Coronavirus live news: controversial France health pass lawful, says court; curfew and music ban on two Greek islands
French court rules pass required to enter restaurants and bars is legal; Zakynthos island and Chania on Crete hit by measures aimed at cutting cases
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The British government said a further 86 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Thursday, bringing the UK total to 130,086.
Separate figures published by the Office for National Statistics show there have now been 155,000 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, PA news reports.
Plans by Germany’s health minister to place restrictions on Germans who have not been vaccinated against coronavirus are facing stiff opposition from his coalition partners and the opposition.
Several SPD politicians have called Jens Spahn’s proposals to exclude people from restaurants, gyms and other facilities who had failed to take up a vaccine offer “unworkable” and say they risk undermining the public health campaign to dampen the spread of the virus.
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