FRANKFURT, Germany — Germany’s president says the country is enduring a “crisis of trust” and urged people to “pull together” as they weather a second Easter amid pandemic restrictions and dissatisfaction over the government’s response. In the text of an…
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California OKs indoor sports, concerts as COVID cases plunge
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sports, theater and music fans will be able to take their seats again in California as the state’s coronavirus cases plummet and vaccinations jump. After a year-long ban on most indoor seating, the state Friday set the…
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EU to get 107 million COVID doses by end of March, 30 million from AstraZeneca
FILE PHOTO: Vial labelled “AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine” placed on displayed EU flag is seen in this illustration picture taken March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationBRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union states are expected to receive 107 million doses of COVID-19…
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France still facing several difficult weeks due to COVID: minister
FILE PHOTO: People walk and cycle on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, as France’s 16 hardest-hit departments go into a new month-long lockdown imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) contagion, France March 20, 2021. REUTERS/Eric…
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Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 15,813: RKI
FILE PHOTO: A police officer checks commuters in a car arriving from Poland, at the German-Polish border crossing Stadtbruecke (city bridge) amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, March 22, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal HanschkeBERLIN (Reuters) – The number…
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Denmark raises limit on public gatherings to 10 people
FILE PHOTO: View of the shopping street in the small Danish city of Elsinore, about an hour north of the Nordic country’s capital of Copenhagen, during a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19, on February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Tim…
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Colorado bill would allow civil action on past sexual abuse
DENVER — Randy Kady says he was in first grade when his teacher began molesting him during class. Kady, now 54, says his teacher sat him on his lap to “look over” his work. The teacher slipped his hands down…
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France sees no reason to suspend AstraZeneca shot, minister says
FILE PHOTO: Prepared syringes of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are seen at the Clinique de l’Estree – ELSAN private hospital in Stains as part of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination campaign in France, March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File PhotoPARIS (Reuters)…
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AP-NORC poll: 1 in 5 in US lost someone close in pandemic
WASHINGTON — About 1 in 5 Americans say they lost a relative or close friend to the coronavirus, highlighting the division between heartache and hope as the country itches to get back to normal a year into the pandemic. A…
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EU extends vaccine export checks by three months until end-June
FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled “COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine” and syringes are seen in front of a displayed EU flag in this illustration taken, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationBRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission has extended until the end of June its…
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