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Parts of Australia under new COVID lockdown after cases of Delta variant
Jul 01, 2021 14:58Coronavirus outbreaks renew questions about Australia's stuttering vaccine rollout and limited quarantine facilities.
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Masks again? Delta variant’s spread prompts reconsideration of precautions
Jul 01, 2021 14:55Throughout the pandemic, face masks have ranked among the most contentious public health measures in the United States, symbolizing a bitter partisan divide over the role of government and individual liberties. Now, with a new variant of the coronavirus rapidly spreading across the globe, masks are again the focus of conflicting views, and fears, about the course of pandemic and the restrictions required to manage it.
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UK and Brussels near deal on COVID passports to boost holiday hopes
Jul 01, 2021 14:48Hopes have been raised of summer holidays in Europe for fully vaccinated Britons as a deal with Brussels on COVID passports neared completion and Germany failed to convince popular destinations to pull an “emergency brake” on UK visitors.
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Deleted coronavirus genome sequences trigger scientific intrigue
Jun 30, 2021 04:52The partial genome sequences address an evolutionary conundrum about the early genetic diversity of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, although scientists emphasize that they do not shed light on its origins.
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Global report: Rise in Delta variant cases forces tougher restrictions
Jun 29, 2021 03:47Moscow reports highest coronavirus daily death toll of any Russian city, while Delta variant forces tighter restrictions in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Recent COVID-19 spike in immigration detention was a problem of ICE's own making
Jun 25, 2021 17:12As immigrant right advocates have pointed out, the increases in the number of positive COVID-19 cases among the people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement appear to be connected to ICE’s refusal to systematically provide Covid-19 vaccines to the people in its custody.
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Throughout the pandemic, some US hospitals still sued patients over medical debt
Jun 25, 2021 16:25In New York, the Johns Hopkins researchers found 51 hospitals filed legal action against more than 1,800 patients between January 2018 and mid-December 2020.
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Delta Coronavirus variant: Scientists brace for impact
Jun 24, 2021 02:24When the first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant were detected in the United Kingdom in mid-April, the nation was getting ready to open up.
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Bolsonaro out: Massive protests as Brazil's COVID-19 death toll tops 500,000
Jun 23, 2021 14:27As Brazil's COVID-19 death toll surpassed 500,000, at least hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of more than 400 cities across the nation and around the world to blame President Jair Bolsonaro for the grim pandemic milestone and demand his ouster.
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Biden failed to reconcile border policy with science: Hundreds of thousands cross unvaccinated
Jun 23, 2021 14:21Texas Gov. Greg Abbott claims that the "open-border policies" of the Biden administration have caused a surge in illegal border crossings. The numbers support Abbott. Dealing with migrants from countries with low vaccination rates has been very hazardous for the border patrol.