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1of14Traffic is controlled at a COVID-19 testing facility in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, May 27, 2021, Australia’s second largest city announced a seven-day lockdown on Thursday as concern grows over dozens of cases of a COVID-19 variant found in India. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)James Ross/APShow MoreShow Less
2of14A customer wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus orders medicine through plastic sheets in front of drug store in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, May 27, 2021.Sakchai Lalit/APShow MoreShow Less
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4of14FILE - In this May 18, 2021, file photo, a medical staff wearing protective gear, guides people at a rapid coronavirus testing center after the infection alert rose to level 3 in Taipei, Taiwan. After a year of success, Taiwan is struggling with its largest outbreak since the pandemic began. When locally transmitt
The usually calm and composed top doctor, who has won legions of fans during the pandemic who gush over his every word on Facebook groups, delivered a fiery response to a journalist.
Here s the latest on the pandemic from around the world overnight.
Europe
Sweden
Sweden will ease some of its COVID-19 restrictions from June 1 as new cases have fallen sharply in recent weeks, the government said on Thursday, as it presented a roadmap to open up society.
The remaining rules and recommendations will be eased in five steps with the aim to have all of them wound down by September. The voluntary guidelines include asking citizens to work from home, wearing masks in certain situations and to keep social interactions as low as possible.
Sweden registered 1366 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, health agency statistics showed, the lowest number of new daily cases for more than seven months.
WOONSOCKET, R.I. CVS Health is betting a chance to win a trip to the Super Bowl, a Bermuda vacation or cash prizes will bring in more customers for COVID-19 vaccinations. The drugstore chain officials say they’ll launch a sweepstakes on June 1 with weekly drawings and more than 1,000 potential prizes for customers who get shots through CVS or register for them. Other prizes include cash giveaways, Target gift cards, trips to Miami and stays in.
Melbourne will enter a seven-day lockdown at midnight on Thursday after a new cluster of infections came into contact with 10,000 people in the city and surrounding state. Residents will only be able