a re-imposition of the strict lockdown beginning April 9, which will close restaurants, cafés, cinemas, hairdressers, museums, and libraries and ban most indoor activities, in order to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases. (MedicalXpress)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan
- COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand, Lineage B.1.1.7
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in South America
- COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco
International relations
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