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France to start a nationwide schooolclosure and domestic travel bans to counter the spreading coronovirus.

Thu, 2021-04-01 06:58 — mike kraft

France to close schools, ban domestic travel as virus surges PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday announced a three-week nationwide school closure and a month-long domestic travel ban, as the rapid spread of the virus ramped up... AP NEWS

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OVERVIEW: Italy imposes 5-day quarantine, BioNTech ramps up vaccine production

Tue, 2021-03-30 23:19 — mike kraft

The Latest: Italy orders 5-day quarantine on entries from EU ROME — Italy has imposed a five-day quarantine on people entering from other EU countries in a bid to deter Easter getaways and limit the spread of the coronavirus. Health Minister Roberto... AP NEWS

ROME — Italy has imposed a five-day quarantine on people entering from other EU countries in a bid to deter Easter getaways and limit the spread of the coronavirus.

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Covid cases in Florida are rising — especially among younger people, New York and New Jersey are hotspots .

Mon, 2021-03-29 08:57 — mike kraft

Scientists view Florida — the state furthest along in lifting restrictions, reopening society and welcoming tourists — as a bellwether for the nation.

If recent trends there are any indication, the rest of the country may be in trouble.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Florida has been steadily rising, though hospitalizations and deaths are still down. Over the past week, the state has averaged nearly 5,000 cases per day, an increase of 8 percent from its average two weeks earlier.

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ANALYSIS: Dr. Debora Birx says number of US coronavirus deaths could have been "decreased substantially"

Mon, 2021-03-29 01:44 — mike kraft

Analysis: Birx shares her chilling conclusion as America arrives at a moment of introspection on the coronavirus The US may finally be getting a handle on the coronavirus pandemic, but for so many Americans, it's too late, and that disconnect is raising fresh questions about why the US couldn't have done more earlier. Analysis by Maeve Reston, CNN CNN

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New studies: Hundreds of thousands of American coronvirus deaths could have been avoided by more widespread precautions

Fri, 2021-03-26 07:20 — mike kraft

U.S. COVID response could have avoided hundreds of thousands of deaths: research The United States squandered both money and lives in its response to the coronavirus pandemic, and it could have avoided nearly 400,000 deaths with a more effective health strategy and trimmed federal spending by hundreds of billions of dollars while still supporting those... Howard Schneider U.S.

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U.S. COVID cases are climbing again as they did in Israel before vaccinations

Fri, 2021-03-26 05:05 — mike kraft

U.S. COVID cases are climbing again. The same thing happened in Israel — before vaccination crushed the variants. It’s official: After falling for more than two straight months, the average number of daily COVID-19 cases across the U.S. has begun — just barely — to rise again. YahooNews

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Germany: Angela Merkel backtracks on Easter lockdown after uproar

Thu, 2021-03-25 01:44 — mike kraft

Merkel backtracks on Easter lockdown after uproar In a turnabout move, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told state premiers in a video call that there would not be a strict lockdown over Easter after all. This follows a day of criticism and confusion in Germany. Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com) DW.COM

erman Chancellor Angela Merkel and the leaders of Germany's 16 states will reverse their plan to toughen virus lockdown measures over Easter.

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Stronger warnings are needed to curb socialising after vaccination--behaviorial scientists ,

Tue, 2021-03-23 22:40 — mike kraft

Covid-19: Stronger warnings are needed to curb socialising after vaccination, say doctors and behavioural scientists Experts have called for stronger health warnings for people being vaccinated against covid-19 after observing a rise in infections shortly after vaccination, suggesting that many people are letting their guard down before the vaccine has taken effect. Earlier this month a study led by Public Health England of vaccination in the over 70s found a “notable” rise in covid-19 infections in people immediately after they received the AstraZeneca vaccine.1 Similarly, a study of Israel’s vaccination programme, reported in February, found a similar spike in cases among people who had just been jabbed.2 It found that daily incidence approximately doubled after vaccination until about day 8.

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ANALYSIS: Five reasons why COVID herd immunity is probably impossible

Sat, 2021-03-20 08:40 — mike kraft

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00728-2

As COVID-19 vaccination rates pick up around the world, people have reasonably begun to ask: how much longer will this pandemic last? It’s an issue surrounded with uncertainties. But the once-popular idea that enough people will eventually gain immunity to SARS-CoV-2 to block most transmission — a ‘herd-immunity threshold’ — is starting to look unlikely.

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