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#mask-mandate

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On March 1, 2022, about 20 people showed up for a rally on the Washington Monument grounds meant to register support for a US version of the trucker convoy that paralyzed Ottawa the previous winter.The convoys were nominally a protest against the District of Columbia's anti-Covid measures, but the mask mandate had ended by the time organizer Kyle Sefcik set up his rally, leaving the convoys a protest in search of a motivation.

President Biden and the First Lady pulled a DC dining power move on Wednesday night, snagging a see-and-be-seen booth at Georgetown's waterfront Italian restaurant  Fiola Mare for dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron and wife Brigitte Macron.The latter dignitaries arrived in DC on Tuesday as part of the first state visit of Biden's presidency, and attended the National Christmas Tree lighting on Wednesday evening before skipping out to dinner.

Commuters wearing face masks ride a train in Hong Kong earlier this month.Andy Wong/AP Hong Kong is dropping its mask mandate making it one of the last international cities to stop requiring face coverings after the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic.The controversial mandate began nearly three years ago and at one point was so strict that it required people exercising outdoors to remain masked.

New York no longer has a face mask mandate and New York City Mayor Eric Adams is telling stores to get customers to lower their mask before entering, to help prevent crime.It's a reversal of previous guidance for shops: Here, a face mask sign is seen on a cafe's door in December of 2021, when the state mandated the wearing of masks.

A woman wears a mask indoors in Manhattan earlier this year, in New York City.The city's public health commissioner issued new guidance on Friday advising New Yorkers to wear face coverings in all public spaces.Spencer Platt/Getty Images Public health officials are revisiting the topic of indoor masking, as three highly contagious respiratory viruses take hold during the holiday season.

We all overthink sometimes.But if you're still kicking yourself because your kid caught COVID at a family gathering last year or replaying that awkward Zoom meeting on a loop in your brain, you're trapping yourself in your own head - which can be exhausting and harmful for your mental health.Overthinking is closely connected to unhappiness.

Germany will soon drop a mask mandate on long-distance trains and buses, one of the country's last remaining COVID-19 restrictions, the health minister said Friday.The mandate will be dropped on Feb. 2, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach announced in Berlin.Other European countries already have scrapped mask mandates in public transport, and Lauterbach faced increasing pressure to follow suit in recent weeks.

The Minister for Health has said it is likely that pressure on hospitals due to a surge in respiratory illnesses will get worse in the coming weeks.t comes after the highest number of people waiting on trolleys was recorded on Tuesday, and as the Health Service Executive (HSE) advised people to consider attending their GP or minor injury units before an emergency department.

Los Angeles County has again entered the high COVID-19 community level, further indication that the continuing spike in cases is starting to exert pressure on the region's hospitals.Should hospitalization rates continue to rise this month, the county could be on track for a renewed universal mask order in indoor public settings.

Virginia schools can require masking for peers and teachers of 12 students with disabilities to protect from virus exposure as part of reasonable accommodations under federal disability law, according to a settlement reached this week.The settlement concludes a legal battle between the parents of the students with disabilities that put them at high risk of severe illness from Covid-19 and state officials, including Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who issued an executive order forbidding schools from requiring mask-wearing as one of his first acts in office.

The Chicago Board of Education has approved three changes to Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez's employment contract, including a 3% raise and the ability for future annual raises to be given without a board vote.CPS said in a statement the change made to Martinez's contract Wednesday now gives the board president, Miguel del Valle, the authority to increase Martinez's salary by up to 3% each year after consulting with individual board members as long as the board has given Martinez a "successful annual evaluation" and he "submits timely performance goals."

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured last year, is urging the province's residents to wear masks, but stopped short of mandating them.(The Canadian Press/Cole Burston) Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging the province's residents to wear masks, but stopped short of mandating them.Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore is set to make an announcement on Monday where he will recommend the public wear masks.

Ontario's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kieran Moore, according to government sources, will ask the public Monday to begin masking to help curb the hit to overwhelmed children's hospitals.(Evan Mitsui/CBC) Two government sources say Ontario's top doctor will recommend the public begin masking on Monday in an effort to help overwhelmed children's hospitals.

Homeless advocates gathered outside the office of Toronto Mayor John Tory on Tuesday to demand that the city immediately open more emergency shelter spaces for unhoused people ahead of winter.The Shelter and Housing Justice Network, which includes homeless advocates, shelter providers, health-care professionals, legal workers, faith leaders and researchers, said there is a shortage of shelter beds in Toronto and the situation is "dangerous" for people experiencing homelessness.

Reunification Day Germany will celebrate the Day of German Unity, or Tag der deutschen Einheit, on Monday October 3rd.It marks the day that the the German Democratic Republic (GDR) officially ceased to exist as a sovereign state and rejoined the Federal Republic of Germany in 1990.Since then, Germany has been reunited as the Bundesrepublik and the date is celebrated every year with a holiday in every federal state.

Under the new rules set to be introduced on Saturday, residents of care homes will be expected to wear FPP2 masks in all common areas of the home, and will only be able to take them off in their bedrooms.READ ALSO: KEY POINTS - Germany's new Covid-19 rules for autumnSteep rise in casesAs the weather turns colder, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has reported a steep rise in respiratory infections, including Covid-19.From Saturday, masks will no longer be required on commercial flights, though people will still be expected to wear an FFP2 mask on long-distance trains.