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Italy tightens rules on unvaccinated, New Year's festivities

Friday, 24 December 2021, 06:46 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Italy on Thursday again tightened COVID-19 restrictions, focusing on the unvaccinated and on New Year’s Eve celebrations as the new omicron variant pushed recorded infections to the country's...

UK, Italy again break daily Covid infections tally

Thursday, 23 December 2021, 18:46 Last update: about 6 years ago

The United Kingdom detected 119,789 new Covid infections in the past 24 hours, a 139% rise on the 50,023 new cases recorded on Thursday two weeks ago. A further 147 people died from...

Omicron less likely to put you in the hospital, studies say

Thursday, 23 December 2021, 07:31 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Two new British studies provide some early hints that the omicron variant of the coronavirus may be milder than the delta version. Scientists stress that even if the findings of these...

'Another storm coming': WHO warns of omicron surge in Europe

Wednesday, 22 December 2021, 07:05 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

The World Health Organization’s top official in Europe urged governments on Tuesday to prepare for a “significant surge” in coronavirus cases across the continent due to the omicron...

Dubai ruler must pay ex-wife $700M in divorce settlement

Tuesday, 21 December 2021, 14:07 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

A British court on Tuesday ordered the ruler of Dubai to pay his ex-wife and their children close to 550 million pounds ($730 million), in one of the most expensive divorce settlements in British...

Omicron sweeps across US, now 73% of new Covid cases

Tuesday, 21 December 2021, 07:43 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Omicron has raced ahead of other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the U.S., accounting for 73% of new infections last week, federal health officials said Monday. The...

EU approves 5th COVID-19 vaccine for bloc, one by Novavax

Monday, 20 December 2021, 15:07 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

The European Union’s drugs regulator gave the green light Monday to a fifth COVID-19 vaccine for use in the 27-nation bloc, granting conditional marketing authorization to the two-dose vaccine...

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