WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will appeal for a renewed international commitment to attacking COVID-19 as he convenes a second virtual summit on the pandemic and marks "a tragic milestone" as the U.S. approaches 1 million deaths. "As a nation, we must not grow numb to such sorrow," ...
For the fifth consecutive week, COVID-19 cases per 100,000 Ohio residents saw an increase. During those five weeks, cases in the state have quadrupled. The state had a 31.5 percent increase in COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents in just the past week. The streak of five weeks with increase came after 10 consecutive weeks of declines. Before that, there were 11 straight weeks of increases. There were 146.9 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents for the period between April 21 and Wednesday compared to 111.7 cases per 100,000 last week, according to data provided Thursday by the ...
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 ...
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 ...
