The Pentagon and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are negotiating the final terms of an agreement that could see the military provide around 450,000 Covid-19 vaccinations a day.
A family is trying to get ‘orbisculate’ into the dictionary to honor their dad who died of Covid-19
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You know when you dig into a grapefruit and, skielik, its juice squirts you in the eye? There's a word for it. Hallo, orbisculate. It's a word that the Krieger family of Boston is trying to get into the dictionary ...
Why Japan took so long to start Covid-19 vaccinations, even with the Olympics looming
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Tokyo With the Olympic games due to start in Tokyo in July, Japan had every reason to move quickly to approve a Covid-19 vaccine and begin inoculations. But the country only started inoculating its population of 126...
Covid-19 cases discovered on one US Navy ship in Middle East, suspected cases on a second
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Washington About a dozen sailors and Marines onboard the USS San Diego tested positive for Covid-19 while the ship was deployed to the Middle East, the Navy said in a statement Thursday. The amphibious transport shi...
What life is like in countries where Covid-19 vaccination is increasingly a success
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Dit is uit Februarie uittreksel 25 uitgawe van CNN se Intussen in Amerika, die daaglikse e-pos oor Amerikaanse politiek vir wêreldwye lesers. Klik hier om vorige uitgawes te lees en in te teken. How's life in countries where coro...
US officials ask China not to subject staff to Covid-19 anal swab tests
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Shanghai, China US officials in China have asked local authorities to refrain from subjecting US staff in the country to Covid-19 anal swabs, according to a US diplomat based in China. Op Donderdag, China responded to...
Garth Brooks announces he is Covid-19 negative as wife Trisha Yearwood tests positive
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While country legend Garth Brooks has tested negative for Covid-19, his wife Trisha Yearwood has contracted the virus. Brooks announced Wednesday that the couple have been quarantining together at home in Tennessee...
North Carolina woman is accused of using her $149,000 Covid-19 relief loan for shopping sprees
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As millions struggle to stay afloat during the Covid-19 pandemic, the last purchases on most minds are Louis Vuitton and diamonds. But in a state facing a 6.5% unemployment rate last August, one North Carolina wom...
DC mayor’s sister dies from Covid-19
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Washington Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser's sister died Wednesday at age 64 van "complications related to Covid-19," the mayor said in a statement. "My family and I are mourning the loss of my sister, Mercia Bowser...
Covid-19 devastated this small city. Volunteers are going door-to-door to ensure people get vaccinated
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The last 12 months have been tolling for Linda Harris, who lives in a small Southwest Georgia city hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. "I'm tired of losing grandparents, grandmamas, granddaddys and some of our sm...
Australian Open fans criticized for booing Covid-19 vaccine announcement
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Australia's government has condemned the "walglik" behavior of spectators at the Australian Open tennis tournament Sunday, after sections of the crowd loudly booed a speech praising the rollout of the Covid-19 va...
Biden to mark upcoming 500,000 US Covid-19 deaths with candle lighting ceremony
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With the US approaching 500,000 Covid-19-sterftes, plans are underway for President Joe Biden to mark the moment this week. The President is planning to deliver remarks and hold a candle lighting ceremony at the White...
A 90-year-old Seattle woman walks six miles in snow to get her Covid-19 vaccine
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Many people in the US are determined to get their Covid-19 vaccine, but a 90-year-old Seattle resident showed just how motivated she was by walking six miles in snow to make her appointment. Fran Goldman told CNN t...