Less than three months after Beijing hosted the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, the Olympic Council of Asia said today that this year's Asian Games in China are being postponed because of concerns about the spreading omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country. The OCA said it had not picked ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators today strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clots. The Food and Drug Administration said the shot should only be given to adults who cannot receive a different vaccine or ...
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 15 million people were killed either by coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years, more than double the official death toll of 6 million. Most of the fatalities were in Southeast Asia, ...
BEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong reopened beaches and pools today in a relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions, while China's capital Beijing began easing quarantine rules for arrivals from overseas. Hong Kong had closed water sports venues during an outbreak of the highly transmissible omicron ...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials today restated their recommendation that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court ruling last month that struck down a national mask mandate on public transportation. Americans age 2 and older should wear a well-fitting masks while on public transportation, including in airports and train stations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended, citing the current spread of coronavirus and projections of future COVID-19 trends. For months, the Transportation Security Administration had been enforcing a ...
The state saw a 37 percent rise in COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents this week, marking the fourth straight week with an increase. In just the past four weeks, cases in the state have tripled. After 10 consecutive weeks of declines, this was the fourth week in a row to see an increase in COVID-19 case numbers in the state. Before those declines, there were 11 straight weeks of increases. There were 111.7 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents for the period between April 14 and Wednesday compared to 81.5 cases per 100,000 last week, according to data provided Thursday by the Ohio ...
