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Christmas Day marked with canceled flights, surging COVID-19 cases

Headline from Fox26 Houston, on the newest of 2 developments

The second COVID-19 Christmas is marked by surging infections in many countries, overwhelmed hospitals, canceled flights and curbed religious observances.

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Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. COVID puts a damper on Christmas Eve again around the world

    Headline from WMUR ·

  2. Newest

    Christmas Day marked with canceled flights, surging COVID-19 cases

    Headline from Fox26 Houston ·

Reports & sources

121 articles, oldest first.

  1. 10TV Columbus

    COVID puts a damper on Christmas Eve again around the world (opens 10TV Columbus)

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    10TV Columbus's feed description

    Travel plans are being disrupted because of flight cancellations, as the pandemic once again casts a pall on celebrations around the world.

  2. France 24

    Covid-19 overshadows global Christmas celebrations for a second year (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    The rise of the Omicron variant heralded on Friday another pandemic-tinged Christmas for billions, with Santa's arrival and longed-for family reunions overshadowed by the prospect of yet more Covid r…

  3. Fox26 Houston

    Christmas Day marked with canceled flights, surging COVID-19 cases (opens Fox26 Houston)

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    Fox26 Houston's feed description

    The second COVID-19 Christmas is marked by surging infections in many countries, overwhelmed hospitals, canceled flights and curbed religious observances.

  4. Richmond Times-Dispatch

    Surging COVID cases, 'jingle jabs' make for somber Christmas (opens Richmond Times-Dispatch)

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    Richmond Times-Dispatch's feed description

    Christmas arrived around the world Saturday amid a surge in COVID-19 infections that kept many families apart, overwhelmed hospitals and curbed religious observances as the pandemic was poised to stretch

  5. Berkshire Eagle

    Thousands line up for 'jingle jabs' on Christmas in England (opens Berkshire Eagle)

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    Berkshire Eagle's feed description

    LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people across England are spending a few minutes of Christmas Day to line up under leaden winter skies to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as the

  6. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Surging COVID Cases Make for Another Subdued Christmas Day (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    NBC10 Philadelphia's feed description

    Christians around the world are celebrating their second COVID-19 Christmas as surging infections in many countries overwhelmed hospitals, canceled flights and curbed religious observances

  7. KCEN Waco

    Another COVID Christmas brings anxiety, but also optimism (opens KCEN Waco)

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    KCEN Waco's feed description

    Many U.S. churches canceled in-person services while others reported small but significant attendance.

  8. Deutsche Welle

    Another COVID Christmas — in pictures | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    As the omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads and thousands of flights are canceled, people around the world celebrate Christmas in the second year of the pandemic.

  9. Al Jazeera

    More than 4,500 flights cancelled over Christmas weekend (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    A mounting wave of COVID-19 infections driven by the Omicron variant creating greater uncertainty and misery.

  10. NPR

    Once again, COVID means scaled-back Christmas celebrations around the world (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    From Bethlehem and Frankfurt to Boston, the surging coronavirus put a damper on Christmas Eve for a second year, forcing churches to cancel or scale back services and disrupting travel plans.

  11. WDIO Duluth

    Another COVID Christmas brings anxiety, but also optimism across the world (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    WDIO Duluth's feed description

    A worldwide surge in COVID-19 infections thanks to the omicron variant is tempering Christmas celebrations.

  12. PBS NewsHour

    COVID-19 spreads holiday misery, as canceled flights strand thousands on Christmas Eve (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    The COVID-19 pandemic is once again upending holiday plans around the world, from halting air travel to scaling back festive celebrations. All this as new infections in the U.S. have spiked 55 percent in the last two weeks alone, largely due to the highly contagious omicron variant.

  13. Deutsche Welle

    COVID Christmas for a second year — in pictures | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    As the omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads and thousands of flights are canceled, people around the world celebrate Christmas in the second year of the pandemic.

  14. Deutsche Welle

    How do people spend Christmas during the pandemic? | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Christians around the world have been marking Christmas Day. But in many parts of Europe the celebrations have been scaled back amid a massive surge of COVID-19 cases. In Britain, thousands of people took the opportunity to get vaccinated.

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