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China students return home amid COVID travel spread fears
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Some Chinese universities say they will allow students to finish the semester from home in hopes of reducing the potential of a bigger COVID-19 outbreak during the January Lunar New Year travel rush. It wasn’t clear how many schools were...
China to drop travel tracing as it relaxes ‘zero-COVID’
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando China will drop a travel tracing requirement as part of an uncertain exit from its strict “zero-COVID” policies that have elicited widespread dissatisfaction. At midnight on Monday, the smart phone app will cease to function, meaning...
Hospitalizations signal rising COVID-19 risk for US seniors
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Coronavirus-related hospital admissions are climbing again in the United States, with older adults a growing share of U.S. deaths and less than half of nursing home residents up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations.These alarming signs...
Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals as Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth...
China struggles with COVID infections after controls ease
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando A rash of COVID-19 cases in schools and businesses were reported by social media users Friday in areas across China after the ruling Communist Party loosened anti-virus rules as it tries to reverse a deepening economic slump.Official...
Overall US COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Administration Update as of Wed, 07 Dec 2022 06:00:00 EST
Total Doses Distributed = 926,257,435. Total Doses Administered = 657,927,289. Number of People Receiving 1 or More Doses = 267,654,789. Number of People Fully Vaccinated = 228,604,758. COVID-19 Vaccination Data Updates
As COVID-19 becomes routine, Africa readies for next crisis
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Building on the experience of battling the COVID-19 pandemic, African countries are strengthening health systems to prepare for the next health crisis, the World Health Organization’s Africa director said Thursday.At the onset of the...
FDA clears updated COVID-19 vaccines for kids under age 5
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando U.S. regulators on Thursday cleared doses of the updated COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than age 5.The Food and Drug Administration's decision aims to better protect the littlest kids from severe COVID-19 at a time when...
WHO: COVID disruption resulted in 63,000 more malaria deaths
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando The coronavirus pandemic interrupted efforts to control malaria, resulting in 63,000 additional deaths and 13 million more infections globally over two years, according to a report from the World Health Organization published Thursday....
China begins implementing relaxed anti-COVID-19 measures
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando China began implementing a more relaxed version of its strict “zero COVID” policy on Thursday amid steps to restore normal life, but also trepidation over a possible broader outbreak once controls are eased.The country reported 21,165...
EXPLAINER: China’s relaxed ‘zero-COVID’ brings big changes
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando In a move that caught many by surprise, China announced a potentially major easing of its rigid “zero-COVID” restrictions, without formally abandoning the policy altogether. It’s not clear what exactly prompted the move, although it...
Under China’s ‘zero COVID,’ uncertainty reigns and unsettles
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando As coronavirus cases rose in Shanghai earlier this year and the city's lockdown stretched from weeks to months, Leah Zhang’s feeling of suffocation grew.Though she could walk around campus freely, she was robbed of weekends spent seeing...