Health
Vietnam to end COVID curbs on international flights from Feb 15
Vietnam will remove its COVID-19 restrictions on international passenger flights with all markets starting Feb. 15, with no limitation on the number ...Police stop 500 vehicles heading to Paris in COVID protest convoy
Police said they stopped 500 vehicles that were trying to get into Paris on Saturday in a ‘freedom convoy’ protest against COVID-19 ...New Zealand protesters occupy parliament grounds for fourth day
More people arrived outside New Zealand’s parliament on Friday, as protesters calling for an end to a vaccine mandate and tough COVID-19 ...Mayor of Canadian-U.S. border city says protesters could be removed by force
A Canadian mayor said on Thursday police were prepared to physically remove anti-coronavirus mandate protesters who have blocked a vital U.S.-Canada trade ...England set to end COVID self-isolation rules this month
By Alistair SmoutPosted and edited by Shreejana KC TOE People in England who test positive for COVID-19 will no longer be legally ...EU wants pandemic treaty to ban wildlife markets, reward virus detection
The European Union is pushing for a global deal aimed at preventing new pandemics that could include a ban on wildlife markets ...Australia to open borders to vaccinated tourists on February 21
Australia said on Monday it will reopen its borders to vaccinated travellers this month, ending two years of misery for the tourism ...Thousands protest vaccine mandates in Canada, further fraying nerves
By Kyaw Soe Oo and Brian Gable ReutersEdited by Shreejana KC Thousands of people demonstrated in Canadian cities, including the financial hub ...In Italy, COVID wards filled with unvaccinated elderly people as Omicron swept nation
As the Omicron variant swept Italy late last year, it was unvaccinated elderly people and those who had not had a booster ...Finland moves up planned easing of COVID restrictions
Finland will begin gradually easing COVID-19 restrictions from Feb. 1 instead of mid-February as initially planned as the burden on its hospitals ...














