Quick Glance: Mayor Adams of New York has tested positive for COVID.
- Mayor Adams went into isolation and canceled public engagements for the week on Sunday after testing positive for COVID and having a mild sign of the feared illness, according to his office.
- Adams intended to take antiviral medication in addition to going into isolation and canceling public appearances.
- Adams issued an update later that day.
- It was unclear how Adams caught the virus, as is frequently the case with COVID patients.
- However, the mayor was among those who attended a prestigious Washington dinner for journalists and politicians last week, many of whom later tested positive for COVID.
Quick Glance: New York City Mayor to Lift Vaccine Requirement for Athletes and Performers - Report
- 1/2] The city of New York Mayor Eric Adams makes an announcement at a news conference in Times Square in Manhattan on March 4, 2022 in New York City, New York, United States.
- Reuters, March 23 - According to Politico, New York Mayor Eric Adams plans to repeal the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for artists and professional athletes as soon as this week, a restriction that has been criticized by local sports clubs.
- Kyrie Irving of the New York Nets is one of the unvaccinated athletes at the center of the debate.
Quick Glance: An inside look at Mayor Adams' homeless crackdown on the NYC subway
- During the midnight operation at South Ferry, social workers moved 12 persons to homeless shelters.
- In addition, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority intends to hire a contractor to transport homeless persons from train stations.
- During that time, city officials reported that 2,596 homeless people were transferred from subways to shelters, at a rate of about 216 per month.
- Some homeless advocates believe Adams' push to remove homeless people from subways is misguided, and they want the mayor to expand opportunities for permanent housing for those who enter shelters.
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Quick Glance: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologizes for a birthday party held during the Covid-19 lockdown.
- "I now humbly accept that I was," Johnson remarked.
- Earlier this year, revelations about alcoholic Downing Street parties prompted resignation calls from members of his own Conservative Party.
- Opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer claimed Johnson and Sunak had disregarded people's sacrifices during the pandemic as well as their own positions of power.
- "This is the first time in the history of our country that a prime minister has been found to be in breach of the law, and then he lied repeatedly to the public about it," Starmer added.
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Will New York City face another COVID shutdown?
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The metropolis of New York is lifting further corona measures. "It's time to open up our city," Mayor Eric Adams said at a press conference in Times Square ...
Quick Glance: 'China's Twitter' appears to be censoring material about Shanghai's food problem.
- Weibo users have been labeling posts with "buying groceries in Shanghai" to express their dissatisfaction with the difficulty of obtaining goods during the shutdown.
- As residents of Shanghai's besieged city struggle to get groceries, China's Twitter-like Weibo platform appears to have censored content related to the city's food crisis.
- The hashtag "buying groceries in Shanghai" was a popular place for people to provide advice on how to obtain food supply or trade ideas on how to extend the life of their foods.
- Residents have also formed support groups on the WeChat messaging platform, allowing them to place bulk orders for goods.