PARIS: France began lifting coronavirus restrictions including mandatory outdoor mask-wearing Wednesday in a bid to ease citizens’ daily lives, dividing opinion as the country only last month reported record Covid-19 infections. Audience capacity limits for concert halls, sporting matches and other events were also removed, and although homeworking will no longer be mandated it is … Read more
PARIS: Disinformation around Covid vaccines has existed as long as the jabs themselves. Unverified studies, unproven claims and out-of-context data are regularly shared on websites and social media across the globe — fuelling dangerous myths about the virus and the vaccines. As Austria becomes the first European Union country to make vaccines mandatory this week, … Read more
LONDON: The UK government said Monday it will scrap compulsory Covid tests for fully jabbed arrivals and quarantine for unvaccinated travelers, in what it called “a new phase” in its pandemic strategy. Currently, fully vaccinated arrivals are required to take a lateral flow test within two days, while those not jabbed must self-isolate for 10 … Read more
MOSCOW, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday made another appeal to sceptical Russians to vaccinate themselves against Covid-19 but remained opposed to mandatory vaccinations. Putin also said he took part in trials of a nasal Covid vaccine and that he had experienced no problems after receiving a booster jab last week. Despite his repeated pleas, … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Thursday said more than half of the students between the ages of 12 and 18 years had been inoculated against Covid-19. Asad Umar, who also heads the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), said the total number of students vaccinated so far exceeded 5.5 … Read more
