Grace was full of hope as she entered the final stretch of high school. The 16-year-old was two years away from graduating, and she wanted to make her parents proud especially her father.
New York City indoor dining will expand to 75% capacity in early May
From CNN s Kristina Sgueglia
New York City indoor dining capacity will expand to 75% beginning May 7, the governor said Friday, detailing a swath of other measures easing restrictions further signaling the state is making progress in its fight against Covid-19.
The move brings New York City up to par with other areas across the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
Gyms and fitness centers in New York City will also expand to 50% capacity beginning May 15, Gov. Cuomo added.
Statewide, hair salons, barber shops and other personal care services can expand to 75% beginning May 7.
Brazil s health minister asks countries with extra vaccine doses to share them
From CNN s Rodrigo Pedroso in Sao Paulo
Workers unload a 1 million-dose shipment of the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 29. Nelson Almedia/AFP/Getty Images
Brazil s Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga has asked countries that have extra Covid-19 vaccine doses to share them with Brazil as soon as possible. We reiterate our call to those who have extra doses of vaccines so that they can share them with Brazil as soon as possible to allow us to succeed in advancing our broad vaccination campaign to contain the critical phase of the pandemic and avoid the proliferation of new strains and variants of the virus, said Queiroga during a virtual World Health Organization press conference.
By Barbara Wojazer and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN
Updated 4:11 PM ET, Fri April 23, 2021
French police officials block off a street near a police station in Rambouillet, southwest of Paris.
Paris (CNN)An anti-terrorism investigation has been launched in France after a female police officer was killed in a knife attack at a police station in a Paris suburb.
Police on the scene quickly intervened and killed the attacker, Prime Minister Jean Castex told journalists on Friday, referring to the incident in Rambouillet as a terrorist attack.
Castex said that our determination to fight terrorism in all its shape is unbroken, more than ever.