London (CNN Business)Russia’s war in Ukraine is roiling the global economy as policymakers race to get high inflation under control. But China’s response to its worst outbreak of Covid-19 in two years is a reminder that the conflict isn’t the
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Pennsylvania moves toward new phase of COVID – The Morning Call
Pennsylvania moves toward new phase of COVID The Morning CallPennsylvania Ready To Move Towards Endemic Stage Of COVID-19, Acting Health Secretary Says CBS PittsburghPennsylvania health official: State turning a corner but not quite out of pandemic wgaltvPennsylvania shifts closer to endemic phase of
CDC relaxes Covid guidance allowing most people to ditch masks if hospitalizations remain low – CNBC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed its mask guidance on Friday, allowing most people to ditch their face coverings so long as Covid-19 hospitalizations in their communities remain low. Under the new CDC guidance, people are advised to
Many in N.J. have waning COVID immunity. So why can’t they get a second booster? – NJ.com
Around January, a disconcerting trend was emerging in the Hackensack Meridian hospital system. Many of the patients and staff who tested positive for the coronavirus were fully vaccinated — they had received their primary shots, plus if they were eligible,
‘Pure Torture’: Leonard Peltier Details Appalling Prison COVID Care
Never mind that Leonard Peltier has been in prison for 45 years based on no evidence that he committed a crime. In recent weeks, the 77-year-old Native American rights activist has pleaded for help amid isolating COVID-19 lockdowns, repeatedly requested
Iran Covid: 140mn Covid-19 vaccines administered; 223 new deaths
Iran’s Health ministry says over 55,200,000 people have been fully vaccinated and nearly 22,500,000 have received their booster shots. Despite the intensified vaccination campaign, the number of fatalities and new infections has surged in recent weeks as a highly transmissible
Canadian COVID mandate protesters block US border in British Columbia
As Canadian police continued clearing “Freedom Convoy” trucker demonstrators out of the capital in Ottawa on Saturday, protests over COVID restrictions continued in the nation’s west for a fourth straight weekend. Convoys of vehicles carrying vaccine-mandate protesters made their way
Covid kills 191 more people in Iran
Iranian Foreign Ministry figures on Saturday showed 191 people died of Covid 19 in the past 24 hours, pushing the total fatalities since the start of the pandemic to 134.798. Over the past day, 12,058 new Covid cases were also
COVID kills 187 as Iran braces for Omicron peak in 2 weeks
According to the figures released by the Health Ministry on Friday, 19,317 more people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, pushing the total number of infections so far to 6,913,427. With the new death toll taken
COVID pandemic can be ‘reset’ for schools
HARTSVILLE, Tenn. — U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Thursday it is the job of school leaders to listen to parents, students and educators as they continue to grapple with the lingering effects of the pandemic on the nation’s public schools. The
It’s time to start ‘inching’ toward normalcy, Fauci says: COVID updates
America must balance the need to protect the population from the coronavirus with growing pandemic fatigue and begin “inching” toward normalcy, Dr. Anthony Fauci says. “The world and the United States, and particularly certain parts of the United States, are
Official: Number of Covid deaths, infections doubled in Iran
Ali Nasiri added that projections show the new wave of Covid driven by the variant will reach its peak on March 1. Nasiri also said hospitals will be overwhelmed in the coming weeks. The director of Tehran’s Crisis Prevention and
Vaccination during pregnancy protects babies, CDC says: COVID updates
Babies younger than 6 months old wouldn’t be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine even if the shots now under consideration for younger children were authorized. A new study indicates most of the infants wouldn’t need them to avoid severe disease
Covid kills 167 more people in Iran
Iranian Health Ministry figures on Tuesday showed 167 people died of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, pushing the total fatalities since the start of the pandemic to 134.053. Over the past day, 25,034 new Covid cases were also logged
New Covid data show New York returning to pre-Omicron surge levels.
As public health officials and others debate the moves of several Democratic governors this week to relax pandemic restrictions, new coronavirus data released on Saturday for New York show just how far the state has come from its most recent