U.S. Cases Slip; Disney World Eases Mask Rules: Virus Update
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Average weekly cases fell or were even in all U.S. states and territories except Wyoming, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
U.S. businesses from Walt Disney Co.’s theme park in Florida to Walmart Inc. have loosened their mask requirements following new guidance from the CDC on Thursday.
Covid has killed more than 1,000 bank employees in India, which has declared banking services essential even as the variant known as B.1.617 ravages the country, a key industry body said.
Written by Steven HansenThe U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average are 20.9 % LOWER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago and U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 11.3 % LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Today s posts include:
Rep. Higgins pressuring U.S. officials to take action to reopen U.S.-Canada border
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â Rep. Brian Higgins (N.Y.-26) is pressuring the Department of Homeland Security to take action to reopen the United States-Canada border to non-essential travel.
The border is closed to non-essential travel until May 21 and has been closed for over a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
âWe have been dealing with coronavirus, first SARS, then MERS, now COVID-19, for 18 years now and we could see variants for years to come, Rep. Higgins said. People living on either side of the U.S. â Canada border have already lost a year of time with their loved ones and they should not have to wait one more day. The U.S. can and should take immediate action to allow family members to be together again.â
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