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Covid 19 live updates: Health experts worry about variant-driven surge as states lift restrictions
Michael T. Osterholm, an adviser to President Biden’s coronavirus task force, said the nation is “in the eye of the hurricane.”
- Mar 8, 2021
Europe debates vaccine passports as a way to save summer tourism
The push for digital proof of vaccines is growing. Some see inequity.
- Mar 7, 2021
German intelligence agency places far-right AfD party under watch for extremism
The move comes ahead of elections in Germany this year as Chancellor Angela Merkel steps down.
- Mar 3, 2021
Catholic clergy in France abused more than 10,000 child victims, independent commission estimates
The alleged incidents cover seven decades.
- Mar 2, 2021
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of corruption, sentenced to year in prison
Sarkozy was France’s leader from 2007 to 2012 and remains popular among conservatives.
- Mar 1, 2021
A megachurch was one of France’s first covid clusters. One year on, 600 members sang and mourned in an indoor service.
The Open Door evangelical church in Mulhouse remains divisive.
- Feb 25, 2021
France considers only one vaccine dose for people who had covid
If followed by other countries, the approach could free up tens of millions of doses.
- Feb 18, 2021
Spread of S. African variant in eastern France triggers calls to suspend AstraZeneca vaccine rollout to health workers
A key government adviser said health workers in a region hit hard by variants should receive other authorized vaccines.
- Feb 16, 2021
As Germany extends its lockdown over covid-19 fears, France surprises with a more upbeat tone
France has hesitated to impose another lockdown, despite scientists’ warnings about new variants.
- Feb 11, 2021
France is seeing a baby bust nine months after its first covid lockdown
Economic and other pressures mean fewer families are bringing up bébé.
- Feb 11, 2021