LONDON (AP) — Long lines formed at vaccination centers in Britain as people heeded the government's call for all adults to get booster shots to protect against the omicron variant of the coronavirus, which the prime minister said today has caused at least one death. In a televised ...
The first two cases of the omicron COVID-19 variant in Ohio were confirmed by the Ohio State University laboratory, according to a release from the Ohio Department of Health on Saturday. Both cases were in adult men in central Ohio, and both tested positive on a PCR, or polymerase chain reaction, test Tuesday. Both men were vaccinated but had not received boosters and were reported to have mild symptoms and were not hospitalized as of Saturday afternoon. Neither recently had traveled internationally. More specific information regarding the age and location of the two is not being ...
The number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 Ohio residents increased for the fifth consecutive week and is at levels not seen in a year. The 718.5 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents for the period between Nov. 25 and Wednesday is up from 601.1 cases per 100,000 last week, according to Ohio Department of Health data reported Thursday. It’s an increase of 16.3 percent since last week. It’s the highest cases-per-100,000-residents level in Ohio since December 2020. The state was at 538.2 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 two weeks ago. It was 496.3 cases per 100,000 three weeks ago, ...
A Youngstown nursing home with 10 COVID-19 cases last week saw a steep decline in its numbers this week. But another facility saw its numbers rise. Overall nursing home cases of COVID-19 in Ohio continued a steady upward trend that began several weeks ago. The Canfield Healthcare Center Nursing Home on Canfield Road in Youngstown had 10 cases last week, but the number has dropped to three this week, according to data on the Ohio Department of Health website. That includes one patient case and two staff cases. The Greenbriar Center Nursing Home on South Avenue in Boardman, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Facing a winter surge in COVID-19 infections, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced this morning that masks will be required in all indoor public places unless the businesses or venues implement a vaccine requirement. Hochul said the decision to impose a mask mandate was ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Companies of all sizes are rethinking their plans to send workers back to the office as the new omicron variant adds another layer of uncertainty. Alphabet's Google and the nation's second largest automaker Ford Motor Co. are among those once again delaying their ...
