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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said mandates are the way the country will reach fewer COVID restrictions.

The Netherlands could be free of all COVID-19 restrictions at the end of the month.

Vehicles barricaded New Zealand's capital city of Wellington Tuesday, as protesters demand an end to vaccine mandates.

Canadian Pastor Henry Hildebrandt, who made headlines last year for holding in-person worship services despite government edicts restricting such gatherings, spoke out in support of the Freedom Convoy Sunday, calling the demonstration – led by truckers — “God-ordained” and comparing it to the biblical story of Jericho.

Australia's prime minister announced that its borders are open for those tourists who have been “double vaccinated” as of the 21st of February.

Canadian anti-COVID mandate truckers "will desist from the blowing of horns" for the "men and women in blue who are doing such a superb job protecting us."

Canadian Police said military might be used to clear the vaccine mandate protesters at the nation’s capital.

Canadian cities, including the financial hub Toronto, faced protests on Saturday against vaccine mandates which spread from the capital of Ottawa.

Sweden and Switzerland joined Denmark, Norway, Finland, Ireland, The Netherlands, Italy, Lithuania, France and the UK in announcing they will lift COVID restrictions and open up their countries.

The war of words between Russia and the United States over Ukraine escalated further on Tuesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin responded for the first time to the US written reply to Russia’s demands for security guarantees that were expressed in the form of a pair of draft treaties submitted by Moscow to the US and NATO in December.