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Removing redundant COVID-19 sections

We are removing the content and data in several COVID-19-related sections from our COVID reporting. The reason for this change is that the information is no longer relevant or not being tracked.

From 13 November 2023, we will return "null" values for all fields associated with the following JSON objects: "cases", "vaccinated", "fully", "infection", "trend", "policy", "international_travel", "covid_pass", and "resources".

The structure of the COVID-19 API will not change. Please see below for an example of which fields will return "null" values.

 "countries": [

    {

      "cases": {

        "confirmed": null,

        "deaths": null,

        "recovered": null,

        "active": null,

        "as_of_date": null

      },

      "vaccinated": {

        "one_dose": {

          "percent": null,

          "as_of_date": null

        },

        "fully": {

          "percent": null,

          "as_of_date": null

        }

      },

      "infection": {

        "level": null,

        "rate": null,

        "trend": null,

        "as_of_date": null

      },

      "policy": {

        "current_status": null,

        "start_date": null,

        "end_date": null,

        "text": null,

        "last_update": null,

        "source_url": null

      },

      "international_travel": {

        "masks": {

          "requirement": null,

          "text": null,

          "last_update": null

        },

      },

      "domestic_situation": {

        "covid_pass": {

          "is_required": null,

          "what_activities": null,

          "how_can_obtain": null,

          "pass_url": null,

          "last_update": null

        },

      },

      "resources": {

        "government_covid_site": null,

        "health_dept_covid_site": null,

        "covid_dashboard": null

      },

    }

  ]

}

Additionally, the COVID Risk Level methodology will be adjusted to exclude case numbers and vaccination rates.