GRAND FORKS – Since receiving a health equity grant last June, Grand Forks Public Health has been working on health equity activities to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates among specific populations in the community. The $125,000 grant, awarded by the North Dakota Department of Health, requires […]
Day: February 18, 2022
Hillsborough County to Close One of its COVID-19 Testing Sites
Hillsborough County, Fla. (Feb. 18, 2022) – Due to a reduced demand for COVID-19 testing, Hillsborough County will close one of its four COVID-19 testing locations. The Adventure Island site, 10001 N. McKinley Dr., Tampa, FL 33612, will permanently close for COVID-19 testing at 5 […]
Virginia COVID-19 cases rise by 2,846 Friday
Due to the amount of vaccinations across our region, we will no longer be updating the COVID-19 hotline. As of Friday, February 18, Virginia has had 1,622,685 total cases of COVID-19, including confirmed lab tests and clinical diagnoses, according to the Virginia Department of Health. […]
Is the COVID-19 pandemic over? Utah moving from emergency to endemic phase
Gov. Spencer Cox announced Friday Utah is on track to start treating COVID-19 like the flu or other seasonal respiratory diseases by March 31, stopping just short of declaring an end to the pandemic that’s now entering a third year. “Let me be clear that […]
Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers in Pennsylvania for Friday, February 18 – WNEP Scranton/Wilkes
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirms 2,902 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 2,738,475 on Friday, February 18.
Health bodies demand ‘cautious and evidence-led approach’ to ending Covid-19 rules
Any move to scrap remaining Covid-19 restrictions must be done with caution and with the backing of “sound” scientific evidence, nursing and other health leaders have warned. Next week the government is expected to outline its plan for “living with Covid-19”, which is rumoured to […]
Surgeon general tests positive for Covid-19
By Sonnet Swire and Rachel Janfaza, CNN Updated 1:24 PM ET, Fri February 18, 2022
Gap widens between official Covid-19 figures and ‘true’ number of cases
T he gap between the UK’s official Covid-19 figures and the likely true number of cases in the country is getting wider, new analysis shows. An average of 99,900 cases of coronavirus per day were recorded from January 23-29, according to the Government’s Covid-19 dashboard. […]
Watch Bill Gates share his thoughts on how to end to the Covid pandemic
[The stream is scheduled to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, joins CNBC’s Hadley Gamble on a panel at Germany’s annual Munich […]
Dr. Scott Gottlieb: My kids won’t wear Covid masks in school when mandate lifts later this month
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday his children “won’t be wearing a mask” when their local school district’s Covid face-covering mandate lifts later this month. “If it becomes optional, I think most kids won’t. Some will, and we need to respect that. Some parents […]