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Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Sept. 4: England Begins to Offer Citizens Updated Booster Shots, German Workers Take Record Sick Days
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 878th day of the pandemic.
In news we cover today, German workers took a record number of sick days, residents in Chengdu experienced long delays in mandatory Covid testing over the weekend, and England is rolling out new bivalent booster shots on Monday.
Here’s a look at what has taken place over …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Sept. 3: Major Late-Fall Surge Possible, Some Apple Workers Resist a Return to the Office
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 877th day of the pandemic.
As cold weather approaches, health officials in the United States are beginning to see the makings of a late-fall surge in cases although they remain guardedly optimistic that this year’s surge won’t be as devastating as last year’s.
The optimism stems from the introduction of new bivalent …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Sept. 2: CDC Approves Updated Boosters, England’s Omicron Wave at Two-Month Low
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 876th day of the pandemic.
In news we cover today, the United States gave the final approval to new bivalent vaccines from two drugmakers, England’s omicron wave is at its lowest point since June, and lockdowns continue in China.
Here’s a look at what has taken place over the past 24 hours.
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Great Moments in Travel History – September 2022 Edition
September, the “harvest month” in Charlegmagne’s calendar, is still called Herbstmonat, the harvest month, in Switzerland. The month marks the start of the meteorological autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and the meteorological spring in the Southern.
The month of September gets its name from the Latin word for seven, septem. It was the seventh month in the oldest known Roman calendar in which March was the first month.
After January and February were added …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Aug. 25: Twitter Labeled Fact-Based Covid Info as Misinformation, Death Toll in U.K. Doubles
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 868th day of the pandemic.
In what sounds like something from a George Orwell novel, we now know that Twitter, one of the world’s major social media companies, repeatedly labeled factual information about the novel coronavirus and pandemic as misinformation.
This practice, as it were, left researchers, scientists, doctors, and health officials …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Aug. 17: U.K. Expects Surge of Cases, 2 Flight Attendants Charged With Breaking Covid Quarantine
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 860th day of the pandemic.
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 860th day of the pandemic.
The head of the UK Health Security Agency, Dame Jenny Harries, is telling people not to turn their refrigerators off to save …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – Aug. 15: U.K. Approves Booster Targeting Omicron, Pfizer CEO Tests Positive
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 858th day of the pandemic.
On Monday, the United Kingdom, which was the first country to administer a coronavirus vaccine back in 2020 approved an updated Moderna vaccine that targets two coronavirus variant, namely the Omicron strain and the original virus.
“An updated version of the Covid-19 vaccine made by Moderna that …
