SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) – North Macedonia’s government was holding an emergency meeting Thursday over an overnight fire that ripped through a field hospital set up to treat COVID-19 patients, leaving 14 people dead.
Tory MP David Davis called for the “unnecessary emergency powers” given to the government under the Coronavirus Act to be removed.
The UK will to introduce vaccine passports for nightclubs and other large venues this month, the government’s vaccines minister confirmed.
National security concerns were raised after a report found the UK is almost exclusively reliant on China for tens of thousands of products.
Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi is reportedly considering a mandatory vaccination programme for incoming illegal migrants after hinting at a vaccine mandate for all Italians earlier this week.
Meghan Markle’s husband Harry, Duke of Sussex, has blamed vaccine hesitancy on “families around the world… being overwhelmed by mass-scale misinformation across news media and social media”.
Boris Johnson’s official spokesman confirmed on Tuesday that the government intends to go ahead with the plan to introduce vaccine passports.
Britain’s NHS reportedly falsified up to 700,000 vaccine passport records since the beginning of the controversial programme.
A British veteran said that many veterans are willing to take a stand against the “tyranny” imposed by Boris Johnson’s government.
The European Union plans to recommend that its 27 nations reinstate restrictions on tourists from the U.S. because of rising coronavirus infection levels there, EU diplomats said Monday.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of London, demanding that the government does not implement the proposed vaccine passport system.
Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is jabbing people in the changing rooms of London clothes stores as part of a “Get Vaxxed While You Shop” initiative over the Bank Holiday weekend.
The British government says it is preparing to vaccinate children ages 12-15 against the coronavirus, even though the inoculation campaign has not yet been approved by the country’s vaccine advisors.
Local government officials in Australia had dogs due to be rescued from a council pound shot dead, to stop shelter workers from going to pick them up during Covid.
For the sixth straight week, hundreds of thousands of people in France took to the streets against Emmanuel Macron’s health pass scheme.
(AFP) — Hundreds were arrested after violent clashes between anti-lockdown protesters and police in Australia’s two largest cities Saturday as the country recorded its sharpest rise in daily Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began.
Elections Canada has threatened to turn away voters who show up in person to vote without a mask ahead of the national election on September 20th.
(AFP) — Australia’s biggest city announced tighter Covid restrictions including heavier fines and tighter policing on Saturday as authorities battled to contain a Delta outbreak and said they were seeing the “most concerning day of the pandemic” so far.
State propaganda in China has been accused of inventing a Swiss biologist to dispute the origins of the Wuhan coronavirus.
Outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) claimed that the coronavirus came to New York “on planes from Europe,” instead of citing the virus’s widely-believed origin of Wuhan, China.
A leading lockdown-sceptic Conservative MP has branded “disproportionate” plans being considered to pressure nightclubs to use vaccine passports during ‘covid surges’ as the price for staying fully open.
Times columnist Hilary Rose has praised Friends star Jennifer Aniston for dropping actual friends and acquaintances who will not disclose their vaccination status, saying: “Hear, hear, Jen, and respect for speaking out.”
Queen guitarist Brian May has given a bizarre interview in which he lamented that it has become “impossible” to go against the herd before criticising Eric Clapton and “anti-vax people” and saying he doesn’t “want people spreading misinformation”.
Greek healthcare staff have until September 1st to be fully vaccinated against the Wuhan coronavirus or face indefinite suspension from their jobs.
Spanish populist party VOX has threatened legal action in Madrid if the government implements a so-called health pass that would require vaccination or a negative coronavirus test to enter certain businesses.
An illegal migrant from Guinea avoided deportation by refusing to take a pre-flight coronavirus test, only to find himself in detention, asking: “Am I going to stay in prison until I die?”
Transport Minister Grant Shapps has said that vaccination will be a feature of foreign travel “for ever more”, also claiming that young people will not be able to “leave the country” without it.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, went into a sixth lockdown on Thursday, with a state government leader blaming the nation’s slow COVID-19 vaccination rollout.
Sixteen and 17-year-olds will be offered vaccination against the Chinese coronavirus without their parents’ consent, government scientists have said.
A man died in police custody as the German force launched a crackdown of Sunday’s anti-lockdown protest, in which 600 people were arrested.
Footage of police helicopters flying over beaches and parks in Australia to enforce draconian coronavirus lockdown measures is circulating on social media.
Local government officials are sending representatives door-to-door to “encourage vaccine uptake” in Cheshire, England.
LONDON (AP) – Restaurants, ride-hailing apps, and food delivery services are backing Britain’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, offering discounts and even free slices of pizza to persuade young people to roll up their sleeves and get the shot.
Anti-lockdown protesters have been banned from gathering in Berlin over the weekend by judges who argued they may spread the coronavirus.
Federal Reserve officials expect the labor market to see an influx of women workers when schools reopen in the fall. That’s looking a lot more doubtful now.
The movement against vaccine passports in France grew to over 150 cities on Saturday, with with 150,000 protesting against health passes.
TARTU, Estonia (AP) – With her father in tow, 13-year-old Gloria Raudjarv marched through a vaccination centre inside a sports hall in Estonia’s second-largest city and up to a nurse for her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Ethical vegans may be exempt from being forced by their employers to be vaccinated because their lifestyle beliefs are protected by law, a legal firm has claimed.
Scuffles broke out in the Italian parliament on Thursday as members of the national conservative Brothers of Italy (FdI) protested the passing of the coronavirus “health pass”.
Transgender activists in Italy have objected to the Wuhan coronavirus “Green Pass”, claiming it would reveal information on their gender.
