MILAN (AP) – Italy is making life more uncomfortable for unvaccinated people this holiday season, excluding them from indoor restaurants, theatres, and museums starting Monday to reduce the spread of coronavirus and encourage vaccine sceptics to get their shots.
Scholz announced that an epidemiologist who has been a prominent voice of caution on coronavirus will be Germany’s new health minister.
A young Australian woman has claimed in a video interview that she was forcibly detained for two weeks in a Covid internment camp, despite not having the virus.
Boris Johnson has been reported to the police by multiple Labour MPs over accusations he broke his own government’s coronavirus regulations.
A poll has found that the English public is accepting of certain restrictions, but that the idea of a full lockdown remains extremely unpopular.
A senior government and Conservative Party figure refused to rule out following Europe into mandatory vaccination or lockdowns for the unjabbed, only saying that the UK will not have to consider those measures as long as “people keep on taking the booster”.
BRUSSELS (AP) – The Belgian government has vowed to reinforce measures to contain the coronavirus even more with fresh measures to be decided Friday, possibly including more school closures and further reducing opening times of bars and restaurants.
Britain’s new self-isolation rules have been extended to March of next year when the UK will mark over two years of COVID restrictions.
BA has temporarily suspended flights to Hong Kong in order to avoid the risk of any more crews being sent to a notorious quarantine centre.
Germany’s highest court rejected complaints against curfews and other restrictions imposed by federal legislation earlier this year.
AMSTERDAM (AP) – The Netherlands moved into a tougher lockdown Sunday that was announced amid spiking infections even before the country recorded its first confirmed cases of the new, more highly transmissible omicron virus variant.
The UK Health Secretary has told Brits not to change their holiday plans, but avoided promising there wouldn’t be a lockdown this Christmas.
New restrictions were being slapped on travel as the world scurried Saturday to contain the new omicron variant of the coronavirus.
China’s latest coronavirus outbreak forced more than 20 Shanghai hospitals to “suspend out-patient and emergency medical services” on Friday “for epidemic prevention and screening,” China’s state-run Global Times reported.
A poll has found that the majority of Germans are in favour of making vaccination against the Chinese coronavirus compulsory.
Irish Senator Gerry Horkan has stated that those who wish to “participate in society” must be vaccinated against the Chinese coronavirus.
Austrian ski slopes have been allowed to remain open while the rest of the country languishes in a 20-day lockdown.
The doubly vaccinated French Prime Minister, Jean Castex, has been forced to go into quarantine after testing positive for COVID on Monday.
The Dutch government introduced legislation to restrict access for unvaccinated people to bars, restaurants and museums.
Former British Supreme Court judge Lord Jonathan Sumption has warned that “Europe’s new wave of Covid authoritarianism” has exposed how easily society can be subverted by panic and fear.
British Health Secretary Sajid Javid has ruled out the possibility of compulsory coronavirus vaccinations being implemented in the UK. In response to whether Britain would be following the likes of Austria in mandating vaccines, Mr Javid bluntly stated “no” on
Austria went into a nationwide lockdown early Monday in a desperate effort to contain spiraling coronavirus infections.
Ten of thousands of people demonstrated through Brussels on Sunday to protest lockdown restrictions imposed by the Belgian government.
There are growing calls within Germany to follow the lead of neighbouring Austria and mandate vaccines for the Chinese coronavirus.
Mass demonstrations erupted across Europe on Saturday with anti-lockdown protests being staged in Vienna, Rome, and The Netherlands.
Police have said at least two people may have been shot as a result of officers firing warning shots during violent protests in Rotterdam on Friday evening, as demonstrations against the Dutch government’s decision to enact another coronavirus lockdown descended into chaotic riots.
VIENNA (AP) — Thousands of protesters gathered in Vienna on Saturday after the Austrian government announced a nationwide lockdown to contain the quickly rising coronavirus infections in the country.
The Austrian government has announced it will be forcing all residents to take a Wuhan virus vaccine. Those who refuse will face heavy fines and possible prison sentences starting in February.
The head of Germany’s disease control agency has warned that the country faces a “really terrible Christmas” unless steps are taken.
Indian officials on Wednesday announced six of the eleven coal-fired power plants around New Delhi have been shut down in a bid to reduce air pollution, which has grown so oppressive that schools are closed, construction work has been banned, and a full lockdown of the city is under consideration.
“Truck drivers are not stupid people,” Edward Durr, a Republican state senator-elect in New Jersey, told Breitbart News on Sunday.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused to rule out a winter lockdown leaving Briton’s facing the prospect of a lonely Christmas yet again.
Brexit leader Nigel Farage has slammed the leader of Wales’s devolved government for being caught on film dancing in close proximity to others while not wearing a mask, despite having imposed some of the strictest rules on citizens in the UK during the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.
Brexit leader Nigel Farage has condemned Austria’s lockdown for the unvaccinated as a sign of “dark times for freedom and liberty”.
The Austrian government has imposed a nationwide stay-at-home lockdown exclusively on the unvaccinated, in what opposition politicians have denounced as a “corona apartheid system”.
Chancellor Angela Merkel told the citizens of Germany that it is their “duty” to get vaccinated and compared the coronavirus pandemic to the alleged climate crisis.
Tesco has released a Christmas ad in which Santa avoids being quarantined for the Chinese coronavirus by presenting a vaccine passport.
Northeast China’s Dalian city documented 52 new coronavirus cases on Thursday — more than double the number of such infections detected a day earlier — prompting the coastal tourist hub and major port to “limit outbound travel, cut offline school classes, and close a few cultural venues,” Reuters reported Friday.
European Union member-state Latvia has banned unvaccinated MPs from voting in its parliament, as well as docking their pay.
VIENNA (AP) – Austria is implementing a lockdown for unvaccinated people in two hard-hit regions next week and looks poised to move forward with similar measures nationwide, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said Friday.
