Demokratiese Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York said Thursday he has tested positive for Covid-19 and is isolating at home, he announced in a series of tweets.
Can Mexico force the US to vaccinate migrant workers against Covid-19?
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Mexico wants the US to vaccinate all Mexican migrant workers currently working in the United States — and it says Trump's own signature trade deal requires it. Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Marcelo Ebrard told ...
Dozens killed, some decapitated, in suspected rebel attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Forty-six people from the ethnic Pygmy group were killed -- some of them decapitated -- on Wednesday in a suspected militant attack in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, according to an NGO official based in th...
Biden to outline plan to administer Covid-19 vaccines to Americans Friday
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President-elect Joe Biden will outline his plan to administer Covid-19 vaccines to the US population on Friday at an event in Wilmington, Delaware, according to his transition team. Biden has said his first priorit...
Health care in Brazil’s Amazonas state in ‘collapse’ as Covid-19 infections surge
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Hospitals in Brazil's largest state, Amazonas, are facing a crisis situation amid surging coronavirus infections, as oxygen supplies run short and hundreds of people wait in line for a hospital bed. Brazilian Health...
LA County is scrambling to find more space to store bodies of Covid-19 victims
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Los Angeles County, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in California, is running out of space to store the bodies of Covid-19 victims and officials are scrambling to secure additional capacity. Oor 900 bodi...
Ex-Obama official who helped fix botched healthcare.gov rollout to join Biden’s Covid-19 team
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Andy Slavitt, the former acting chief of Medicare and Medicaid under the Obama administration, is expected to join President-elect Joe Biden's Covid-19 team in a senior advisory role, CNN verneem het. Slavitt's ro...
Pope Francis and former Pope Benedict get first dose of Covid-19 vaccine
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Rome Pope Francis and former Pope Benedict have received the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the Vatican said Thursday. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement that he was "able to confirm that withi...
US tennis player Tennys Sandgren boards plane to Australian Open despite testing positive for Covid-19
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Tennis player Tennys Sandgren has boarded a plane to the Australian Open in Melbourne despite saying he tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. The American, a quarterfinalist at last year's tournament, had been il...
Covid-19 infection grants immunity for five months, UK study suggests
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London People who have been infected by Covid-19 may have immunity to the virus for around five months, according to preliminary findings in a new study led by Public Health England (PHE). The SIREN research examined...
California hospital fined over $40,000 after Santa Clara County says it delayed reporting Covid-19 outbreak
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A Northern California hospital was fined $ 43,000 after it delayed reporting a recent Covid-19 outbreak which resulted in the death of one employee. Santa Clara County said it issued a violation notice to Kaiser Pe...
Yankee Stadium is expected to join Mets’ Citi Field as a Covid-19 vaccine mega site
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New York's Yankee Stadium is expected to join numerous sports and entertainment venues around the nation being used as mass Covid-19 vaccination sites in a bid to boost lagging vaccine distribution efforts. New Yor...
Ellen DeGeneres returns to talk show after recovering from Covid-19
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Ellen DeGeneres is back on television after testing positive for Covid-19 in December and taking time off to heal. In a preview for Wednesday's episode of "Die Ellen DeGeneres Show," DeGeneres spoke about when she ...