Aaron Bochner News Today

Schools and private businesses can still set their own mask rules, Gov. Steve Sisolak said on Thursday.

A spike in cases across Asia has followed this month’s holiday.

Advisers to C.D.C. also said they would support extending the gap between first and second vaccine doses to eight weeks.

The country is the first Western democracy to require coronavirus vaccinations for nearly its entire adult population. Skyrocketing food prices threaten to deepen poverty and unrest around the world.

The move comes as others on the continent, including Denmark and Norway, are changing their approaches to the virus and scrapping pandemic protocols.

Pubs and restaurants can return to regular hours, but face masks are still required in public spaces.

Djokovic’s lawyers said they would appeal the decision. The tennis star could be detained again on Saturday, with the Australian Open starting on Monday.

Gov. Jim Justice developed symptoms and tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday, and is receiving antibody treatment, his office said.

The new rule comes as rising case numbers lead to staff shortages in critical sectors, and as other European nations bring in new measures to curb widening outbreaks. Israel offers fourth vaccine doses.

Calls to poison control centers have soared across the country as misinformation spreads touting the anti-parasite drug as a Covid treatment.