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2021/04/17 01:02 FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2021 file photo, a healthcare worker prepares a dose of the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine at the Salvador Sanfuentes public schoo. FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2021 file photo, a healthcare worker prepares a dose of the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine at the Salvador Sanfuentes public school during the start of the nationwide vaccination campaign for educators, in Santiago, Chile. A real-world study of millions of Chileans who had received the Chinese-developed CoronaVac vaccine has found it 67% effective against symptoms and 80% against death from COVID-19, the South American country s Health Ministry said Friday, April 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)
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- Indian vaccine maker asks U.S. to ease export curbs
- South Africa takes first step to offer shots to the elderly
- Chile study finds Chinese vaccine slashes COVID-19 deaths
- Tokyo Olympic organizers again say postponed games will open in just 100 days despite Japan s virus surge
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ST. LOUIS - A Missouri chiropractor and his company are facing a federal complaint over their claims that zinc and vitamin D products were more effective than vaccines in treating or preventing COVID-19.
LANSING, Mich. Michigan on Friday extended by five weeks a pandemic order that requires masks in public, limits capacity inside businesses and caps gathering sizes, as the state continued to confront the country’s highest daily coronavirus infection rate.
The state health department’s measure, which was expected and replaces one that had been due to expire Monday, includes a change. Children ages 2 to 4 in day care facilities or camps are no longer exempt from having to wear face coverings, starting April 26.
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has resisted tightening restrictions that were in place during two previous COVID-19 surges, including prohibitions on indoor restaurant dining, in-person high school instruction and youth sports. She instead is urging a voluntary pause on the activities and pushing vaccinations and treatments.