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COVID vaccines in pregnancy protects newborn babies, says new study

The findings shed light on whether the benefits of vaccination during pregnancy extend to infants who would be too young to receive COVID vaccines.

Netherlands

Dutch government to drop most COVID-19 restrictions as infections fall

Mask wearing and working from home will no longer be required.

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Overwhelmed Hong Kong hospitals set up outdoor wards

Two Hong Kong hospitals begin placing patients in beds outside their entrances, as medical facilities struggle to cope with the city's worst coronavirus wave to date.

World News

Europe's Omicron wave is 'moving east', warns WHO

The number of COVID-19 infections has doubled in six countries in the WHO Europe region over the past week.

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Canada

Canada's Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell protests

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has invoked emergency powers to try to quell the protests by truck drivers and others over COVID-19 restrictions.

Culture news

New Zealand authorities blast 'Baby Shark' to disperse protestors

No earworm was off limits for the hundreds protesting Jacinda Ardern's new COVID-19 vaccine mandate for public service occupations.

Canada

Key US-Canada bridge reopens after police clear protesters

The crossing normally carries 25% of all trade between the two countries, and the blockade on the Canadian side had disrupted business in both countries, with automakers forced to shut down several assembly plants.

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Hundreds at anti-virus rules protest in the Hague

Protesters demonstrating against COVID-19 rules marched through The Hague for a second day on Sunday, in solidarity with Canada's trucker demonstration.

Canada

Police peacefully disperses anti-covid protests at US-Canadian border

The protests at the Ambassador Bridge and elsewhere have been aimed at vaccine mandates and other coronavirus restrictions.

Germany

German court won't stop vaccine mandate for healthcare workers for now

The Constitutional Court declined to issue an injunction before the new law takes effect in mid-March.

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New Zealand anti-vaccine protesters continue their siege of parliament.

The number of protesters outside New Zealand's parliament increased on Friday and they continue to stand up to the police.

France

France eases rules for mandatory face masks at indoor public places

France eases rules for mandatory face masks at indoor public places

France

In pictures: Canada-style 'Freedom Convoy' heading for Paris

Protesters against France's COVID restrictions, inspired by the 'Freedom Convoy' in Canada, are heading to Paris.

Culture news

Every artist that has left Spotify so far in 2022

We dive into the story of Neil Young vs Spotify and every artist to speak out against the platform since Joe Rogan's controversial antivax episode.

Football Now

What is it like to be a professional footballer during the pandemic?

In partnership with Media City

Having surpassed two years since the first matches were postponed, Football Now looks back at life for footballers during the height of Covid-19.

Health news

10% of healthcare workers struggle with suicidal or self harm thoughts

New research in Australia, which mirrors previous findings in Europe, lays bare the scale of the struggle that healthcare workers are experiencing.

Mobility

Revealed: The cities with the best and worst traffic congestion

New data from navigation company TomTom suggests that traffic congestion in many cities is still lower than it was before the COVID pandemic.

France

Is a Canada-style 'Freedom Convoy' protest set to descend on Paris?

Though 300,000 Facebook users have joined a group planning the demonstration, it's unclear how many people are planning to show up.

United Kingdom

COVID-infected people in England may soon not have to isolate

Prime Minister Boris Johnson told parliament the last domestic restrictions could be lifted by late February if the latest encouraging trends continued.

Switzerland

Rich countries should pay €14 billion urgently to end pandemic — WHO

"Science gave us the tools to fight COVID-19; if they are shared globally in solidarity, we can end COVID-19 as a global health emergency this year," said the World Health Organization's chief.