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Spain’s Morenoite Izquierda Diario downplays pandemic as PSOE-Podemos government lifts restrictions Two weeks after PSOE (Socialist Party)-Podemos government called to end Spain’s state of alarm, the Morenoite Workers’ Revolutionary Current (CRT) has shown itself to be utterly indifferent to the many lives that will be lost to COVID-19 as the ruling elite lifts social-distancing restrictions. Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias (Wikimedia Commons) The state of alarm is the juridical mechanism a...

— Bitter experience helps French ICUs crest latest virus wave — Billions spent on coronavirus fight, but what happens next? ——— ——— HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING: WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The Pacific nation of Fiji has closed schools and canceled sporting events as it deals with its first coronavirus infections outside quarantine cases in more than a year. A soldier and a room cleaner at a quarantine facility have both tested positive but there...

Rise of fourth coronavirus wave in Spain begins to slow: ‘The situation is good’ Oriol Güell Domínguez © Isabel Infantes (Europa Press) Fernando Simón, the director of the Health Ministry’s Coordination Center for Health Alerts (CCAES), at a press conference on Monday. The rise of the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Spain has begun to slow. More importantly, this change has happened two weeks after the Easter vacation, which saw an increase in mobility an...

— Bitter experience helps French ICUs crest latest virus wave — Billions spent on coronavirus fight, but what happens next? ——— ——— HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING: MONTPELIER, Vt. — The Vermont Ski Areas Association says the state’s ski resorts lost an estimated $100 million this winter during the pandemic. The Rutland Herald says Vermont state officials estimate that equates to $700 million in total losses for the economy. The ski associati...

Fernando Simón, the director of the Health Ministry’s Coordination Center for Health Alerts (CCAES), at a press conference on Monday.Isabel Infantes / Europa Press The rise of the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Spain has begun to slow. More importantly, this change has happened two weeks after the Easter vacation, which saw an increase in mobility and social activity due to national holidays. Health experts feared this would lead to a significant rise in new coronavirus cas...

The Latest: Yale requiring students get vaccine before fall By The Associated PressApril 19, 2021 GMT NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale has joined a growing list of universities that are requiring students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning in the fall. The university’s president and provost made the announcement Monday in an email to the Yale community. They urged students to get their shots as soon as possible, calling inoculation “the strongest tool for preventing transmission of...

1 of 20 A pupil takes a Corona antigen rapid test before the start of lessons at the Katharina Henoth Comprehensive School in Cologne, Germany, Monday, April 19, 2021. After a week of lessons at home, many children and adolescents in North Rhine-Westphalia have been able to return to their schools for face-to-face lessons since Monday. Marius Becker - foreign subscriber, DPA A man takes medicines, removing his face mask near tulips outside a commercial office building in...

The Latest: Schools reopen in Mexicos Campeche state The Associated Press © Martin Zetina Wearing masks to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, a teacher checks the work of his 10-year-old student Jade Chan Puc during the first day of class at the Valentín Gomez Farias Indigenous Primary School in Montebello, Hecelchakan, Campeche state, Monday, April 19, 2021. Campeche is the first state to transition back to the classroom after a year of remote learning due to the pande...

Podemos supports ending social distancing amid “fourth wave” in Spain The Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE)-Podemos government has announced that it will end the state of alarm on May 9. The state of alarm is the juridical mechanism regional governments use to impose obligatory social distancing measures, such as lockdowns, curfews, limitations on gatherings and mobility restrictions. Once presented as being less effective than nationwide lockdowns but more compatible with keeping workers on t...

Spain continues to be at high risk from the coronavirus. While the incidence fell slightly from the day before in Tuesday’s Health Ministry report on the health crisis, by three points, the curve of the epidemic continues to be at very high levels. The 14-day cumulative number of coronavirus cases per 100,000 inhabitants came in at 196 on Tuesday, while the infection rate is growing in 11 regions. The ministry recorded 6,292 new infections in its latest report, and added 100 Covid-19 fatal...