Tag: COVID
Singapore will extend Covid booster program to teens aged 12 to 17
Students in protective masks engage in extracurricular activity in school on Jan. 6, 2022 in Singapore.Suhaimi Abdullah | NurPhoto | Getty ImagesSepar [...]
Biden’s plan for free Covid tests and masks is too late to stop omicron
The Biden administration’s response to the omicron variant is belatedly kicking into gear. The White House announced Wednesday that it would soon s [...]
Students allowed despite Covid policies
Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday announced Australia will refund visa fees for vaccinated backpackers who arrive within the next three month [...]
Fauci says FDA could authorize Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for kids under 5 in the next month
Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks about the Omicron coronavirus variant during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, December 1, 2021.Kevin Lamarq [...]
Covid: End of Plan B in England ‘not the finish’, says Sajid Javid
The Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced the end of Plan B restrictions in England from next week.This includes removing the legal requirements to w [...]
Covid: Face mask rules and Covid passes to end in England
Working from home guidance is also ending as England reverts to "Plan A", Boris Johnson says.
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PM announces end to Plan B Covid measures
The prime minister has set out plans to return to Plan A Covid restrictions in England from next week, including lifting the recommendation to work fr [...]
England looks to ease Covid rules while Europe is engulfed by omicron
Senior doctor Thomas Marx puts on his personal protective gear before he enters the room of a patient with Covid-19 in an intensive care unit at a hos [...]
New Government Website for Ordering Covid Tests Is Active
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s new website allowing people to order up to four free at-home coronavirus tests quietly went live on Tuesday — [...]
UK media report Covid restrictions to be lifted on Wednesday
The Tele say that Prime Minister Johnson will announce the lifting of 'Plan B' COVID restrictions on Wednesday.The Cabinet has moved to end working fr [...]
Some Americans blocked from ordering Biden’s free Covid tests in early website launch
Take home COVID-19 self testing kits provided by the District of Columbia government, which provides city residents four free take home tests per day, [...]
Covid contract to Dominic Cummings friends ruled lawful by Appeal Court
The government wins a legal challenge over a contract awarded to firm run by friends of PM's ex-adviser.
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With Covid, we’ll never have a normal flu season again
Even as omicron is surging, the seasonal flu is back: More than 2,500 Americans were admitted to the hospital with influenza in the last week of De [...]
Covid could be turning kids into ‘fussy eaters’ due to loss of smell
A child wears a KN95 protective mask for kids arranged in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022.Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomb [...]
From tuk tuks to COVID tests, YouTuber tests Bitcoin use cases across multiple countries
A YouTuber started a journey in September to see whether he could survive solely on Bitcoin as a means of payment while traveling to 40 different coun [...]