The Latest: Navajo Nation reports 4 new virus deaths
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1of20Ammon Bundy speaks to a crowd of about 50 followers in front of the Ada County Courthouse Saturday, April 3, 2021, in downtown Boise. The rally was organized to protest government shutdowns in Idaho, face mask mandates, and recent arrests of Bundy and others for trespassing and failure to appear in court charges. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP)Darin Oswald/APShow MoreShow Less
2of20Craig Rawls, an Army National Guardsman, right, speaks with his wife Chris Rawls, with only a face mask as a protective garment at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Collins, Miss., as part of Operation Family Reunion, Thursday, April 1, 2021. Due to the relaxation of protocols designed to slow the spread of coronavirus, the veterans home allowed indoor, in-person visits between veterans and two family members without the use of PPE for the first time since March of 2020.Rogel
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This year has been the second consecutive Easter that all papal services are being attended by only about 200 people in a secondary altar of St. Peterâs Basilica instead of the nearly 10,000 that the largest church in Christendom can hold.
The service began two hours earlier than usual so that participants could get home before a 10 p.m. curfew in Rome, which, like the rest of Italy, is under tough lockdown restrictions during the Easter weekend.
At the start of the service, the basilica was in darkness except for the flames from candles held by participants to signify the darkness in the world before Jesus. As the pope, cardinals and bishops processed to the altar and a cantor chanted three times, the basilicaâs lights were turned on.
The Latest: Hospitals in France rally more staff for Easter
Member of staff and military personel track and trace people to receive a vaccine, during a COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Pamplona, northern Spain, Saturday, April 3, 2021. The Navarra regional government on Saturday called for around 3.000 residents of the city to be vaccinated against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) April 03, 2021 - 6:35 AM
PARIS â French hospitals brought in extra staff for the Easter holiday weekend to cope with more coronavirus patients.
With a new virus variant spreading fast and French intensive care units as full as they were last April, the government closed all schools and imposed new rules taking effect nationwide on Sunday.
Kenya, expressing concern about counterfeit vaccines, blocks private imports of doses.
Officials at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi last month, logging Kenya’s first delivery of Covid-19 vaccines through the global initiative known as Covax.Credit.Daniel Irungu/EPA, via Shutterstock
April 3, 2021
Kenya has canceled the private importation and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, citing the need to safeguard against the possible introduction of fake doses and to ensure “greater transparency and accountability.”
Licenses given to private hospitals and clinics to administer the vaccines were canceled and any entity found to be advertising or vaccinating people for a fee will be prosecuted, the National Emergency Response Committee on Coronavirus said on Friday evening.
Kenya stops the private importation of COVID-19 vaccines
TOM ODULA, Associated Press
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1of3FILE In this Friday, March 5, 2021 file photo, a nurse prepares to administer a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and provided through the global COVAX initiative, at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. Kenya has ordered an immediate suspension on private importations of vaccines, citing fears that it may lead to counterfeit inoculations getting into the country. The National Emergency Response Committee said the move is meant to ensure transparency and accountability in the process of vaccinations.Ben Curtis/APShow MoreShow Less