French hospitals boost Easter staff to battle virus resurge
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April 3, 2021
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1of12Travelers wait to board a train at the Montparnasse railway station, in Paris, Friday, April 2, 2021. With France now Europe s latest virus danger zone, Macron on Wednesday ordered temporary school closures nationwide and new travel restrictions. But he resisted calls for a strict lockdown, instead sticking to his third way strategy that seeks a route between freedom and confinement to keep both infections and a restless populace under control until mass vaccinations take over.Thibault Camus/APShow MoreShow Less
2of12A medical staff who received shiatsu massage, checks a patient at the Porte Verte Hospital in Versailles, west of Paris, Friday, April 2, 2021. As French hospitals fill ever faster with virus patients, shiatsu massage specialists are providing stress relief and muscle relaxation to health workers, in a program organized by Human Impact, a non
In show of Pharaonic heritage, Egypt parades royal mummies
SAMY MAGDY, Associated Press
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1of12A convoy of vehicles transporting royal mummies is seen in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, April 3, 2021. Egypt held a parade celebrating the transport of 22 of its prized royal mummies from Egyptian Museum to he newly opened National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.APShow MoreShow Less
2of12A convoy of vehicles transporting royal mummies is seen in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, April 3, 2021. Egypt held a parade celebrating the transport of 22 of its prized royal mummies from Egyptian Museum to he newly opened National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.APShow MoreShow Less
Visitors to Kauai in Hawaii get discount with 2nd virus test
April 3, 2021
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HONOLULU (AP) Visitors to the Hawaiian island of Kauai will receive a discount card for local businesses if they voluntarily take a coronavirus test three days after arriving in addition to their required test before travel.
The Kokua Kauai Card program will begin on Monday, when the island reenters the Safe Travels Program, which allows people to avoid quarantining if they can show a negative pre-travel coronavirus test, Hawaii Public Radio reported.
The card will feature a QR code that links to a site with discounts and incentives offered by local Kauai businesses. About 60 Kauai businesses, hotels and restaurants are participating in the program.
Italy enters 3-day Easter lockdown amid vaccination snags
NICOLE WINFIELD and ANDREA ROSA, Associated Press
April 3, 2021
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1of12Mounted police officers patrol Via del Corso main shopping street, in downtown Rome, Saturday, April 3, 2021. Italy went into lockdown on Easter weekend in its effort to battle then Covid-19 pandemic.Gregorio Borgia/APShow MoreShow Less
2of12Police officers patrol Rome s central Piazza del Popolo, Saturday, April 3, 2021. Italy went into lockdown on Easter weekend in its effort to battle then Covid-19 pandemic.Gregorio Borgia/APShow MoreShow Less
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4of12A Police officer patrols Rome s central Piazza del Popolo, Saturday, April 3, 2021. Italy went into lockdown on Easter weekend in its effort to battle then Covid-19 pandemic.Gregorio Borgia/APShow MoreShow Less
Italy may be in Easter lockdown, but the party s on at sea
MARIA GRAZIA MURRU, Associated Press
April 2, 2021
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1of32Passengers take selfies on a deck of the MSC Grandiosa cruise ship in Civitavecchia, near Rome, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. MSC Grandiosa, the world s only cruise ship to be operating at the moment, left from Genoa on March 30 and stopped in Civitavecchia near Rome to pick up more passengers and then sail toward Naples, Cagliari, and Malta to be back in Genoa on April 6. For most of the winter, the MSC Grandiosa has been a lonely flag-bearer of the global cruise industry stalled by the pandemic, plying the Mediterranean Sea with seven-night cruises along Italy’s western coast, its major islands and a stop in Malta.Andrew Medichini/APShow MoreShow Less