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Rio de Janeiro delays Carnival due to surging Covid cases

The world-famous Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro will be held in late April rather than the final weekend of February, as the number...

Japan widens virus restrictions as Omicron variant surges in cities

Restaurants and bars will close early in Tokyo and a dozen other areas across Japan from today as the country widens its Covid-19 restrictions...

Tough restrictions imposed in Nepal amid record number of virus cases

Nepal’s capital has shut schools, ordered citizens to carry vaccination cards in public, banned religious festivals and instructed hotel guests to be tested every...

Austrian parliament approves universal vaccine mandate

Austria’s parliament has voted to introduce a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for adults from February 1, the first of its kind in Europe. MPs voted 137...

Unvaccinated people to be excluded from venues under new French Covid law

France’s parliament has approved a law that will exclude unvaccinated people from all restaurants, sports arenas and other venues as the central measure of...

Man who fled US after faking death found in Scotland with Covid

A Rhode Island man who is believed to have faked his death and fled the US to evade prosecution in Utah and other states...

Global Covid-19 cases rise more than 50% in a week, but deaths stable

The number of new coronavirus infections in the past week jumped by about 55%, but the number of deaths remained stable, the World Health...

Over half of Europeans will be infected with Covid-19 in 6-8 weeks, WHO warns

Over half of all Europeans will be infected with Covid-19 in the next 6-8 weeks, the World Health Organisation has warned. There were more than...

Wales and Juventus midfielder Aaron Ramsey tests positive for Covid-19

Juventus midfielder Aaron Ramsey is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19, the Serie A club have announced. The Italian side revealed on Monday evening that...

Port city near Beijing tests all residents after Omicron cases found

Tianjin, a major Chinese port city near the capital Beijing, has begun mass testing of its 14 million residents after a cluster of 20...

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