TOKYO (AP) — Japan announced today it is extending a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and 18 other areas until the end of September as health care systems remain under severe strain, although new infections have slowed slightly. The current state of emergency, which was to end on ...
The Ohio Department of Health reported 4,876 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing the state total since the pandemic began to 1,262,018. In the Mahoning Valley, Mahoning County logged the most new cases with 106; Trumbull County reported 79; and Columbiana County, 49. Mahoning reported 24,945 cases and 626 deaths. Trumbull is at 18,435 cases and 500 deaths. Columbiana is at 10,499 cases and 236 deaths. All three counties remain below the state average vaccination rate of 52.41 percent, with a 50.72 percent rate in Mahoning County, a 48.48 percent rate in Trumbull County and ...
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization is calling on rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines to refrain from offering booster shots through the end of the year, expanding an earlier request that has largely fallen on deaf ears. WHO Director-General Tedros ...
The Doobie Brothers concert Thursday at Blossom Music Center is postponed. According to a news release from promoter Live Nation, the postponement is due to a member of the touring personnel testing positive with COVID-19 despite health and safety precautions in place. The performance will be rescheduled, and a new date will be announced shortly. Fans are encouraged to hold on to their tickets as they will be valid for the new date once announced.
Though the Labor Day holiday may have slowed reporting of new COVID-19 cases, figures continued their climb Monday, according to Ohio Department of Health data. Mahoning County logged the most cases, reporting 75, and Columbiana logged more new cases than Trumbull County — a rarity — with 54 new cases to Trumbull’s 39. Trumbull County has a population nearly twice the size of Columbiana County, and Trumbull County has seen about 8,000 more cases of the virus since the beginning of the pandemic. In the last week, Trumbull added 422 cases, bringing its total to 18,356. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden is going back to her whiteboard. After months of teaching writing and English to community college students in boxes on a computer screen, the first lady resumes teaching in person today from a classroom at Northern Virginia Community College, where she has ...
