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Coronavirus Morning News Brief – July 25: Haven’t Had Covid? You May Be Next, Cases Mount in Japan
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 837th day of the pandemic.
There’s an ever shrinking minority of people across the globe who believe they’ve never been infected with the novel coronavirus. Some of them may be wrong.
In my own case, having never tested positive for the virus has made it harder to explain some symptoms that point …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – June 23: N.Y.C. Won’t Enforce Vaccine Mandate for Businesses, Dr. Birx Describes White House Efforts to Downplay Threats
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 805th day of the pandemic.
Slowly but surely, vaccinations for children in the age group six months to five years are starting, but there are some obstacles to overcome.
Perhaps the greatest obstacle is a persistent belief among many that the pandemic is over, which is not at all the case given …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – June 10: New York City’s Peak in Cases May Be Over, N.J. Man Guilty of Selling Pesticides as Covid Cure,
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 792nd day of the pandemic.,
Here’s a look at what has taken place over the past 24 hours.
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New York City’s health commissioner, Ashwin Vasan, said that the Big Apple is now past its latest peak in new Covid cases.
“Cases have fallen since May 23, giving us confidence that we have …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – May 19: The World Remains as Vulnerable as Ever to New Pandemics Says Report, Cases in U.S. Skyrocket
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 770th day of the pandemic.
For the first time since early February, the number of new cases came close to the 200,000 mark in the United States and the 7-day incidence was over 100,000.
As cases continue to dramatically rise, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – April 7: Temperatures Are Rising in New York City, A Superspreader Dinner in D.C.
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 758th day of the pandemic.
New York City, which has, several times, played the role of canary in the coronavirus pandemic coal mine over the past 26 months, is now seeing a significant increase in new infections.
The city is reporting approximately 1,500 new cases a day and a positivity rate of …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – March 10: Prices Climbed 7.9% in February, Cases Surge Across the Globe
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 69th day of 2022.
In what amounted to a five-minute pause between the pandemic and the outbreak of war in Europe, inflation rose 7.9% in February according to figures released Thursday morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
It is the largest annual increase in 40 years and does not reflect …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Feb. 18: Omicron Cases Decline, But the Pandemic is Far From Over, Mask Mandates End in Much of the U.S.
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 49th day of 2022.
The number of active cases fell below 70 million for the first time since January 26 of this year as the surge fueled by the highly-transmissible omicron variant receded.
As the headlines trumpet, cases are down in the United States.
Over the past week there have been 902,000 new …
