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Print AP Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) worker Sergio Ricardo, left, and two neighbors, carry an elderly COVID-19 patient to an ambulance in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Credit: The Associated Press MONTREAL —- The Quebec government is imposing an earlier curfew for Montreal and the suburb of Laval as it tightens COVID-...

By The Associated Press MONTREAL —- The Quebec government is imposing an earlier curfew for Montreal and the suburb of Laval as it tightens COVID-19 restrictions for the second time in three days because of a third surge of coronavirus infections fueled by more contagious virus variants. Premier Francois Legault announced that beginning Sunday, people in Montreal and Laval will have to remain at home from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. or face fines of more than $1,000 Canadian (US$800). Las...

European Catholics fear erosion of religious freedoms across continent 04/08/2021 at 2:02 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White by Jonathan Luxmoore, National Catholic Reporter, April 6, 2021 20210322T1115-EUROPE-CHURCHES-FREEDOM-1167921 crop.jpgA woman prays alongside a barrier inside the Cologne Cathedral in Germany March 15, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS/Reuters/Thilo Schmuelgen) A woman prays alongside a barrier inside the Cologne Cathedral in Germany March 15, 2020, during the C...

By The Associated Press PHILIPPINE SEA — The U.S. 7th Fleet that operates throughout the Indo-Pacific says 96% of its personnel have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The fleet said in a news release that more than 14,000 of its service members had received their full doses of the vaccine, which it began administering on January 5. “We are in a pandemic and our principle weapon for ending this and saving lives is the vaccine,” vaccine coordinator Capt. Joseph F....

PRAGUE (AP) — Czech Prime Minster Andrej Babis fired his health minister on Wednesday, the third to have been ousted during the pandemic in one of Europes hardest-hit countries. Jan Blatny was replaced by Petr Arenberger, the director of Prague’s University Hospital Vinohrady, who was sworn in by President Milos Zeman. The move opens the way for a possible use of Russian and Chinese vaccines, which have not been approved by the European Unions drug regulator. Babis repeatedly criticiz...

Slovakia Seeks Hungarys Help To Inspect Sputnik Vaccine April 09, 2021 13:18 GMT Share share Print Slovakia has reportedly turned to neighbor Hungary for assistance examining shipments of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine as a dispute widens over the reliability and consistency of 200,000 doses supplied to Bratislava last month. Slovak Finance Minister Igor Matovic announced the Hungarian regulators role after a meeting with Hungarys foreign minister in Budapest on April 9. Hungary is the only EU m...

Justin Spike April 09, 2021 - 7:31 AM BUDAPEST, Hungary - Slovakia’s deputy prime minister travelled to Hungary to ask for assistance in inspecting doses of the Russian-made COVID-19 vaccine, a day after Russia demanded Slovakia return the jabs. Deputy Prime Minister Igor Matovic said he went to Budapest “to find a helping hand” and that he had requested for the doses of the Sputnik V vaccine received by Slovakia to be evaluated in Hungarian laboratori...

UPDATE 1-New Slovak PM seeks to mollify Russia in vaccine row Reuters 5 hrs ago (adds quote from government statement, background) PRAGUE, April 9 (Reuters) - The new Slovak prime minister sought to defuse a row with Russia over its COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, saying Slovakia needed to secure Sputnik V doses for its vaccination plan after Moscow angrily accused it of contract violations. Slovakia ordered 2 million doses of Sputnik V from Russia, of which 200,000 arrived on March 1. The then P...

3 Min Read BRATISLAVA (Reuters) -Slovakia’s new prime minister sought to defuse a row with Russia over a COVID-19 vaccine shipment on Friday, saying it was in Slovakia’s interest to secure the Russian Sputnik V vaccine after Moscow angrily accused it of contract violations. FILE PHOTO: Slovakias Finance Minister Eduard Heger gives a statement next to Former Slovakias Prime Minister Igor Matovic (not pictured) at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Radova...

Russia demanded 200,000 Sputnik V vaccines back after officials in Europe questioned its quality  Apr 09, 2021, 02:25 PM facebook Russia has demanded Slovakia hand back 200,000 doses of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine. It followed Slovakia questioning the quality of the shots and saying they were not the same as those tested in trials. The Russia Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) accused Slovakia of an "act of sabotage." Russia and Slovakia are arguing over the quality o...