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SYDNEY, July 17 (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state on Friday reported a record daily increase in COVID-19 cases while neighbouring New South Wales said it was banning dancing, singing and mingling at weddings as authorities struggle to contain a new wave of infections. Victoria, which has forced nearly 5 million people in the country's second …
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“Of course there are some concerns. It would be naive not to be worried,” Mayor Enrique Maya said at an event run by local newspaper Diario de Navarra this week. “But I have great faith in our citizens.”Propelled to international fame by Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises”, the eight-day festival draws hundreds …
The “disinfecting” of Roma communities by low-flying planes and the high number of fines handed to minority groups has been cited in a report as evidence of the racial bias in the policing of the coronavirus lockdowns in Europe.The report by Amnesty International, examining the enforcement of physical distancing measures in 12 European countries, concludes …
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As patrons potentially flock to bars and restaurants over the holiday weekend, extra undercover agents will be out.Source: Undercover agents enforcing state health rules at restaurants, bars
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