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Coronavirus live news: Auckland finishes week of lockdown, England prepares to reopen schools
France reports 23,306 new cases as Pas-de-Calais locked down, US Senate passes $1.9tn pandemic economic relief plan, arrests during Vienna protests See all our coronavirus coverage 1.58am GMT Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard has had her coronavirus jab, becoming one of the first in the country to get the…
Read More »Auckland emerges from strict weeklong Covid lockdown
Officials say no new local cases on Sunday, though masks still required on public transport Auckland has come out of a weeklong lockdown imposed after a community cluster of the more contagious UK coronavirus variant. There were no new local Covid-19 cases recorded on Sunday, health officials said, allowing for…
Read More »L.A. Coronavirus Update: County Surpasses 22,000 Total Covid-19 Deaths; Officials Confirm 16 New MIS-C Cases
Nearly a year after the coronavirus pandemic first touched down in Los Angeles, Public Health officials confirmed more than 22,000 total deaths related to the infectious disease, bringing the county to yet another grim milestone. To date Los Angeles County has identified a total of 22,008 deaths and 1,201,866 cases.…
Read More »'Here fire, you hungry?' Idaho Covid protesters burn masks in front of capitol
Children encouraged to burn masks in state without mandate Republican-led states move to relax coronavirus restrictions A least 100 people gathered in front of the Idaho state capitol on Saturday to burn masks, in a protest against measures to limit infections and deaths caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading…
Read More »Biden hails 'giant step' as Senate passes $1.9tn coronavirus relief bill
Republican opposition holds through marathon ‘vote-a-rama’ Speaker Pelosi has said measure should be law by 14 March Joe Biden hailed “one more giant step forward on delivering on that promise that help is on the way”, after Democrats took a critical step towards a first major legislative victory since assuming…
Read More »Coronavirus live news: UK reports a further 158 deaths and 6,040 new cases; France tightens regional restrictions
Contradictory death figures in Russia; WHO warns against relaxing guard due to vaccines School Covid tests: pupils in England ‘very likely’ to get false positives Dalai Lama urges people to get Covid vaccine after having first dose From Pfizer to Moderna, the companies making billions from vaccines EU indecision led…
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