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Video piles pressure on UK’s Johnson in lockdown-party saga
World
December 8, 2021
Video piles pressure on UK’s Johnson in lockdown-party saga
LONDON (AP) — A leaked video that shows staff members in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office joking about holding…
Austria’s lockdown is looking infectious
World
November 20, 2021
Austria’s lockdown is looking infectious
LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Austria’s lockdown may spread as quickly as Covid-19. On Friday, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced…
Austrian unvaccinated lockdown starts amid COVID resurgence
World
November 15, 2021
Austrian unvaccinated lockdown starts amid COVID resurgence
BERLIN (AP) — Austria took what its leader called the “dramatic” step Monday of implementing a nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated…
Dutch consider new partial lockdown as coronavirus cases hit record
World
November 12, 2021
Dutch consider new partial lockdown as coronavirus cases hit record
AMSTERDAM, Nov 11 (Reuters) – The Dutch government on Thursday was considering whether to impose Western Europe’s first partial…
Report concludes UK waited too long for virus lockdown
World
October 12, 2021
Report concludes UK waited too long for virus lockdown
LONDON (AP) — The British government waited too long to impose a lockdown in the early days of the COVID-19…
COVID-hit Chinese city tells residents to stay home as holiday starts
World
September 18, 2021
COVID-hit Chinese city tells residents to stay home as holiday starts
BEIJING, Sept 18 (Reuters) – A city in southeast China hit by COVID-19 told residents on Saturday to stay home…
COVID: How the delta variant has shattered Vietnam’s success
World
September 11, 2021
COVID: How the delta variant has shattered Vietnam’s success
Through the first four months of this year, Diep Nguyen was enjoying Vietnam’s impressive containment of COVID-19. Her cafe in an upscale…
Lockdowns or vaccines? 3 Pacific nations try diverging paths
World
August 23, 2021
Lockdowns or vaccines? 3 Pacific nations try diverging paths
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Cheryl Simpson was supposed to be celebrating her 60th birthday over lunch with friends but…
New Zealand thrown into lockdown over single suspected Delta case
World
August 17, 2021
New Zealand thrown into lockdown over single suspected Delta case
WELLINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put New Zealand under strict lockdown on Tuesday after the country’s…
Morocco to extend night curfew to limit COVID-19 surge
Middle East
August 3, 2021
Morocco to extend night curfew to limit COVID-19 surge
RABAT, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Morocco will lengthen its night curfew, starting two hours earlier at 9 pm (2000 GMT)…