► New COVID-19 restrictions came into effect Friday in the U.K., including once again requiring face masks indoors, as the country tries to prevent the omicron variant from taking hold and delta from spreading further.
A Navy commander has been fired from his job as the executive officer of a warship because he refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine and refused to be tested for the coronavirus, Navy officials said Friday.
Officials said he was the first naval officer to be fired for refusing the vaccine, which the Pentagon has made mandatory for all service members.
Cmdr. Lucian Kins was relieved of his duties as second in command of the USS Winston Churchill by Navy Capt. Ken Anderson.
Navy spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Jason Fischer declined to give the precise reason why Kins was relieved of command, citing privacy concerns. Fischer, who is spokesman for the Naval Surface Force Atlantic, said the reason for the firing was that Anderson lost confidence in Kins’ ability to perform his duties after he failed to obey a lawful order.
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