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Americans could be wearing masks for 'several months,' Fauci says From CNN Health's Naomi Thomas Dr. Anthony Fauci listens to US President Joe Biden, out of frame, during a visit to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, on February 11. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images The relaxation of Covid-19 mitigation measures has to be done gradually, and there will be a need to wear masks for several more months, the US's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said Friday on Good Morning America. “You want to do it gradually and safely as opposed to just turning it on and off ...

At least 83 governments worldwide have used the coronavirus pandemic to justify curbs on free speech and peaceful assembly and targeted political opponents, according to a Human Rights Watch report released on Thursday. Vague laws were enacted that criminalised free speech, the report by the New York-based rights body said, adding that journalists, activists, healthcare workers and opposition groups were among those targeted by authorities. “Governments should counter COVID-19 by encouraging people to mask up, not shut up,” said Gerry Simpson, associate crisis and conflict director at Hum...

Scores of Countries Target Media, Activists, Medics, Political Opponents Police block a street in Russia’s capital, Moscow, on July 15, 2020, during a protest against the results of voting on constitutional amendments. The mayor’s office had banned the protest, citing the need to prevent the spread of Covid-19. © 2020 AP Photo/Alexander Zamlianichenko At least 83 governments worldwide have used the Covid-19 pandemic to justify violating the exercise of free speech and peaceful assembly, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities have attacked, detaine...

Ethiopian forces ‘struck homes, hospitals, schools and markets’ in the first weeks of the war, according to HRW report.

Several African governments are using the Covid-19 pandemic as an excuse to crack down on the right to free speech and peaceful demonstration, Human Rights Watch has said in a report published on Thu…