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With the long Easter bank holiday weekend just around the corner, millions of Brits planning to travel are bracing themselves for potentially crippling delays. The Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, has warned that it will be an "extremely busy" weekend, with the lifting of Covid restrictions and a surge
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Ontario and British Columbia are moving to provide fourth vaccine doses to their oldest and most vulnerable citizens, in response to a rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across the country. The announcements were made on Tuesday, hours after recommendations from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) called for
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The bipartisan $10 billion coronavirus aid package announced by Senate leaders on Monday does not include funds for the global vaccination effort, drawing criticism from some Democrats. The package, which provides additional aid for domestic testing, vaccination, and treatment efforts, requires at least $5 billion for therapeutics and $750 million
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it will phase out Title 42, a public health order that allowed for the expulsion of over 1.7 million migrants from the southern US border, citing lower COVID-19 transmission rates and increased vaccination rates among Customs and Border Protection personnel. The
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The Philippines has recently seen an unprecedented surge in new Covid-19 cases, with daily counts reaching 600,000 in South Korea and nearly 300,000 in Germany. In contrast, the country reported under 1,000 cases per day since March 2, 2022. Despite high vaccination rates in many countries experiencing
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As the city's worst coronavirus outbreak raged, Hong Kong's rigid border controls have been battered by the economy, prompting residents to flee. The city's leader, Carrie Lam, has announced the easing of flight restrictions, allowing Hong Kong residents to travel to nine countries, including
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As the coronavirus continues to spread in China, the government is fine-tuning its virus response playbook to mitigate the economic impact of restrictions. However, the country's zero-tolerance approach to eliminating infections remains in place, making it challenging to balance economic costs with public health concerns. The latest outbreak,
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The Federal Reserve's quarter-point rate rise on Wednesday, the first since 2018, passed with little fanfare, overshadowed by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the COVID-19 lockdowns in China. The central bank's chair, Jay Powell, had prepared markets for the gradual tightening of monetary policy since
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As of today, most COVID restrictions in France have been lifted, allowing people to remove their masks indoors and forgo showing a vaccine pass to enter public places. This decision has been met with relief and enthusiasm from many, particularly students in Paris, who celebrate the end of two years
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As the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to recede in some parts of the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that abandoning testing would cripple officials' efforts to track the disease. The WHO has issued guidance advising people on how to test themselves for COVID-19, a move that
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Anders Tegnell, the architect of Sweden's unique pandemic approach, will join the World Health Organization (WHO) next week to coordinate global coronavirus vaccination efforts. Tegnell's decision comes as the country reports one of the world's highest per capita COVID-19 death rates. Sweden's
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Suburban parents who are upset with Democrats' COVID policies, particularly mask mandates, are becoming a critical voting bloc in the upcoming election. Their anger and sense of frustration could have significant implications for Democrats, especially in suburban areas, where they are more likely to switch parties or stay home
