Tue 01 February 2022: Austria is set this week to become the first country in Europe to introduce a national COVID-19 vaccine mandate for adults. All citizens aged 18 and over will need to be fully vaccinated against the virus or face fines of up to €3,600. They will have until 15 March to comply […]
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Tue 01 February 2022: Health care workers who do not get fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by March 31 will be sacked from Greece’s National Health System, according to the country’s health minister (ESY). Speaking on Skai TV, Thanos Plevris also clarified that by that date, there will be an overall measure on whether there must […]
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Tue 01 February 2022: As the country exits its fourth wave of the coronavirus, the South African government has announced that persons who test positive for COVID-19 without symptoms will no longer be required to isolate, and that the isolation duration for those with symptoms would be lowered by three days. According to a statement […]
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Tue 01 February 2022: Palau and Fiji have reported high vaccination rates allowing it to contain the virus but countries like the Solomon Islands are seeing a surge in cases. A record surge in COVID-19 cases is threatening to overwhelm hospitals and fragile health systems in the Pacific, from the Solomon Islands to Palau, according to […]
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Mon 31 January 2022: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said “sorry” after Sue Gray’s report on “partygate” found “serious failure” in observing “high standards expected of those working at the heart of government.” The parties in the British prime minister’s offices have caused an outcry as leaders have called for Johnson’s resignation in the last […]
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Mon 31 January 2022: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family have left their home in the country’s capital and shifted to a secret location after a large-scale protest opposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates converged on Parliament Hill, media reports said on Saturday. What started as a protest dubbed as ‘Freedom Convoy’ against a vaccine […]
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Sun 30 January 2022: According to reports, the American company T-Mobile will fire corporate employees who have not been completely vaccinated against Covid by April 2. Bloomberg obtained access to an internal email that was used to back up the claim. Employees who have only received one dose will be placed on unpaid leave until […]
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Sun 30 January 2022: After being shut down last week and thousands of hamsters culled due to coronavirus fears, dozens of pet businesses that sold them in Hong Kong may reopen on Sunday, according to the Hong Kong authorities. After tracing an outbreak to a worker in a shop where 11 hamsters tested sick, authorities […]
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Sun 30 January 2022: On Saturday, Russia reported more than 100,000 daily coronavirus cases for the first time, as the country battles an outbreak of the highly contagious omicron variety. Over the course of 24 hours, the government’s COVID-19 portal recorded 113,122 new cases, virtually double the number of daily infections just a week ago. […]
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Sun 30 January 2022: Thousands of trucks in a “Freedom Convoy” blocked streets in Ottawa on Saturday, effectively shutting down the Canadian federal capital. They were protesting coronavirus regulations. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his wife, and their three children were relocated from Rideau Cottage for security reasons. Additionally, when hundreds of tractor trailer trucks and […]
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