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Austria to lift lockdown on unvaccinated residents as vaccine mandate rolls out
Austria will end its lockdown for unvaccinated residents next Monday, one day before a COVID-19 vaccine mandate takes effect in the country, the ... World News -
Africa CDC says severe lockdowns no longer tool to contain COVID-19
Africa’s top public health official said on Thursday that he was encouraged by the way that South Africa had handled its latest COVID-19 wave driven ... Coronavirus -
China locks down city of more than 1.2 million after three virus cases
More than one million people in a city in central China were being confined to their homes on Tuesday after three asymptomatic coronavirus cases were ... Coronavirus -
Omicron’s global spread prompts renewed lockdowns, delayed reopenings
New Zealand delayed the planned reopening of its international border because of the sweeping spread of Omicron around the world on Tuesday, as ... Coronavirus -
S.Korea eases curbs in first step toward ‘living with COVID-19’
South Korea said on Friday it will drop all operating-hour curbs on restaurants and cafes and implement its first vaccine passport for high-risk ... Coronavirus -
New Zealand police arrest men smuggling KFC into city in COVID-19 lockdown
New Zealand police have arrested two men caught trying to smuggle a car-boot full of KFC chicken and tens of thousands of dollars into a its largest ... Coronavirus -
New Zealand’s Auckland extends COVID-19 lockdown
New Zealand’s largest city Auckland will remain in a COVID-19 lockdown for at least another two weeks, although some restrictions will be eased, Prime ... Coronavirus -
Sydney nightly curfew to end as COVID-19 vaccinations hit fresh milestone
A curfew imposed on more than two million people in the 12 Sydney suburbs hardest hit by the spread of the coronavirus delta variant will end on ... Coronavirus -
New Zealand PM Ardern extends nationwide COVID-19 lockdown
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extended a nationwide lockdown on Friday as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country jumped and the ... Coronavirus -
Oman extends nightly COVID-19 lockdown
Oman on Thursday extended a nightly lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus, with movement and commercial activities to be restricted ... Coronavirus -
Australia reports slight decline in new COVID-19 cases amid lockdown
Australia’s two largest states on Sunday reported slight declines in new COVID-19 infections, prompting authorities to say it could be days before ... Coronavirus -
Melbourne joins Sydney in COVID-19 lockdown, 12 million ordered to say home
Australia’s bid to quash a fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak will see its second largest city lock down late Thursday, bringing the total number of ... Coronavirus -
COVID-19 lockdown deaths of animals in Bangladesh pets shops spark outcry
Hundreds of animals have died in Dhaka’s biggest pet market after stores were forced to close during Bangladesh’s coronavirus lockdown, leaving owners ... Coronavirus -
British PM Johnson to set out lockdown easing plans
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out plans for the final step of easing COVID-19 lockdown in England on Monday, including guidance on ... Coronavirus -
More support for businesses expected if UK delays COVID-19 lockdown easing: Minister
More government support for businesses is likely if there is a delay to easing Britain’s lockdown restrictions, junior health minister Edward Argar ... Coronavirus -
Taiwan to extend COVID-19 curbs, schools to stay shut
Taiwan will extend its COVID-19 restrictions for another two weeks until June 28 and schools will remain shut until the summer vacation, the ... Coronavirus -
Australia’s Victoria state COVID-19 outbreak eases
Australia’s Victoria state reported just three new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, its lowest single-day rise in more than a week, a day after a snap ... Coronavirus -
Australia’s Victoria state calls for patience on end of COVID-19 lockdown
Australia’s Victoria state authorities said on Tuesday that it was still unclear whether a snap one-week lockdown to contain a fresh COVID-19 outbreak ... Coronavirus -
Australia’s Victoria COVID-19 cluster swells to 51, next few days ‘critical’
Australia’s second most populous state of Victoria, the epicenter of the country’s latest coronavirus hotspot, reported 11 new cases of community ... Coronavirus -
China neighborhood on lockdown after COVID-19 virus upsurge
The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou shut down a neighborhood and ordered residents to stay home Saturday to be tested for the coronavirus following ... Coronavirus -
Australia’s COVID-19 success under threat as Melbourne goes into lockdown
Five million weary Melbourne residents were put back under lockdown on Friday, straining local resolve and testing Australia’s “zero-Covid” strategy ... Coronavirus -
Too early to say on final UK reopening step, India variant spreading: Health minister
A coronavirus variant first found in India is spreading across Britain and it is too soon to say whether the country can fully drop COVID-19 ... Coronavirus -
Millions in Australia’s second city ordered into snap COVID-19 lockdown
More than five million people in Australia’s second-biggest city of Melbourne were ordered into a snap week-long lockdown Thursday, as officials ... Coronavirus -
Saudi VP shed 25kg in lockdown, does charity triathlon in memory of brother-in-law
Many piled on the weight during coronavirus lockdowns, but for the VP of a Saudi Arabian company the pandemic presented the opportunity for him to ... Gulf -
UK PM Johnson to ease England’s lockdown after months of strict COVID-19 measures
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out on Monday the next phase of lockdown easing in England, giving the green light to “cautious hugging” ... Coronavirus -
COVID-19 curbs reinstated in Sydney as Australian officials trace mystery case
Australian officials reinstated social distancing measures across greater Sydney on Thursday, as they scrambled to find missing transmission links in ... Coronavirus -
Protesters gather as German lawmakers vote on COVID-19 lockdown rules
Protesters began gathering in central Berlin early Wednesday as lawmakers prepared to vote on a proposal by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Cabinet that ... Coronavirus -
India breaches 200,000 daily COVID-19 cases as hospital beds, oxygen fall short
India reported a record 200,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and the financial hub of Mumbai entered a lockdown, as many hospitals treating ... Coronavirus -
Turkey set to again tighten COVID-19 curbs after surge: Source
Turkey’s daily coronavirus infection numbers have soared above 50,000 and President Tayyip Erdogan is likely to order a tightening of restrictions ... Coronavirus -
Australia’s Queensland state starts Easter weekend with no new COVID-19 cases
Australia’s state of Queensland that has been battling a small outbreak of COVID-19 recorded no new cases on Friday as the country began what the ... Coronavirus