By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department is reporting 472 new COVID-19 cases and no additional deaths. Of the newly reported cases, the Health Department says 283 are confirmed cases and 189 are probable cases. There have been 8,869 total […]
Day: October 29, 2021
COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: State Reports 4,506 New Cases, 85 Additional Deaths
By: KDKA-TV News Staff HARRISBURG (KDKA) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting 4,506 new coronavirus cases and 85 additional deaths. READ MORE: COVID-19 In Pittsburgh: Allegheny County Reports 472 New Coronavirus Cases This brings the statewide total to 1,557,459 cases and 31,377 total […]
COVID-19 booster shot appointments open in Livingston County
HOWELL, Mich. (WXYZ) — Livingston County residents can now schedule appointments for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots. The Livingston County Health Department on Friday said it began scheduling appointments for booster doses of the vaccine. The announcement comes after the recent recommendation from the Food and […]
COVID-19 in MN: Hopeful outlook wobbles as cases edge higher
3 things to know: 3,348 newly confirmed or probable cases, 16 newly reported deaths 20,348 known, active cases; 915 currently hospitalized 74.7 percent of 16-and-older residents with at least one vaccine dose It’s not over. While Minnesota’s COVID-19 numbers in recent weeks have signaled an […]
Tonga reports its first-ever COVID-19 case
Young men play a game of rugby at sunset in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, on April 10, 2019. The island nation of Tonga has reported its first-ever case of COVID-19 on Oct. 29, 2021 after a traveler from New Zealand tested positive. Mark Baker/AP hide caption toggle […]
COVID-19: High case numbers in schools where not all pupils are vaccinated are ‘ideal conditions’ for new variant – government scientists
Current high numbers of coronavirus cases in schools where only some teenagers have been vaccinated “provide the ideal conditions” for a new variant to emerge, government scientists have warned. The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies says that “very high prevalence in schools combined with partly-vaccinated […]
Over seven million people in the UK receive COVID-19 booster jabs
Over seven million of the UK’s most vulnerable people have now received their COVID-19 booster jab, the latest figures show today (Friday 29 October 2021). The new milestone follows a record-breaking week of booster jabs being administered, with more than two million in the last […]
For displaced people, Covid-19 has even more dangers. The G20 must help them
We are writing on behalf of the millions struggling to survive the pandemic far from home. Some have fled wars, conflict, persecution and human-rights violations. Others are moving to escape socioeconomic hardship or climate-change effects. Far from home, many risk exclusion or neglect, facing barriers […]
Labor unions push White House to add worker protections to Biden Covid vaccine mandate
Some of the nation’s largest labor unions are pushing the Biden administration to expand its vaccine mandate for private companies to include additional protections for workers, including mask requirements and other safety measures to minimize the spread of Covid-19. The AFL-CIO and about two dozen […]
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in major cases on abortion and guns. Here’s what to know
S.B. 8 was signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in May, and it went into effect in September. It bans nearly all abortions in Texas by outlawing the procedure after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, which occurs as early as the sixth week of […]