United Airlines will require employees in the U.S. to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by late October, perhaps sooner, joining a growing number of big corporations that are responding to a surge in virus cases. Company leaders called it a matter of safety and cited "incredibly compelling" ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Musto can't bring himself to ask his regulars at his Staten Island restaurant, Cargo Cafe, to prove they've been vaccinated against the coronavirus. So if New York City presses on with its plans to require eateries, bars, gyms and many other public gathering places ...
Two of three of the Valley’s higher learning institutions — Youngstown State University and Eastern Gateway Community College — are not requiring vaccinated students or faculty to wear masks, but they are encouraging vaccinations. Kent State University, including its Trumbull, Salem and East Liverpool campuses, on Wednesday afternoon announced a change of its mask-wearing policy. “Effective immediately, face coverings are required indoors for everyone, regardless of vaccination status, on all Kent State campuses,” stated Manfred van Dulmen, chair of the university’s ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio is as strong now as it’s been in about four months. The Ohio Department of Health reported 2,167 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday. It’s the first time the state has exceed 2,000 since a four-day stretch between April 13 and 16 and is the most cases reported in a single day in Ohio since 2,216 on April 14. Also, the number of daily cases have been higher than 1,000 for seven of the past nine days. The two exceptions were 857 Sunday and 895 Monday. Because of a lag in reporting over weekends, numbers on Sundays and Mondays have been the lowest of any days ...
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo reported 5,042 new coronavirus cases today, its most since the pandemic began as infections surge in the Japanese capital hosting the Olympics. Tokyo has been under a state of emergency since mid-July, and four other areas of the country have since been added. But the ...
BEIJING (AP) — The delta variant is challenging China's costly strategy of isolating cities, prompting warnings that Chinese leaders who were confident they could keep the coronavirus out of the country need a less disruptive approach. As the highly contagious variant pushes leaders in the ...
