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Canada to let vaccinated US citizens to enter on Aug. 9, ban on India will continue

Mon, 2021-07-19 18:57 — mike kraft

TORONTO (AP) — Canada announced Monday it will begin letting fully vaccinated U.S. citizens into Canada on Aug. 9, and those from the rest of the world on Sept. 7.

Officials said the 14-day quarantine requirement will be waived as of Aug. 9 for eligible travelers who are currently residing in the United States and have received a full course of a COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in Canada.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, who said he spoke with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday, said the U.S. has not yet indicated any plan to change current restrictions at the land border. Canadians are able to fly into the United States with a negative COVID-19 test.

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Description: How vaccine-skeptic France and Germany came to support near-mandates

Mon, 2021-07-19 12:32 — mike kraft

How vaccine-skeptic France and Germany came to support near-mandates Rejecting coronavirus vaccines could mean exclusion from social life. Rick Noack Washington Post

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European nations impose incentives, penalties to encourage vaccinations

Mon, 2021-07-19 12:22 — mike kraft

European nations impose incentives, penalties to boost shots ATHENS, Greece (AP) — European nations are scrambling to ramp up vaccination drives, using a carrot-and-stick approach to persuade the reluctant to get their shots as the more transmissible delta variant drives a surge in infections. AP NEWS

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Surgeon General backs localized mask mandates, former S.G. urges vaccinated people to wear masks.

Mon, 2021-07-19 11:16 — mike kraft

Surgeon General backs localized mask mandates U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said he supports county governments reinstating mask mandates as a way to combat the spread of the coronavirus among unvaccinated people. Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

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FDA plans to decide on full formal approval of Pfizer's COVID-19 shot by January

Fri, 2021-07-16 19:09 — mike kraft

U.S. FDA sets January target to decide on approval of Pfizer's COVID-19 shot The U.S. health regulator will review Pfizer (PFE.N) and German partner BioNTech SE's (22UAy.DE) application for full approval of their COVID-19 vaccine in people 16 years and older by January, the companies said on Friday. Reuters Reuters

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White House turns up criticism of Covid disinformation spreaders on social media

Fri, 2021-07-16 18:35 — mike kraft

White House turns up heat on Big Tech's Covid 'disinformation dozen' The White House turned up the pressure on Silicon Valley to get a handle on vaccine misinformation Thursday, specifically singling out 12 people one group dubbed the "disinformation dozen," saying they were responsible for a great deal of misinformation about Covid-19. Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Business CNN

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WHO: Covid-19 is still a public health emergency of international concern

Fri, 2021-07-16 11:30 — mike kraft

WHO: Covid-19 is still a public health emergency of international concern Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, said that the Covid-19 pandemic is still a public health emergency of international concern, in a WHO statement released Thursday. By <a href="/profiles/meg-wagner">Meg Wagner</a>, Melissa Macaya, <a href="/profiles/veronica-rocha">Veronica Rocha</a> and <a href="/profiles/fernando-alfonso-iii">Fernando Alfonso III</a>, CNN CNN

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CDC advisory panel to consider third COVID-19 shot for immunocompromised

Fri, 2021-07-16 11:04 — mike kraft

CDC advisory panel to consider third COVID-19 shot for The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel will consider a third COVID-19 shot for immunocompromised individuals. Jordan Williams TheHill

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Devastating Europe floods: At least 120 dead and hundreds unaccounted for

Fri, 2021-07-16 09:42 — mike kraft

Europe floods: At least 120 dead and hundreds unaccounted for Hundreds more are unaccounted for after the worst flooding in decades. BBC News

At least 120 people have died and hundreds more in western Europe are unaccounted for after some of the worst flooding in decades.

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The big picture: Delta Variant Widens Gulf Between Vaccinated and Unvaccinated in U.S. and Overseas

Thu, 2021-07-15 11:17 — mike kraft

Even as many Americans celebrate the apparent waning of the pandemic, the thrum of concern over the so-called Delta variant grows steadily louder.

The variant, the most contagious version yet of the coronavirus, accounts for more than half of new infections in the United States, federal health officials reported this month. The spread of the variant has prompted a vigorous new vaccination push from the Biden administration, and federal officials are planning to send medical teams to communities facing outbreaks that now seem inevitable.

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