 | | | | The White House said on Monday that the Omicron BA.2 sub-variant of COVID-19 had been circulating in the United States for some time, with roughly 35,000 cases at the moment, and more money was needed to help fight it. | | | | | | The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review. | | | | | | French health authorities reported 18,853 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, a figure showing a week-on-week increase for the tenth consecutive time on the day France lifted most of the restrictions put in place to contain the pandemic. | | | | | | A highly lethal form of bird flu hit a commercial flock of egg-laying chickens in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday, expanding an outbreak that has limited exports of U.S. poultry products. | | | | | | Britain will ditch the need for incoming travellers to fill in a passenger locator form, removing the last remaining COVID-19 travel measures from Friday, transport minister Grant Shapps said on Monday. | | | | | | The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has proposed $644,398 in fines for 922 COVID-19 mask violators since February 2021 on commercial flights, in airports and train stations or on public transit services, the government reported on Monday, a dramatic jump in recent months. | | | | | | Births in Italy dropped below 400,000 for the first time ever in 2021, statistics institute ISTAT said on Monday, while the overall population fell by more than 250,000 as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to weigh. | | | | | | Mexico will uphold its existing agreements with Russia for its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, as well as those made with other countries, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday. | | | | | | France lifted most COVID-19 restrictions on Monday, ending the need for face masks to be worn in the majority of public places and allowing the unvaccinated back into bars, restaurants and cinemas. | | | | | | The U.S. Justice and Treasury Departments should review the tax deductions four drugmakers made related to their $26 billion opioid settlement, the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee said in a statement on Monday. | | | | | |
