The U.S. will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the country moves to require all international visitors to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
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U.S. regulators say transplant recipients and others with severely weakened immune systems can get an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to better protect them as the delta variant continues to surge.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday the nations most populous state would stop requiring people to wear masks in almost all circumstances on June 15, describing a world he said will look “a lot like the world we entered into before the pandemic.”
The federal program aims to ease the financial strain of deaths due to COVID-19.
West Virginia has led other states, including Nevada, when it comes to distributing the coronavirus vaccine to its residents, in part by partnering with smaller pharmacy chains and community groups.
The number of infections is thought to be far higher because many people have not been tested.
Three school teachers in the small eastern Arizona community of Winkelman tested positive for the coronavirus last month and one of them died, according to a Phoenix television station.
The governor of Japan’s Okinawa island demanded a top U.S. military commander take tougher prevention measures and more transparency hours after officials were told that more than 60 Marines at two bases have been infected with the coronavirus over the past few days.
Countries in Eastern Europe are facing rising waves of coronavirus infections, leading to riots in Serbia, mandatory face masks in Croatia and travel bans or quarantines imposed by Hungary.
Florida shattered the national record Sunday for the largest single-day increase in positive coronavirus cases in any state since the beginning of the pandemic, adding more than 15,000 cases as its daily average death toll continued to also rise.
It’s the sixth time this month that at least 40 new deaths have been reported around Arizona, but the first time in eight days with less than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases.
Gyms and pools, among the last remaining facilities not allowed to operate, can open their doors on Wednesday.
Concerns of rising cases in Austin, Texas, are likely to be mirrored nationwide as the reopening of stores and factories creates new opportunities for the virus to spread.
As the coronavirus rampages, the public increasingly is turning to experts in academia and government — the educated, experienced “elites” that many Americans had tuned out.
Over 24 hours, a taxi driver will cruise desolate streets, searching for the few workers who need to keep moving.
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