[ad_1] LAS VEGAS – The surge of COVID-19 in Nevada is now at “wildfire levels,” and new statewide restrictions that start Tuesday will impact travelers visiting this gambling and entertainment destination. “We are on a rapid trajectory that threatens to overwhelm our health care system, our frontline health workers, and your access to care,” Nevada […]
[ad_1] G20 leaders vowed to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines would be fairly distributed worldwide, while declining to explain how they would do so amid funding shortfalls from the world’s poorest nations. In a 10-page communique released following the conclusion of the G20 summit Sunday, leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies said they were “united
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[ad_1] One of the Wuhan train stations in fall 2020. The city reopened in April 2020 after a total shutdown. Liu Yan, CC BY-SA I live in a democracy. But as Thanksgiving approaches, I find myself longing for the type of freedom I am seeing in China. People in China are able to move around
[ad_1] BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities are testing millions of people, imposing lockdowns and shutting down schools after multiple locally transmitted coronavirus cases were discovered in three cities across the country last week. As temperatures drop, large-scale measures are being enacted in the cities of Tianjin, Shanghai and Manzhouli, despite the low number of new
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[ad_1] Upper Manhattan and parts of Staten Island and Long Island are set to land back into restrictive COVID-19 zones this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned Sunday. The targeted areas have been recently grappling with worrisome rising infection rates. “We have several communities that are in the warning track,” Cuomo said at a press briefing.
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[ad_1] The top advisor of the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed said a coronavirus vaccine could be shipped to the states by the middle of December — and the US could reach “herd immunity” by May. “Our plan is to be able to ship vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours from the approval,
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[ad_1] As coronavirus cases surge globally, the COVID-19 deaths of two senior Serbian Orthodox Church clerics — one who died weeks after presiding over the funeral of the other — are raising questions about whether some religious institutions are doing enough to slow the spread of the virus. More reports are emerging about people who
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[ad_1] Andrew Giuliani, a White House aide and son of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, attends a news conference with his father at the Republican National Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington, on November 19, 2020. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Andrew Giuliani, a White House aide and son of Rudy Giuliani, said on Friday
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said Friday he had tested positive for the coronavirus and was isolating at home with “very mild symptoms.” He’s the second senator, along with Iowa’s Chuck Grassley, and at least the eighth member of Congress to announce a positive test this week. Scott, 67, has been
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[ad_1] Getty Economist Emily Oster told Insider she was “very disappointed” by New York City’s decision to close schools, especially because leaders acknowledged schools don’t seem to drive coronavirus transmission. “It’s like something you would say about some institution that’s completely irrelevant to the lives and livelihoods of millions of people,” she said. Oster’s data
