About 30 million people live in Shanghai, the commercial capital of China. There has been a lockdown since March 26 due to an increase in corona infections. The failure of President Xi Jinping’s “Covid Zero” policy has already been proven. While the whole world is slowly returning to normalcy, forgetting
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Victoria records 847 new local COVID-19 cases and one further death
Victoria has recorded 847 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and one further death, amid warnings hospitalisations will continue to rise. The 847 local infections represent the highest daily case count of the pandemic Surf Coast will exit lockdown from Monday, but Geelong and Mitchell Shire will have to wait
Indonesia quells COVID, but is a new wave on the way?
Daily cases and deaths have dropped sharply in Jakarta and Java, but experts say limited testing and contact tracing have allowed the virus to surge elsewhere in the archipelago. Indonesia appears to have controlled COVID-19 after July’s surge, but experts say more aggressive testing and vaccination will be necessary, especially
Covid: Italy to require all workers to show ‘green pass’ certificate
Italy is to make it compulsory for all workers to have a Covid “green pass” – proof of vaccination, a negative test or recovery from the virus. The measures are a first for Europe and some of the strictest in the world. Anyone without a pass will reportedly face suspension
Covid-19: France suspends 3,000 unvaccinated health workers
About 3,000 health workers in France have been suspended because they have not been vaccinated against Covid-19. A new rule, which came into force on Wednesday, made vaccination mandatory for the country’s 2.7 million health, care home and fire service staff. But French Health Minister Olivier Véran said on Thursday
LIST: Latest COVID-19 numbers for Central Virginia schools
(WSET) — Need the low-down on recent COVID-19 numbers in Central Virginia schools? ABC13’s got you covered. Health officials have warned of a serious spike in cases as the fall season approaches. According to a UVA COVID-19 Model, due to the spread of the Delta variant, cases will surge through the fall, reaching levels
Forcing Covid-19 close contact children out of school ‘probably unnecessary’ – Reid
The rule forcing schoolchildren to stay home and isolate for 14 days as close contacts of Covid-19 cases was “probably unnecessary”, HSE chief executive Paul Reid has said. The National Public Health Emergency Team are meeting on Thursday to consider the spread of the Delta variant and Covid-19 cases in school and
Vaccination mandate ‘disrupts and divides the country,’ Gov. Hutchinson says: Live COVID-19 updates
The nation can only end the coronavirus pandemic by expanding vaccination efforts through mandates and access while increasing testing capacity and shoring up overburdened healthcare systems, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said Sunday. Murthy, speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said President Biden and every American must use “every lever we have” in
BREAKING: Ohio reports 8,405 new COVID-19 cases; Valley’s total jumps 344
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Health on Saturday reported 8,405 new cases of coronavirus, the second-highest total of the week and since January. Friday, ODH reported 9,019 new cases, about 1,000 more than the state’s previous eight-month daily record, reported Thursday. Saturday, Ohio’s case total since the coronavirus pandemic began grew
New Mexico Reports 20 More COVID-19 Deaths, Most in Months
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s pandemic death roll rose by 20 on Friday, the largest reported single-day increase in months. The state on Friday also reported 885 additional confirmed cases — the largest one-day increase in a week and substantially higher than the recent daily average — as the