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Tue. 8:21 a.m.: Armed gangs raise risks in vaccinating rural Nigerians

KUJE, Nigeria (AP) — Yunusa Bawa rolled his motorcycle away from the health care clinic where he works in Kuje, southwest of Nigeria's capital of Abuja, and secured a black box of COVID-19 vaccine for the rough ride ahead. The rocky and rugged pathway — Bawa described it as a road that ...

Mon. 10:06 a.m.: NYC to impose vaccine mandate on private sector employers

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City employers will have to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for their workers under new rules announced this morning by Mayor Bill de Blasio. The vaccine mandate for private businesses will take effect Dec. 27 and is aimed at preventing a spike in COVID-19 infections ...

Mon. 8:43 a.m.: Unvaccinated Italians face new restrictions as holidays near

MILAN (AP) — Italy is making life more uncomfortable for unvaccinated people this holiday season, excluding them from indoor restaurants, theaters and museums starting today to reduce the spread of coronavirus and encourage vaccine skeptics to get their shots. Italian police can check ...

Ohio virus cases rebound to highs not seen since Jan.

Staff writer Ohio hasn’t seen a spike in COVID-19 cases such as the one in the past three days since the beginning of the year, with the 9,584 cases reported Friday — the second most for a single day this year. The only other day in 2021 that saw more cases was Jan. 7, when 10,251 were ...

COVID-19 cases climb by 67% in four weeks

The number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 Ohio residents increased for the fourth straight week and is at its highest level since late September. The 601.1 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents for the period between Nov. 18 and Wednesday is up from 538.2 cases per 100,000 last week, according ...

State nursing homes see rise in virus cases

A Warren nursing home that saw a spike in COVID-19 cases last week saw those numbers come back down this week, while a Youngstown nursing home continued to see a large number of cases this week. The Gillette Nursing Home in Warren had six patient cases and one staff case last week, but it has no patient cases this week and two staff cases, according to data from the Ohio Department of Health. The Canfield Healthcare Center Nursing Home on Canfield Road in Youngstown, meanwhile, has seven patient cases of the virus and three staff cases. It had six patient cases and one staff case ...