NEW DELHI — When the coronavirus first struck India last year, the country enforced one of the world’s strictest national lockdowns. The warning was clear:…
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Vaccine Passports Could Unlock World Travel and Cries of Discrimination
LONDON — For Aruba, a Caribbean idyll that has languished since the pandemic drove away its tourists, the concept of a “vaccine passport” is not…
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Boris Johnson Announces Free Covid Tests and Status Certificates for England
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson offered Britons their first detailed glimpse of what a post-pandemic society might look like on Monday, announcing free twice-weekly…
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You Can Be a Different Person After the Pandemic
For those who can’t afford therapy, digital tools might soon be available. In a recent study of 1,500 participants, Mirjam Stieger, a postdoctoral researcher at…
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Fatigue Outpaces Progress as France Enters Yet Another Lockdown
PARIS — At the Montparnasse train station in Paris, the contrast couldn’t have been sharper. About a year ago, faced with the first national lockdown…
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Fully Vaccinated Americans Can Travel With Low Risk, C.D.C. Says
Americans who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can safely travel at home and abroad, as long as they take basic precautions like wearing masks, federal…
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Cautiously, Britain Begins Relaxing Strict Lockdown Rules
This time, Britain’s latest reopening is unfolding in steps — the first of which was a return to schools — followed by several weeks to…
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How Much Weight Did We Gain During Lockdowns? 2 Pounds a Month, Study Hints
Soon after the pandemic started over a year ago, Americans started joking about the dreaded “quarantine 15,” worried they might gain weight while shut in…
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Think Covid’s Messed Up Your Travel Plans? Try Getting Into China.
Leave your partner and children behind. Quarantine for up to a month. Get inoculated with a Covid-19 vaccine from China, if you can find one.…
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Covid-19 Is Surging in India, but Vaccinations Are Slow
MUMBAI — India is racing to contain a second wave of the coronavirus, but its vaccination campaign is running into doubters like Akbar Mohamed Patel.…
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