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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. â Street musician Charles Adams has spent the last three months living at a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, motel paid for with federal money aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 by taking homeless residents off the streets. But as hotels reopen to tourists and funding wanes, tens of thousands of homeless nationwide are being forced from the motels.
Several cities like New Orleans ended their programs months ago amid financing shortages. Experts warn there arenât enough shelter beds, which means sending many back on the streets.
In one Vermont community, social workers are offering camping equipment to some homeless people no longer eligible to stay at motels come monthâs end.
â India to import Moderna vaccine to offset surge of cases, deaths
â Red Cross: Indonesia âon the edgeâ of virus catastrophe
HEREâS WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:
SEOUL, South Korea â South Korea is reporting its biggest daily rise in new coronavirus cases in about two months, just a day before it plans to relax its physical distancing rules.
The government said Wednesday it confirmed 794 new cases over the past 24-hour period, about 80% of them in the greater Seoul area, where more than half of South Koreaâs 52 million people live.
Starting Thursday, authorities plan to permit social gatherings of up to six people â an increase from the current four. Restaurants, cafes and other businesses will be allowed to stay open until midnight, rather than 10 p.m. And eased distancing guidelines will be applied outside the Seoul region.
India to import Moderna vaccine to offset surge of cases, deaths Red Cross: Indonesia ‘on the edge’ of virus catastrophe
HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:
SEOUL, South Korea South Korea is reporting its biggest daily rise in new coronavirus cases in about two months, just a day before it plans to relax its physical distancing rules.
The government said Wednesday it confirmed 794 new cases over the past 24-hour period, about 80% of them in the greater Seoul area, where more than half of South Korea’s 52 million people live.
Starting Thursday, authorities plan to permit social gatherings of up to six people an increase from the current four. Restaurants, cafes and other businesses will be allowed to stay open until midnight, rather than 10 p.m. And eased distancing guidelines will be applied outside the Seoul region.
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A health worker administers the Covishield vaccine during a special vaccination drive against COVID-19 in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, June 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) Credit: The Associated Press
BRISBANE, Australia The top health official in Australia’s Queensland state is advising adults under age 40 not to take the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine because of the risk of a rare blood clotting disorder, even though the Australian government is making those shots available to all adults.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said Wednesday that younger adults should wait for the scarce Pfizer vaccine to become available. Young says that with only 42 coronavirus cases active in Queensland, AstraZeneca is not worth the risk for younger adults.