[ad_1] Issued on: 02/02/2022 – 07:10 France began lifting coronavirus restrictions including mandatory outdoor mask-wearing Wednesday in a bid to ease citizens’ daily lives, dividing opinion as the country only last month reported record Covid-19 infections. Audience capacity limits for concert halls, sporting matches and other events were also removed, and although home-working will no […]
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[ad_1] article (Photo by Cesar Gomez/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania is setting up four regional support sites with as many as 120 beds to help hospitals and nursing homes under strain from COVID-19, state officials said Monday. The temporary sites will be located in existing skilled nursing facilities in Philadelphia and […]
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[ad_1] Syringes with needles are seen in front of a displayed stock graph and words “Omicron SARS-CoV-2” in this illustration taken, November 27, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/ Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Feb 1 (Reuters) – Many countries have not reached their peak in cases of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of […]
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[ad_1] Volunteers look at Olympic pins at the Main Press Centre ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register BEIJING, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have slightly relaxed their famously strict COVID-19 measures […]
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[ad_1] The U.S. government stepped up its effort to address a surge of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly contagious omicron variant on Wednesday, while the U.K. moved in the opposite direction, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson announcing an easing of coronavirus restrictions. Johnson, who is under pressure to resign after a series of parties […]
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[ad_1] Victoria hospitals move to higher alert 67 deaths on Wed vs Tue record 77; nearly 80,000 new cases More deaths expected in next few weeks, officials say SYDNEY, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Australia threw out an invitation to backpackers on Wednesday, seeking reinforcements for a workforce crippled by an Omicron COVID-19 outbreak as the […]
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[ad_1] The Omicron variant is continuing to generate high numbers of new infections, with hospitalizations climbing to levels that are threatening to pile more pressure on medical services, while some European countries are seeing a fall in new cases and Chinese authorities worry about the potential for new infections ahead of the busy Lunar New […]
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