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White House: US to restrict entry from 8 African countries due to COVID-19 variant
The US will restrict travel from South Africa and seven other African countries on Monday, November 29, in an effort to control the spread...
France postpones vaccination of health workers in the Caribbean
Benoit van Overstraten, Sudip Kar-Gupta and Tassilio Hammel | Reuters
PARIS - France has postponed a mandate to vaccinate healthcare workers against COVID-19 in...
WHO Calls New COVID-19 Variant “Omicron” May Increase Risk of Re-infection
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said that a new variant of the CCP virus, first discovered in southern Africa, will now be...
Fauci: it is not clear if there is a new COVID-19 strain in the US, whether vaccination can be avoided
White House COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci said U.S. scientists and other researchers are studying whether a newly discovered variant of the CCP virus could...
COVID: Fauci says kids and teens are less likely to need boosters
Originally published: Nov 25, 9:25 pm ET.
Jacqueline Howard, CNN
(CNN) - Now that the United States has rolled out Covid-19 booster shots to all fully...
COVID: South Africa reveals a new variant of the problem, the consequences are not yet clear
JOHANNESBURG, 25 November. (Reuters) - South African scientistsdiscovered a new variant of COVID-19 in small numbers andare working to understand its potential implications,...
Larry Magid: Ensuring Safe Shopping During the Holidays
During this time, I write a column on safe holiday shopping almost every year, but this year is special. We are (hopefully) emerging...
Federal government sends teams to Michigan to help deal with COVID-19 surge
The federal government is sending medical teams to Michigan to help the state cope with rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
Two teams, each with 22...
WHO’s Tedros, worried about “false sense of security” from vaccines, warns the pandemic is not over
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday shared his concerns about what he calls "a false sense of security that vaccines...
Bars and restaurants in Hawaii to increase capacity, limit social distancing
Hawaii is lifting restrictions on COVID-19, allowing restaurants and bars in some regions to resume operations at full capacity, Gov. David Ayge said on...