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Spain is scrapping a mandate to wear masks outdoors, as COVID-19 infection rates drop and hospitals report lower admissionsByThe Associated PressFebruary 8, 2022, 1:40 PM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleMADRID…

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla addresses a press conference after a visit to oversee the production of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at the factory of U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer in Puurs, Belgium April 23, 2021.John Thys | Pool |…

Germany’s health minister has decried calls from the main opposition party to suspend the implementation of a vaccination mandate for health workers, saying that they send a dangerous signalBy GEIR MOULSON Associated PressFebruary 8, 2022,…

Poland's Health Ministry says that the March 1 deadline of full vaccination for teachers and so-called uniformed services is being pushed back indefinitely because it cannot be metByThe Associated PressFebruary 8, 2022, 10:28 AM• 1 min…

Hong Kong’s leader has announced the city’s toughest social-distancing restrictions yet, including unprecedented limits on private gatherings, as new daily cases surge above 600ByThe Associated PressFebruary 8, 2022, 9:43 AM• 2 min…

North Korea plans to increase its government spending on pandemic measures by one-third this year to carry out leader Kim Jong Un’s calls for a more advanced virus responseBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated PressFebruary 8, 2022, 3:51 AM• 4 min…

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy will end a statewide mask mandate that was instituted to protect against COVID-19 in schools and child care centersBy MIKE CATALINI Associated PressFebruary 7, 2022, 5:10 PM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to…

Germany is working on plans to relax coronavirus restrictions after the peak in new cases has passed, likely by the end of FebruaryByThe Associated PressFebruary 7, 2022, 2:51 PM• 1 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this…

State TV reports that Iran has registered more than 100 new deaths from COVID-19 over a 24-hour period as the aggressive omicron variant spreads in the countryByThe Associated PressFebruary 7, 2022, 1:35 PM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare…

Papua New Guinea’s prime minister tested positive for COVID-19 when he arrived in Beijing last week to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games and had to cut short his stayByThe Associated PressFebruary 7, 2022, 10:24 AM• 1…