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Coronavirus Two-Year Anniversary in Southern California; IN PHOTOS

Photo selects spanning across Southern California’s journey through the coronavirus pandemic marking the two-year anniversary of COVID-19. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)


Hawaii Becomes Last US State to Lift Mask Mandate

Hawaii on Tuesday became the last U.S. state to lift its universal indoor mask mandate. Gov. David Ige announced the decision during a press briefing, saying that the mandate would be dropped on March 26. “We have reduced COVID-19 in a way to the point where most of us will be safe without masks indoors,”…


Fauci Agency Knew Chinese Authorities Were Withholding COVID-19 Data in January 2020, Documents Show

The U.S. State Department and the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) were aware in January 2020 that Chinese authorities were withholding COVID-19 data, according to government documents obtained by a legal watchdog organization. The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) also sent “experts” from the NIH-supported P4 lab at the University…


Anti-Coronavirus

After Bruce and Laura Gunther return from their anniversary trip to Italy, Bruce realizes he is Patient Zero in bringing the Coronavirus to the ones he cares about most – his own family. Suffering from all the effects of his actions, Bruce must come to terms with this devastation before it consumes him and his…


New Orleans Mayor Pictured Violating Her City’s Mask Mandate at Indoor Party

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was photographed at an indoor party without wearing a mask on Friday, violating her own mask mandate for the city. The Democratic mayor reinstated the city’s indoor mask mandate on Jan. 11, citing a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus. The mandate applies…


Police Filter Brussels Traffic to Dilute Trucker Protests

BRUSSELS—Belgian police were filtering traffic around the Brussels capital region during Monday’s morning rush hour in an attempt to keep a vehicle protest against coronavirus restrictions in check. Police narrowed some highways and imposed go-slow traffic to keep control of what it feared could otherwise turn into a choking demonstration like those by horn-honking truckers…


Hong Kong’s COVID-19 Misery Deepens With New Social Restrictions, Vegetable Shortage

HONG KONG—Hong Kong announced stringent new coronavirus restrictions and record new infections on Tuesday, while a shortage of vegetables added to the misery as truck drivers who tested positive for COVID-19 were unable to bring them from mainland China. The Asian financial hub reported a record 625 coronavirus cases on Tuesday, with cases likely to…


Spain to Drop Masks Outdoors

MADRID—Spain will end a mandate to wear masks outdoors next week, reversing a late December order. After confirming that contagion levels have peaked, the Spanish Cabinet will end the mandate next Tuesday and the government expects the changes to be adopted from Thursday, Feb. 10, Health Minister Carolina Darias told Cadena SER radio on Friday….


All the Coronavirus in the World Could Fit Inside a Coke Can

When I was asked to calculate the total volume of SARS-CoV-2 in the world for the BBC Radio 4 show More or Less, I will admit I had no idea what the answer would be. My wife suggested it would be the size of an Olympic swimming pool. “Either that or a teaspoon,” she said….


Hong Kong Virus Cluster in Housing Prompts Partial Lockdown

HONG KONG—Hong Kong expanded a partial lockdown and tightened pandemic restrictions Tuesday after more than 200 cases of COVID-19 were discovered at a public housing estate. Hong Kong has already suspended many overseas flights and requires arrivals to be quarantined. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said a second residential block at the Kwai Chung housing…