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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 the virus.” “There is abundant evidence of the vaccines’ effectiveness and growing confidenc...

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 Beijing, Monday, April 19, 2021. Andy Wong - staff, AP In this undated photo, provided by the Tanan...

The Latest: Schools reopen in Mexico's 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 pandemic. (AP Photo/Martin Zetina) MEXICO CITY — For the first time in a year, Mexican school children...

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 the job, the state of alarm is being ended as a signal that the ruling class seeks to lift any measur...

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 fatalities. The data did not include information from Andalusia, which had “technical problems”...