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Selasa, 09 Maret 2021

New US guidance says fully vaccinated people can meet without masks - BBC News

Covid vaccine being administered in the US

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that fully vaccinated Americans can return to some sense of normalcy.

Those who have received the required jabs can visit with other vaccinated people and some unvaccinated people, according to the new guidelines.

People are considered protected two weeks after they take the final dose of their vaccine, the CDC said.

Over 30 million Americans have been fully vaccinated thus far.

Coronavirus cases, deaths, vaccinations by country

Health officials announced the new safety guidelines at Monday's White House coronavirus task force briefing.

The recommendations say fully vaccinated Americans can:

Meet indoors with other fully vaccinated people without masks or social distancing
Meet indoors with unvaccinated people from a single household, if they are at low risk for severe illness from the virus
Skip testing or quarantine when exposed to Covid-19, unless symptoms appear

But they should continue to:

Avoid non-essential travel and large crowds
Continue to wear face coverings and maintain social distancing in public

The CDC said there was still a risk vaccinated people could spread the disease to the unvaccinated, as data on this remains sparse. The new guidelines in particular call for mask wearing and distancing from those who are unvaccinated and may be at an elevated risk of serious Covid-related complications.

Chart showing US cases and deaths. Updated 8 March

CDC senior adviser Andy Slavitt told reporters: "We've begun to describe what a world looks like as we move beyond Covid-19. As more and more people get vaccinated… the list of activities will continue to grow."

The US has seen a recent uptick in the number of inoculations per day. Over 90 million vaccines have been administered to date.

The approval of a third vaccine, Johnson & Johnson's single-dose jab, to join the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech versions, has also helped boost supply.

But health officials warn that Covid-19 is still a serious concern.

"Over 90% of the population still has not been vaccinated," CDC Director Dr Rochelle Walensky said.

"Our responsibility is to make sure, in the context of 60,000 new cases a day, that we protect those who are vulnerable."

The US has reported over 29 million virus cases and 525,000 deaths.

Imagining what 500,000 lost lives look like

Dr Walensky added that the guidance would continue to be updated "as more people get vaccinated and science and evidence expands".

Mr Slavitt said it was a "very hopeful morning but with continued warning signs for the future".

'Missed opportunity'

However, Dr Leana Wen, a public health expert and the former Baltimore health commissioner, told the Associated Press the new guidance was "far too cautious".

Dr Wen said the CDC was "missing a major opportunity to tie vaccination status with reopening guidance".

"By coming out with such limited guidance, they are missing the window to influence state and national policy," she said.

More than 20 travel and aviation groups wrote to the White House on Monday calling for a temporary health documentation system to boost travel.

The group said it opposed making vaccination "a requirement for domestic or international travel".

Later on Monday, the White House announced that President Joe Biden would deliver his first primetime address this Thursday to mark one year under Covid-19 lockdown measures.

Last week, Mr Biden said the US would have enough coronavirus vaccines for every adult by the end of May.

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Senin, 08 Maret 2021

New US guidance says fully vaccinated people can meet without masks - BBC News

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that fully vaccinated Americans can return to some sense of normalcy.

Those who have received the required jabs can visit with other vaccinated people and some unvaccinated people, according to the new guidelines.

People are considered protected two weeks after they take the final dose of their vaccine, the CDC said.

Over 30 million Americans have been fully vaccinated thus far.

Health officials announced the new safety guidelines at Monday's White House coronavirus task force briefing.

The recommendations say fully vaccinated Americans can:

Meet indoors with other fully vaccinated people without masks or social distancing
Meet indoors with unvaccinated people from a single household, if they are at low risk for severe illness from the virus
Skip testing or quarantine when exposed to Covid-19, unless symptoms appear

"We've begun to describe what a world looks like as we move beyond Covid-19," senior adviser Andy Slavitt told reporters. "As more and more people get vaccinated… the list of activities will continue to grow."

Those who are vaccinated are still required to follow other basic safety measures, like wearing masks and socially distancing in public as well as avoiding large crowds and travel.

The guidelines also call for masking and distancing from those who are unvaccinated and who may be at an elevated risk of serious Covid-related complications.

The US has seen a recent uptick in the number of jabs per day. Over 90m vaccines have been administered to date. The approval of the third vaccine, Johnson & Johnson's single-dose jab, has also helped boost supply.

But health officials also warned that Covid-19 is still a serious concern.

"Over 90% of the population still has not been vaccinated," CDC Director Dr Rochelle Walensky said.

"Our responsibility is to make sure, in the context of 60,000 new cases a day, that we protect those who are vulnerable."

The US has reported over 29 million virus cases and 525,000 deaths.

Dr Walensky added that the guidance will continue to be updated "as more people get vaccinated and science and evidence expands".

Mr Slavitt said it was a "very hopeful morning but with continued warning signs for the future".

But Dr Leana Wen, a public health expert and the former Baltimore health commissioner, told the Associated Press the new guidance was "far too cautious".

Dr Wen said the CDC was "missing a major opportunity to tie vaccination status with reopening guidance".

"By coming out with such limited guidance, they are missing the window to influence state and national policy," she said.

Later on Monday, the White House announced that President Joe Biden will deliver his first primetime address this Thursday to mark one year under Covid-19 lockdown measures.

Last week, Mr Biden said the US will have enough coronavirus vaccines for every adult by the end of May.

What happened in court?

The judge's decision followed prosecutors saying they would ask the appeals court to delay proceedings as the panel weighs whether the third-degree murder charge can be brought against Mr Chauvin.

Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill said it was unlikely the appeals panel would respond before Tuesday.

"So unless any of the parties object I'm going to kick our jurors loose and start everything tomorrow with jury selection," the judge said.

Lawyers for Mr Chauvin said they would ask the Minnesota Supreme Court to review the court of appeals decision, which could lead to further delays.

Mr Chauvin, who was fired from the Minneapolis police force and is currently free on a $1m (£725,000) bail, wore a blue suit and tie to court, as well as a black face mask. He took notes on a yellow legal pad during the hearing.

How has the city been preparing?

The death of Mr Floyd sparked racial justice protests around the world. Most demonstrations were peaceful, though some turned violent.

The trial, which is the fourth involving the killing of a civilian by a police officer in modern Minnesota history, has been highly anticipated.

Barricades, fencing and barbed wire surround the courthouse in downtown Minneapolis as police brace for protests.

On Monday, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the city. Marches also occurred over the weekend.

Three other ex-officers who were involved in Mr Floyd's arrest are due to stand trial together later this year.

'I hope they find unbiased people'

Analysis by Tara McKelvey, BBC News, Minneapolis

Barbed wire surrounds the courthouse, and Forest McClarron, 34, an army veteran, walks past, looking up at the building.

He lives on Chicago Avenue, where George Floyd was pinned to the ground.

"I hope they find unbiased people," McClarron says, referring to the jury selection process. "Just honest, unbiased people."

Near him a woman walks with her husband to a vehicle parked on South Third Avenue. He has an assault rifle, and a paper cup sits on the bonnet of the vehicle.

He works in private security, and they are here to keep activists safe "from white supremacists," they say.

The mood is calm and the street smells like cannabis while people wait to see what happens with the jury, and with those who have gathered outside the courthouse.

How is the jury being selected?

A jury of 12 and four alternates will be selected by lawyers for each side from a pool of eligible local citizens.

Each potential juror has filled in a 16-page questionnaire, which asks about news viewing habits, how many times they watched the video of Mr Floyd's arrest, belief in the US criminal justice system, and other questions related to the case.

In cases involving issues such as racism, the selection process can be seen as hugely important to the outcome of the trial and how fair it is perceived.

George Floyd death: How will jurors be selected?

What happened to George Floyd?

The 46-year-old was arrested outside a convenience store on suspicion of using a counterfeit $20 bill.

Officers arrived and handcuffed him, but when they tried to put him into the squad car he resisted and a struggle ended with Mr Floyd face down on the street.

Mr Chauvin, 44, placed his left knee between Mr Floyd's head and neck, and kept it there for seven minutes and 46 seconds, according to prosecutors. Two other officers helped pin him down, while another prevented witnesses from intervening.

Mr Floyd said he could not breathe more than 20 times. The video shows him go limp and get carried away by police.

He was pronounced dead in hospital an hour later.

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2021-03-08 17:16:24Z
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Myanmar: Nun tries to protect protesters as at least two killed in city of Myitkyina - Sky News

A nun in Myanmar told junta forces "you'll have to come through me" - moments before they opened fire on protesters.

At least two people were confirmed dead in the city of Myitkyina on Monday following clashes with security forces.

Sister Ann Roza Nu Tawng previously said she was prepared to die to save others after being filmed kneeling in front of armed police in the capital city of Kachin state.

Some have called the scene, on 28 February, Myanmar's "Tiananmen moment".

Dressed in white robes and a dark habit, the 45-year-old was again photographed near protest lines in the city on Monday morning.

Other images show her kneeling in front of police, this time near the Catholic cathedral, as a senior nun looks on.

Recounting the horrifying events of the morning, she told Sky News: "The first time I was pleading with the police not to beat, not to arrest, not to crack down on the protesters, because the protesters were not doing anything bad, they were just shouting slogans.

"And the police told me 'we are from here, we have to do this. Please stay away from here'.

"I replied, 'no, if you want to do this you have to come through me!'

"Later the police said 'we have to remove this barricade on the road'. They then removed the barricade and after a while the protesters returned.

"Then around 12 noon the security forces were about to crack down, so again I was begging with them, I was kneeling down in front of them and I was pleading not to shoot and not to arrest the people.

"The police were also kneeling and they told me they had to do it because this was to stop the protest.

"After that, tear gas was used and I was struggling to breathe and I was dizzy, and then I saw the man who had fallen down in the street and [he had been shot]."

The editor of Myitkyina News Journal told Sky News that, as of lunchtime, at least two people had been confirmed dead.

Distressing photos show Sister Ann Roza standing at the top of the street as protesters run towards the gravely injured person lying in the road.

In another graphic image, she is crying out as she leans towards the body of a man who has been shot in the head.

She said that due to the tear gas she did not see if it was police or military who fired on the protesters, but she hoped it wasn't the officers she spoke to.

"I am very sad," she said. "The police told me that they're not going to crack down or shoot brutally, but finally they did.

"I saw another person who died on the spot and had serious injuries.

"The first person who was shot in the head could still breathe when he arrived at the clinic and the people tried to treat him, but finally he died."

It is just over a week since Sister Ann Roza was first filmed kneeling in front of police lines in the city as she begged them to refrain from violence.

In an interview with Sky News on Friday, she explained she was willing to sacrifice her own life to protect protesters.

"Then they opened fire and started beating the protesters. I was shocked and I thought today is the day I will die," she said.

"I decided to die. I was asking and begging them not to do it and I told them the protesters didn't commit any [crime]," she said, crying.

At least 56 people have been killed and 1,790 detained or arrested since the 1 February coup, according to figures compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) .

On Monday, numerous injuries were reported at locations across the country as the military tried to stop the ongoing protests.

At least one protestor in Pyapon, Ayeyarwaddy region, was also killed according to Khit Thit media agency.

Tear gas, stun grenades and live fire have all been used against unarmed civilians in the five weeks since the coup.

Over the weekend, residents in cities including Yangon also reported soldiers shooting tear gas and bullets after dark as terrified residents watched from their homes.

One video sent to Sky News appeared to show forces firing in the grounds around West Yangon Hospital on 7 March.

In another, soldiers are filmed in a residential street as bright flashes light up the sky.

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Switzerland bans the burqa and niqab in public places - Metro.co.uk

Protesters in Switzerland after vote to ban the burqa and niqab in public places — Protesters hit the streets in the Swiss capital of Bern after 51% of voters backed a far-right proposal to outlaw the burqa and niqab in public spaces (Picture: AFP)

Switzerland has voted to ban women from wearing the burqa or niqab in public spaces.

The Muslim veils are worn by just a handful of women in the country, but just over 51% of Swiss voters backed a far-right proposal to outlaw them in shops, restaurants and on the street.

Exceptions for full facial veils will be allowed inside religious sites and for security or health reasons, such as face masks to protect against Covid, as well as for traditional carnival celebrations.

There are around 450,000 Muslims in Switzerland, just 5% of the population.

Almost no-one wears a burka and only around 30 women wear the niqab, yet a referendum on the issue was triggered in 2017 after 100,000 people supported a nationwide vote.

Face veils have been banned since 2013 in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, while neighbouring France and Austria have also prohibited them in public.

The Swiss government had opposed the measure as excessive, arguing that full-face coverings are a ‘marginal phenomenon’.

It was also argued the ban could harm tourism from Persian Gulf states, who are often drawn to Swiss lakeside cities.

Demonstrators hold a sign reading ‘the racist patriarchy went together’ during a protest after the Burqa ban referendum was narrowly approved (Picture: AP)

People hold banners during a protest hours after Swiss voters accepted an initiative, the so-called anti-burqa vote, to ban full facial coverings in public places in Bern on March 7, 2021. - The so-called anti-burqa vote comes after years of debate in Switzerland following similar bans in other European countries -- and in some Muslim-majority states -- despite women in Islamic full-face veils being an exceptionally rare sight in Swiss streets. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images) — Almost no-one wears a burka in Switzerland and only around 30 women wear the niqab **(Picture: AP)**

Supporters of the proposal argued the full-face coverings symbolise the repression of women and that faces should be shown in a free society.

In the end, 51.2% of voters supported the plan. There were majorities against it in six of Switzerland’s 26 cantons – among them those that include the country’s three biggest cities, Zurich, Geneva and Basel, and the capital, Bern.

Backers included the nationalist Swiss People’s Party, which is the strongest in parliament.

The committee that launched the proposal is led by far-right politician Walter Wobmann who also initiated a ban on the construction of new minarets at Swiss mosques.

A coalition of left-leaning parties said the proposal was ‘absurd’ and ‘Islamophobic’, while Mr Wobmann said it addressed both ‘a symbol of a completely different system of values… extremely radical Islam’ and security against ‘hooligans’.

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Nationwide strike in Myanmar as anti-coup campaign intensifies - Al Jazeera English

Myanmar’s biggest trade unions has begun a widespread strike in the latest attempt to pressure the country’s generals to step down after seizing power in a coup last month.

At least 18 labour organisations representing industries including construction, agriculture and manufacturing on Monday called on workers “union and non-union alike” to stop work to reverse the February 1 coup and restore Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government to power.

“The time to take action in defense of our democracy is now,” the unions said in a statement. “No one can force any Myanmar citizen to work. We are not slaves to the military junta now and we never shall be.” They added that the nationwide stoppage would continue until “we receive our democracy back”.

Witnesses reported the sound of gunfire and stun grenades in different parts of Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, during the night.

Soldiers were also deployed to public buildings around the country, sparking confrontations with protesters, the Myanmar Now news agency reported. State media said on Monday that security forces were maintaining a presence at hospitals and universities across the country, as part of their law enforcement efforts.

Some of the biggest protests in recent weeks took place on Sunday, with police firing stun grenades and tear gas to break up demonstrations in Yangon, the northern town of Lashio and a sit-in by tens of thousands of people in the second-biggest city Mandalay. At least 50 people have been killed since the demonstrations began, according to the United Nations.

Women’s groups called for a Htamein (Sarong) movement to mobilise in force and mark International Women’s Day while condemning the generals.

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Our Sarong, Our Flag, Our Victory

Women SARONG Revolution aganist masculine dictatorship in Myanmar.

Bravo to our sisters at @womenofburma at Phekon, Kayah State. #WomensDay #WomensHistoryMonth #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar pic.twitter.com/oI3nUGJgbe

— Thinzar Shunlei Yi #WhatshappeninginMyanmar (@thinzashunleiyi) March 8, 2021

Our htamein, our flag, our victory.

While we fight for democracy, we’re gonna fight against misogyny too. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/a9mntBBDAX

— Ei Mon Thinn Kyu (@EiMonThinnKyu) March 8, 2021

Protest leader Maung Saungkha on Facebook urged women to come out strongly against the coup on Monday, while Nay Chi, one of the organisers of the Sarong movement, described the women as “revolutionaries”.

“Our people are unarmed but wise. They try to rule with fear, but we will fight that fear,” she told the Reuters news agency.

Raids

At least three protests were held in Yangon on Sunday, despite raids on campaign leaders and opposition activists by security forces late on Saturday.

An official and local campaign manager from Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) Khin Maung Latt died in police custody.

Ba Myo Thein, a deposed legislator, said reports of bruising to Khin Maung Latt’s head and body raised suspicions that he had been “tortured severely”.

Police in Pabedan, where Khin Maung Latt was arrested, declined to comment. A spokesman for the military did not answer calls seeking comment.

The army has said it is dealing with protests lawfully.

In a statement on Monday, the military said it had arrested 41 people the previous day.

An announcement by the military carried on the front page of the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper on Monday threatened unspecified “action” against anyone who directly or indirectly works for a committee of deposed legislators that has declared itself the country’s legitimate authority.

The announcement said the committee was illegal and had committed “high treason”.

The killings have drawn anger among the governments of liberal democracies, and the United States and others have tightened sanctions on the generals.

Australia on Monday said it was ending cooperation with the Myanmar military as a result of the increased violence and death toll. Campaigners had been urging it to do so since the brutal crackdown on the Rohingya in 2017, which was led by military chief Min Aung Hlaing, who led the coup.

Myanmar’s giant neighbour China on Sunday said it was prepared to engage with “all parties” to ease the crisis and was not taking sides.

The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, which is tracking arrests since the coup, says 1,790 people had been detained as of March 7. A total of 1,472 remain in custody.

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Left-wing Democrats stand in way of Joe Biden's $1.9tn Covid relief bill - The Times

President Biden faced an anxious 48 hours after left-wing Democrats threatened to torpedo a giant $1.9 trillion spending bill on which he has staked much of his authority and hopes for an American recovery.

The blockbuster Covid relief bill would give hundreds of thousands of Americans cheques of up to $1,400 each in an effort to bolster the pandemic-ravaged economy, and its approval by the Senate was hailed as the centrepiece of Biden’s first 100 days.

However, the so-called American Rescue Plan has to go back to the House of Representatives where left-wingers were scathing about cuts to proposed unemployment benefits and the minimum wage introduced in horse-trading to get it through the upper house.

White House advisers warned yesterday that there was “no room

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Selasa, 09 Maret 2021

New US guidance says fully vaccinated people can meet without masks - BBC News

'Missed opportunity'

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