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Coronavirus News Update – March 20: U.S. Hits 100 Million Doses One Month Early, AstraZeneca Shots Resumed
The decline in new coronavirus infections in the United States is slowing and federal officials warned that the United States might be facing another surge in Covid-19 cases, just as some localities are loosening restrictions. The United States has trailed Europe by several weeks in surges, a pattern that has been consistent since the start of the pandemic.
As of Saturday, the world has recorded over 123 million Covid-19 cases since …
U.S. May Lift Some International Travel Restrictions in May
The Biden Administration may relax some of the travel restrictions currently in place between the United States and Mexico and Canada, as well as those for international travel from the United Kingdom, the European continent, and Brazil come May.
The news was first reported by CNBC.
The action would be propelled by progress in inoculating people against the coronavirus pandemic by that time.
“There is going to be a sea change in mid-May when …
Coronavirus News Update – March 8: Fauci Warns Against Prematurely Ending Restrictions
As of Monday, the coronavirus has sickened 117.6 million people, and killed over 2.6 million people, according to Worldometer, a service that tracks such data.
Since vaccination rollouts began at the end of last year, over 58.8 million people in the United States have received at least one dose, including 30.6 million who have received both doses. Approximately 23% of the population in the United States over the age of 18 has …
Coronavirus News Update – March 1: J&J Vaccine to Start Arriving and Should Olympians Jump the Line?
The world will cross the 115 million mark in coronavirus cases on Monday, the first day of March and the first day of meteorological spring. Over 2.5 million people have died from the virus, according to the Worldometer, which tracks such information.
Meanwhile, since the start of vaccinations at the end of last year, the world has administered 244.2 million doses, the equivalent of 3.2 doses for every 100 people, as …
Coronavirus Update – Feb. 23: Biden Calls 500,000 Death Toll a ‘Heartbreaking Milestone’
“Today we mark a truly grim, heartbreaking milestone,” said President Joseph Bide, marking the shocking death toll in the United States with a moment of silence Monday.
The World Health Organization found that Chinese officials did “little” in terms of epidemiological investigations into the causes of the initial outbreak of Covid-19 in Wuhan in the first eight months following the onset of the virus, according to an internal document. The news, …
Movie Theaters in New York, London to Reopen
Movie theaters in New York City will be able to reopen next month, albeit at limited capacities, while those in London will be able to reopen in May.
The move comes almost exactly at the one-year point after theaters closed in the state, namely on March 12, 2020.
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the plan on Monday at a news conference.
Starting on March 5, cinemas in the Big Apple can …
Coronavirus News Update – Feb. 22: U.S. Crosses 500,000 Mark in Covid-19 Deaths
The United States crossed the 500,000 mark in coronavirus-related deaths at some point over the weekend, a little over one year after the first death from the coronavirus occurred in the country in Washington state. The milestone as crossed as the number of new cases there continued to decline on a steep slope.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease doctor and the Biden administration’s chief medical officer, forecast “a …
