PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech schools, libraries, zoos and some stores reopened on Monday after months of coronavirus closures in one of the world’s worst-hit countries.Slideshow ( 4 images )A six-month state of emergency expired at midnight, lifting restrictions on movement including…
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Poland facing tougher COVID-19 curbs as infections rise: PM's aide
FILE PHOTO: Medical staff treat a patient inside of the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) coronavirus disease ward at the Interior and Administration Ministry (MSWiA) hospital in Warsaw, Poland, March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Kacper PempelWARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will likely have to…
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Germany to halt AstraZeneca vaccinations – Health Ministry
FILE PHOTO: Health workers prepare syringes with the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 at a new vaccination centre inside the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin, Germany March 8, 2021. Tobias Schwarz/Pool via REUTERSBERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will stop administering AstraZeneca’s COVID-19…
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Bulgaria to cull over 160,000 ducks after bird flu outbreak
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria will cull more than 160,000 ducks after an outbreak of bird flu on two duck farms, veterinary officials said on Saturday. The outbreak occurred at two farms of the same owner in the town of Slaviyanovo,…
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Why don’t we hear about the low number of coronavirus deaths in Central Europe?
While the English language media gushes over how successful New Zealand has been in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, it has largely failed to report on another part of the world where both infection rates and fatalities remain low. Significant…
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