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.
Markus Lohi, chairman of the Finnish parliament’s Social Affairs and Health Committee, has said he will not support a European Union-wide vaccine mandate.
Brexit leader Nigel Farage has exclaimed “thank goodness we left” the EU in response to reports that the head of the bloc, European Commission Ursula von der Leyen saying mandatory vaccination should be considered, while countries like Greece are threatening to fine senior citizens for every month they go unvaccinated.
The Greek government will fine all unvaccinated people aged 60 and older €100 (£85/$113) every month before mandatory vaccination is enforced next month.
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.
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.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused to rule out a winter lockdown leaving Briton’s facing the prospect of a lonely Christmas yet again.
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.
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.
Van Morrison is being sued for libel by Northern Ireland’s Health Minister after the singer called him “dangerous” for his lockdown policies.
The UK is set to change the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ to mean three jabs and will impose travel restrictions on people with only two.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – While people are now able to travel freely in Australia’s more populated east, COVID-19-free Western Australia will maintain its tight restrictions into next year, state leaders said Friday.
The local government of the Italian city of Trieste has banned all anti-vaccine passport protests at a central city square, claiming they could lead to higher Wuhan virus infection rates.
South African cricketer Quinton de Kock dropped out of a World Cup game after the team was ordered to take the knee for Black Lives Matter (BLM), but has since felt obliged to issue a humiliating public recantation of his actions.
The West faces descending into a two-tiered society of the “jabbed” and “jabbed-nots” in which the unvaccinated will become “modern-day social lepers”, Brexit leader Nigel Farage has warned.
Mask-wearing has once again become mandatory in Britain’s House of Commons – for everyone except Members of Parliament.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – New Zealand’s government said Tuesday it will expand a vaccine mandate to include thousands of workers who have close contact with their customers — including employees at restaurants, bars, gyms and hair salons.
An impact assessment conducted by the British government has reportedly found that rather than slowing the spread of the Wuhan virus, vaccine passports may serve to increase its transmission.
The first official weekend of enforcement of Scotland’s vaccine passport system has been described as an “unmitigated disaster” with foot traffic falling by as much as 40 per cent at some venues.
Failed U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has called on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to “mandate vaccines” and to force companies to fire employees who do not take the jab.
People in Austria who have not been vaccinated for the Chinese coronavirus could face lockdown restrictions if hospitals are overrun, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said.
The French government is considering requiring a third jab of a coronavirus vaccine in order for people to continue to qualify for the country’s vaccine passport, which is required to access many public spaces including cafes, bars, and restaurants.
The British government’s business secretary has seemingly “ruled out” lockdown restrictions being imposed during the winter months.
Members of the House of Commons were seen laughing as they extended emergency coronavirus powers for the government without an official vote.
As some Italians promise to blockade the country after the vaccine pass deadline for all workers, some fear that protests could turn violent.
The Australian police officers who sprayed an elderly woman in the face as she was on the ground with pepper spray are under investigation.
The British government has embarked on a pressure campaign to make parents get their children vaccinated or potentially risk losing the ability for their kids to attend school in person.
Vaccine passports for nightclubs, stadiums, and other large venues have come into effect in Wales after regional legislation passed in the Welsh parliament by just one vote last week.
(AFP) — New Zealand announced Monday a sweeping “no jab, no job” policy for most healthcare workers and teachers to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart London, Sir Graham Brady, whose role as the chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory MPs makes him the most powerful Conservative in the United Kingdom outside of government, criticised the “heavy-handed” policing seen during Australia’s strict coronavirus lockdowns.
Sir Graham Brady said he will resist the mission creep of coronavirus vaccine passports into a social credit score “at all costs”.
Boris Johnson’s UK is much, much closer politically, socially and economically to Tito’s Yugoslavia than it is to Milanović’s Croatia.
Boris Johnson’s government has once again raised the spectre of imposing a vaccine passport scheme under a so-called “Plan B” for the winter.
London’s Metropolitan Police shut down a peaceful protest against vaccine passports and other coronavirus restrictions on Saturday.
Unvaccinated Austrian populist Freedom Party (FPÖ) leader Herbert Kickl could be banned from attending large political events as the city of Vienna tightens its Wuhan virus rules.
