The palace said the queen, who has been fully vaccinated and had a booster shot, would continue with “light” duties at Windsor Castle over the coming week.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers showed nearly a six-fold increase in omicron’s share of infections in only one week.
Los Angeles called off its New Year’s Eve celebration Monday as fears of a potentially devastating winter COVID-19 surge triggered more cancellations and restrictions ahead of the holidays.
A skateboarding world champion is among five people prosecutors in Southern California have charged with organizing parties that were possible superspreader events amid the pandemic.
House and Senate negotiators nailed down a $900 billion coronavirus relief package Sunday after a compromise was reached on several outstanding items.
The developments occurred as the nation seeks to ramp up a vaccination program that only began in the last week.
About one-third of Minnesota counties ended up having at least one coronavirus case that was tied to August’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, investigators reported in a study.
Volunteer sleuths with the group Hawaii Quarantine Kapu Breakers has helped find people on Oahu and the Big Island who were later arrested by police, founder and former reporter Angela Keen said.
President Donald Trump’s campaign says six staff members helping set up for his Saturday night rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have tested positive for coronavirus.
Apple and Google on Wednesday released long-awaited smartphone technology to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus.
High schools nationwide have canceled or postponed graduation ceremonies to avoid worsening the spread of the new coronavirus, but some are going ahead with full-fledged commencement exercises, with tweaks to account for health concerns.
It would allow gyms, hair salons, bowling alleys, tattoo parlors and other businesses to reopen as long as owners follow strict social-distancing and hygiene requirements.
While that’s clearly good news, it also means it’s impossible to know who may be contagious. That complicates decisions about returning to work, school and normal life.
President Donald Trump accused Democrats on Monday of playing “a very dangerous political game” by insisting there is a shortage of tests for the coronavirus, and Vice President Mike Pence told governors the federal government is working around-the-clock to help them ramp up testing.
President Donald Trump praised California Gov. Gavin Newsom and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for telling residents to stay home and deal with the coronavirus.
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