Covid-19

Some MultiCare hospitals in Washington will reinstate indoor masking policies this week, as winter weather ramps up and respiratory virus season worsens.Starting Wednesday, face coverings will be required for all patients, visitors and…
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Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, which delivered mainland China’s first self-built cruise ship last month, is looking to establish a local supply chain as it pursues orders for more giant pleasure vessels to reinforce its position in a…
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Boris Johnson was not wearing his Grimsby Town FC hat today (left) after a petition was launched ordering him to ditch it (Picture: LNP/Getty)Boris Johnson appears to have listened to the people of Grimsby and stopped donning a…
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(The Hill) — Several states are experiencing increases in deaths related to COVID-19 as the holidays approach and this year’s respiratory viral season sets in. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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There has never been much of a dividing line between effective public relations and the spread of religious fervour, and for 25 days in April 2020 the good news of Captain Tom sounded a lot like The Greatest Story Ever Told. The essence of…
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Lech Walesa, Poland’s 80-year-old former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, said Thursday that he is improving after being hospitalized with a bad case of COVID-19.A post on Walesa’s Facebook page shows him…
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Nearly 130,000 people died from Covid-19 in Britain by mid-July 2021, one of the worst official per capita tolls among Western nations.Johnson has faced a barrage of criticism from ex-aides for alleged indecisiveness and lack of scientific…
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The new strain will likely become a ‘wave’, one infectious disease expert said (Picture: Getty Images)A mutated coronavirus strain better than others at evading the immune system – but not exactly good at getting inside your cells…
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(NewsNation) — COVID-19 is trending upward again in the U.S. as other respiratory illnesses are plaguing Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most of the country has seen an uptick in RSV…
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Robert Jenrick resigns as immigration ministerRajeev SyalThe immigration minister, Robert Jenrick, has quit, just hours after the prime minister tabled a bill to save the Rwanda deportation policy.He stood down after the legislation did not…
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