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Danes present digital coronavirus passport for travel abroad

May. 28, 2021 07:32 AM EDT
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Danish government on Friday presented its digital coronavirus passport enabling people to travel abroad or, in Denmark, go to...

Roberto Novo, left, styles the hair of Madelon Spier while his two French bulldogs keep them company in an apartment Wednesday, May 5, 2021 in New York. Novo started offering older clients free haircuts during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Emily Leshner)
Celebrity stylist gives free haircuts to isolated clients

By Emily Leshner And Luis Andres Henao May. 18, 2021 10:04 AM EDT

Restrictions on restaurants, other businesses relaxed

May. 07, 2021 09:50 AM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Restaurants in Rhode Island are free to welcome more customers and the state's houses of worship can welcome more of the faithful...

Cuomo says indoor dining in NYC to go to 75% starting May 7

Apr. 30, 2021 01:25 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Restaurants in New York City can increase their indoor dining to 75% of capacity starting May 7, in line with the rest of the state, Gov....

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2021, file photo, Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, speaks during a press conference in Chicago. Public health officials in Chicago hope more opportunities and incentives to get a COVID-19 vaccine will improve the vaccination rate among people older than 65 and in the city's largely Black and Latino communities."We all want to put this behind us, and getting a vaccination is the way to do it," Dr. Arwady, said Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)
Chicago shifts focus to vaccination opportunities, incentive

Apr. 27, 2021 03:53 PM EDT

Wallace Wilson, top, cuts the hair of James McRae, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Hyattsville, Md. Wilson is a member of the Health Advocates In Reach & Research (HAIR) program, which helps barbers and hair stylists to get certified to talk to community members about health. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of certified barbers have been providing factual information to customers about vaccines, a topic that historically has not been trusted by members of black communities because of the health abuse the race has endured over the years. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Barbers, artists help defy vaccine myths for people of color

By Julie Watson And Anita Snow Apr. 15, 2021 12:59 PM EDT

Early morning shoppers in Oxford Street, London, Monday April 12, 2021. Millions of people in Britain will get their first chance in months for haircuts, casual shopping and restaurant meals on Monday, as the government takes the next step on its lockdown-lifting road map. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)
Chilly weather doesn't dampen UK joy at lockdown easing

By Jill Lawless Apr. 12, 2021 05:25 AM EDT

Harriet Henry, manager of The Tea Room in Knutsford, England, poses with the Open sign outside her cafe, as she prepares to open, Sunday April 11, 2021. Millions of people in Britain will get their first chance in months for haircuts, casual shopping and restaurant meals on Monday, as the government takes the next step on its lockdown-lifting roadmap. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)
Pubs, hairdressers set to reopen as UK eases virus lockdown

By Jill Lawless Apr. 11, 2021 11:58 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 6, 2020 file photo, Karl Manke cuts hair in Owosso, Mich. The Michigan barber who defied Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and reopened his shop last spring during the coronavirus pandemic was fined $9,000 for violating licensing rules. (AP Photo /Lansing State Journal via AP)
Michigan fines barber over Capitol protest, other violations

By David Eggert Mar. 30, 2021 10:15 AM EDT

A woman crosses a street as police surround a bar they raid in Warsaw, Poland, Friday March 26, 2021. A raft of new pandemic restrictions take effect in Poland on Saturday to slow the spread of infection in what has become of the new global hot spot for the virus, but even earlier restrictions are being defied by some.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Some Poles flout virus rules as harder lockdown takes effect

By Vanessa Gera And Rafal Niedzielski Mar. 27, 2021 04:54 AM EDT

A woman wearing a face mask against the spread of coronavirus, walks in front of Greek flags which are for sale in Athens, Friday, March 19, 2021. The military parade on March 25, marking 200-years since the war that resulted in Greece's independence from the Ottoman Empire and rebirth as a nation, will be held without spectators due to the coronavirus, and only Greek and foreigners political officials will attend it. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Greece to reopen ancient sites despite COVID-19 surge

Mar. 19, 2021 02:36 PM EDT

People walk in an empty street in downtown Rome, Monday, March 15, 2021. Half of Italy's regions have gone into the strictest form of lockdown in a bid to curb the latest spike in coronavirus infections that have brought COVID-19 hospital admissions beyond manageable thresholds. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)
Much of Europe tightens anti-pandemic rules as virus surges

By Frances D'emilio Mar. 15, 2021 10:44 AM EDT

Hairdresser Frank Schaefer works on the hair of the first customer in the beauty salon 'Frank and Amanda' at the district in Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 1, 2021. Hairdressers across Germany have reopened for business this morning after a more than 2-month closure, another cautious step as the country balances a desire to loosen restrictions with concern about the impact of more contagious coronavirus variants. (Jens Kalaene/dpa via AP)
Locks down: German hairdressers reopen despite virus fears

By Geir Moulson Mar. 01, 2021 08:16 AM EST

Bundeswehr soldiers wearing mouth-nose coverings go to the fourth vaccination centre in Berlin, located in Terminal C of the former Tegel Airport, Germany, Wednesday, Feb.10, 2021. Here, at the beginning, mainly nursing staff and medical personnel are vaccinated against the coronavirus. (Kay Nietfeld/Pool via AP)
Germany to reopen schools, hairdressers as virus cases drop

By Frank Jordans Feb. 10, 2021 03:53 AM EST

FILE — Brandi Bates gives Mike Greenbauer a free haircut at the State Capitol during a rally in Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, May 20, 2020. A judge dismissed disorderly conduct charges Monday against six hair stylists who were ticketed last spring during a protest at the Michigan Capitol. The women were cutting hair to protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's decision to keep barbershops and salons closed for nearly three months because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Judge dismisses charges against 6 hair stylists at protest

Feb. 08, 2021 04:59 PM EST

A woman with a mask is at a hairdresser after lock down in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Photographed through a pane of glass. The Austrian government has moved to restrict freedom of movement for people, in an effort to slow the onset of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
Austria warns against travel to Tyrol, eases virus curbs

Feb. 08, 2021 09:56 AM EST

A man walks at a park in Famagusta gate in central capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Cyprus' health minister Constantinos Ioannou said that the first to re-open as of Feb. 1st will be hair and beauty salons followed a week later by retail stores, shopping malls and elementary schools. Students in their final year of high school will also go back to classes on Feb. 8. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Cyprus to start loosening COVID-19 lockdown next month

Jan. 27, 2021 10:31 AM EST

Medical personnel of the National Health Organization (EODY) prepare to conduct a COVID-19 rapid test at a drive-through testing site in Athens, Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. Despite five weeks of lockdown measures, coronavirus infections remain high, putting pressure on the country's health system. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Greeks face lockdown Christmas, but with books and tidy hair

By Elena Becatoros Dec. 11, 2020 05:09 AM EST

Paulina Filippou and Grigorios Vaitsas are interview by The Associated Press in their 'Isle of Olive' Natural Greek Products store and delicatessen, which can stay open for takeaway food and drink and online orders during England's second coronavirus lockdown, on Ada Street, off Broadway Market in Hackney, east London, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. The Isle of Olive deli has survived the coronavirus even though the indoor cafe is closed and Christmas shopping events have been canceled. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
On London street, virus forces small shops to adapt or close

By Sylvia Hui Nov. 30, 2020 02:31 AM EST

In this Oct. 23, 2020 file photo, a waiter clears a table at a cafe in Piazza Navona Square before the start of a curfew. In times when a pandemic unleashes death and poverty, the concept of what is essential to keep society functioning in a lockdown is gripping Europe. What may stay open in one country may be designated as non-essential just across the border. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
Books? Hairdressers? Europeans split on lockdown essentials

By Raf Casert Nov. 07, 2020 02:50 AM EST