Britain's parliament has delivered another blow to the political career of former prime minister Boris Johnson, endorsing a report that concluded he deliberately lied over rule-breaking parties.
Movement of honey bees and used apiary equipment into the ACT is now restricted following the recent detection of Varroa destructor, a species of parasitic mite that attacks European honey bees, at the Port of Newcastle in NSW.
As anticipated, the ACT Government will ease quarantine requirements for household contacts of people who have COVID-19 from 11.59pm on Tuesday 26 April.
South Korea has lifted almost all of its COVID-19 precautions in a major step towards a return to normal life as the Omicron variant recedes and daily infections retreated to a more than two-month low of fewer than 50,000.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has paid a fine for attending his birthday bash in Downing Street and offered a "full apology" for the lockdown-busting event.
Shanghai has reported nearly 25,000 locally transmitted COVID-19 infections in a day, as residents of China's most populous city voiced complaints over food and basic supplies and concern spread more cities may soon be in the same situation.
Sweden should have shut venues and taken other tougher measures early in the COVID-19 pandemic although its no-lockdown strategy was broadly beneficial, a commission says.
Mandatory face mask requirements will ease in Canberra from 6pm today, Friday 25 February, bringing the ACT into line with similar requirements in NSW and Victoria.
Coronavirus restrictions are set to end in Iceland as curbs wind down in Poland, Slovakia and Italy while authorities in Hong Kong plan compulsory testing for everyone in the territory.
Boris Johnson has said his "living with COVID" plan will bring the UK "towards a return to normality" as he intends to scrap the requirement to self-isolate.
It has been 704 long days since density limits were introduced in the hospitality industry, says Anthony Brierley, general manager of the Australian Hotels Association (ACT Branch), and he and other businesses are relieved they can finally return to normal trading from tonight.
