(2022-03-05). COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness is rapidly waning in children. wsws.org Evidence from the CDC and New York state demonstrates that vaccine effectiveness for children has dropped considerably during the Omicron surge, underscoring the dangers posed by the Biden plan to ensure schools will remain open for in-person classes.
(2022-03-05). Chinese mainland reports 102 new local COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 102 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Saturday.
(2022-03-05). New Zealand court bans strike by 10,000 health workers. wsws.org The decision to ban the health workers' strike points to the increasingly anti-democratic measures being used against the working class, as COVID spreads out of control and the cost of living soars.
(2022-03-05). Turkey ends remaining pandemic measures as over 200 die every day. wsws.org This ending of public health measures is based not on science and protecting the health of the population but on the profit interests of the ruling capitalist class.
(2022-03-05). NPC deputy suggests boosting vaccine circulation in Greater Bay Area. ecns.cn Vaccines in Hong Kong and Macao should be distributed in accordance with those on the Chinese mainland, lifting barriers across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), Cai Weiping, a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC), said in Beijing on Saturday.
(2022-03-05). Educators and students on the US West Coast denounce the drive to war with Russia and lifting of COVID-19 mitigation measures. wsws.org Teachers and students in California, Washington, and Hawaii denounced both the drive to war and its use to draw attention away from the catastrophe of the COVID-19 pandemic which continues to kill thousands daily in the US.
(2022-03-05). Two Months On: What's Happening With Met Police Probe Into 'Partygate' Scandal? sputniknews.com In late January, London's Metropolitan Police announced a criminal investigation into allegations of parties in Downing Street during COVID lockdowns between 2020 and 2021. The investigation came after the police received evidence from a separate inquiry on the alleged parties, conducted by senior civil servant Sue Gray.
(2022-03-04). February Job Growth Strong as Private-Sector Hours Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels. truthout.org 
The economy added 678,000 jobs in February, pushing the unemployment rate down to 3.8 percent. The jobs numbers for December and January were also revised up 92,000. This left the number of jobs in the economy 2,105,000 below the pre-pandemic level. | Increase in Hours Likely Pushed Private-Sector Hours Above Pre-Pandemic High: | With the waning of omicron, the drop in the length of the average workweek in January was partially reversed. The rise in hours combined with the jump in…
(2022-03-04). New Zealand Employment Court passes injunction to scuttle health workers' strike. peoplesdispatch.org Even though the allied health workers' unions in the capital Auckland postponed the strike owing to Omicron surge, the employment court forced a nationwide postponement…
(2022-03-04). U.S. drug overdoses surge. america.cgtn.com 
The manufacturer of the prescription drug OxyContin has reached a settlement in connection with its role in the U.S. opioid epidemic…
(2022-03-04). Enough of creeping privatization of health care, say striking Italian doctors. peoplesdispatch.org Primary healthcare physicians in Italy held a 48-hour strike on March 1-2, demanding adequate protection of their rights and warning against the creeping privatization of health…
(2022-03-04). Turkey didn't give combat drones to Ukraine, it sold them — Ankara. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com What this says about the moral health of the world, when it's ethically defensible to sell weapons that have murdered people in Syria, Iraq, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, Ethiopia and the Donbass but not to donate them is truly nauseating to consider. ==== Daily SabahMarch 4, 2022 Bayraktar UAVs purchased by Ukraine, not aid from Turkey: Deputy …
(2022-03-04). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org South African Clover Foods workers to continue strike over wages and job cuts until their demands are met, while gold miners closer to strike action; strikes and protests in health care sector across Spain and France over jobs and conditions; two 24-hour strikes over jobs and pensions bring London underground to halt…
(2022-03-04). Gwich'in Steering Committee Responds To AIG's New Policy On Arctic Drilling. popularresistance.org Today American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) announced new company-wide policy, which rules out providing insurance and investment to "any new Arctic energy exploration," among other climate commitments. With this announcement, AIG is the first American company among a growing list of international insurance companies to publicly issue a policy ruling out new energy exploration projects in the Arctic.
(2022-03-04). China provides majority global COVID-19 vaccines: NPC spokesperson. ecns.cn China has provided the most COVID-19 vaccines to the world so far, said the spokesperson for the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress, on Friday.
(2022-03-04). Selected Articles: The QR Code: "Apocalypse", COVID Vaccine and the "Mark of the Beast" globalresearch.ca 
By "Biblical phrasing" is used to provide "self-legitimation" (cognitive dissonance) to the enforcement of far-reachi…
(2022-03-04). Ukraine Obliterates Other Stories: Only the Villains Can Win. journal-neo.org 
With events in Ukraine having obliterated other stories it is worth noting that truckers are still driving from California to DC, but other regular people have totally forgotten about the convoy, the virus, and the vaccine, etc. The war ended the pandemic overnight. Everyone is now proffering an opinion on who started it, who is …
(2022-03-04). (Two Sessions Voice) China has offered 2.1 bln doses of vaccines to over 120 countries: spokesperson. ecns.cn China has provided 150 countries and 13 international organizations with many masks, protective clothing, ventilators, testing equipment and other anti-pandemic materials, said Guo Weimin, spokesperson for the 5th session of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, at a press conference on Thursday.
(2022-03-04). China pledges more vaccines for developing nations. ecns.cn China is the world's largest provider of COVID-19 vaccines, Zhang Yesui, spokesman for the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress, told a news briefing on Friday.
(2022-03-04). Total de casos de covid-19 en EEUU podría estar cerca de los 140 millones, casi el doble de la cantidad informada. cubadebate.cu En Estados Unidos ha habido unas 140 millones de infecciones de covid-19 desde principios de la pandemia, -casi el doble de la cantidad informada- muestran unos datos recientes de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. 140 millones de estadounidenses han tenido covid-19, lo que representa el 43% de la población de este país.
(2022-03-04). NPC deputies, CPPCC members from HK express confidence in pandemic combat. ecns.cn NPC deputies and members of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region expressed their confidence in battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2022-03-04). Biden's COVID-19 Preparedness Plan will keep schools and businesses open regardless of the death toll. wsws.org President Biden's Pandemic Preparedness Plan intends to ensure schools and businesses remain open regardless of the surge in infections and deaths.
(2022-03-04). Wales unveils plan for living with coronavirus. thecanary.co Wales' first minister Mark Drakeford has said he regrets the ending of free mass coronavirus (Covid-19) testing but said it was inevitable after the UK government pulled the plug on the programme. Drakeford said he had attempted to persuade the UK government to take a "more gradual" approach to running down of test and trace but had been rebuffed. | He was speaking as he announced all legal coronavirus measures in Wales could be removed by March 28 as part of the country's long-term Covid-19 plan. Wales would remain at alert level zero for the next three weeks but the legal requirements could go following the nex…
(2022-03-04). COVID-19 impacts child literacy in Brazil. america.cgtn.com 
The Covid-19 pandemic had a negative impact in children's illiteracy rates in Brazil.
(2022-03-04). Florida governor Ron DeSantis berates high school students for wearing masks. wsws.org DeSantis attacked a line up of teenagers for wearing face coverings while denouncing masks as "COVID theater."
(2022-03-04). Global supply chain: Rail industry prioritizes profits over safety. workers.org 
The global supply chain crisis, fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, has laid bare systemic problems within global capitalism — when and where goods are produced to how they are transported and the growing disparity between the bosses' wealth versus the wages and benefits paid to millions of workers throughout this . . . |
(2022-03-04). UK attendees speak on WSWS webinar "Fight Covid! Save lives! Stop the drive to World War III!" wsws.org Workers and youth in Britain who attended Saturday's World Socialist Web Site international online webinar, "Fight Covid! Save lives! Stop the drive to World War III!", have spoken to the WSWS about their thoughts on the important event. We publish further responses here.
(2022-03-04). OMS avala antiviral oral para tratar la Covid-19. telesurtv.net El organismo internacional recomendó administrar el fármaco en pacientes no graves con el mayor riesgo de hospitalización.
(2022-03-04). Coronavirus death toll over 6 mln globally. tass.com About 442 mln infection cases were discovered globally since the start of the pandemic…
(2022-03-04). Los Angeles County to lift indoor mask order from Friday. ecns.cn Los Angeles County will drop its indoor mask mandate on Friday after the most populous county in the United States had officially exited the high coronavirus community level Thursday.