BEIJING (AP) — China cannot accept the World Health Organization's plan for the second phase of a study into the origins of COVID-19, a senior Chinese health official said today. Zeng Yixin, the vice minister of the National Health Commission, said he was "rather taken aback" that the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden offered an absolute guarantee Wednesday that people who get their COVID-19 vaccines are completely protected from infection, sickness and death from the coronavirus. The reality is not that cut and dried. The vaccines are extremely effective but ...
COVID-19 data reported by the Ohio Department of Health shows new cases are more than double the 21-day average. Statewide, new cases in Ohio jumped to 744 cases. The ODH states the 21-day average is 352. The total cases sit at 1,118,513 and the new death total sits at 20,449, a 12-case increase since the most recent reporting. The ODH usually provides death information on Tuesdays and Fridays. Since last week, the state has added 3,678 cases and 38 deaths. Locally, Mahoning County, Trumbull County and Columbiana County tallied 31 new cases and only two additional deaths. In ...
PARIS (AP) — Visitors now need a special COVID pass to ride up the Eiffel Tower or visit French museums or movie theaters, the first step in a new campaign against what the government calls a "stratospheric" rise in delta variant infections. As the new rule came into effect today, tourists ...
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's excess deaths during the pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official COVID-19 toll, likely making it modern India's worst human tragedy, according to the most comprehensive research yet on the ravages of the virus in the South Asian country. Most experts ...
TOKYO (AP) — The world needs to see that Japan can stage a safe Olympics, the country's prime minister told sports officials today ahead of the Tokyo Games. Tens of thousands of athletes, officials, games staff and media are arriving in Japan amid a local state of emergency and widespread ...
