Facebook / Jacinda Ardern The highly infective coronavirus variant, Omicron, has reached New Zealand and started spreading in the community, the country’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern said, as she announced that New Zealand will be placed on the highest level of restrictions. The outbreak has also forced Ardern to cancel her wedding to Clarke Gayford,
Reading Time: 2 minutes SYDNEY, Jan 23 (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden has cancelled her wedding as the nation imposes new restrictions to slow the community spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, she told reporters on Sunday. New Zealand will impose mask rules and limit gathering from midnight on Sunday after a cluster of nine
Thousands of people gathered in European capitals Saturday to protest vaccine passports and other requirements governments have imposed in hopes of ending the coronavirus pandemic. Demonstrations took place in Athens, Helsinki, London, Paris and Stockholm. Marches in Paris drew hundreds of demonstrators protesting the introduction from Monday of a
Thousands of protesters demonstrated in Sweden's two biggest cities on Saturday against the use of vaccine passes, in marches that unfolded calmly after police had warned of possible clashes. Security police Sapo had expressed concern that neo-Nazi groups and opponents could face off at the demonstration in Stockholm. Around 9,000 people marched through