BERLIN (AP) — The German military is making coronavirus shots compulsory for troops amid a growing debate in the country about whether to introduce a general vaccine mandate to counter rising infection and hospitalization rates. The Defense Ministry today confirmed a report in the German ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 90 percent of federal workers have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by today's deadline set by President Joe Biden. Biden announced in September that all federal workers were required to undergo vaccination, with no test-out option, unless they ...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte today condemned rioters in Rotterdam and other towns and cities across the Netherlands over the weekend as "idiots" and said police and prosecutors would bring them to justice. Rutte's comments came after coronavirus ...
After six straight weeks of declines, Ohio had its second consecutive week of increases in the number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents. The 496.3 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents for the period between Nov. 4 and Wednesday is up from 410.5 cases per 100,000 last week, according to Ohio Department of Health data provided Thursday. It’s an increase of 20.9 percent since last week. Two weeks ago, it was 354.3 cases per 100,000. It was 359.1 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 three weeks ago, 419.2 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 four weeks ago and 507.4 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 five ...
A Mahoning County nursing home had three staff cases of COVID-19 and one patient case this week, according to Ohio Department of Health data that appears to have been updated. The four cases are at Greenbrier Center nursing home in Boardman. No facility on the list had more than four cases this week. A message left with the facility Thursday asking for verification of the number of cases was not returned. A Warren facility, meanwhile, has 16 cases, according to state data. In recent weeks, area long-term care facilities such as nursing homes and assisted-living facilities have ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators this morning moved to open up COVID-19 booster shots to all adults, expanding the government's campaign to shore up protection and get ahead of rising coronavirus cases that may worsen with the holidays. Pfizer and Moderna announced the Food and Drug ...
