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Covid-19: New York to Expand Vaccine Access to People With Chronic Conditions
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March 22, 2021, 1:44 p.m. ETMarch 22, 2021, 1:44 p.m. ET
AstraZeneca’s vaccine has been shown to protect against the virus variant first detected in the U.K. Canada extends its cruise ship ban until 2022.
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N.Y. Will Open Vaccines to People With Certain Health Conditions
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said New York would allow Covid-19 vaccinations beginning Feb. 15 for people with some chronic health conditions that put them at greater risk of death from the virus.
The hospitals have had eight weeks to focus on their staff, and that’s how we achieve the 75 percent. We’re giving them one more week to do the last workers, please go back and appeal to them one more time the people who haven’t taken it. Then what we’re going to do is reallocate the doses that were set aside for the hospital workers. And we will then give that allocation to the local he
Covid-19: The World Has Changed. So Has the Playbook for the Olympics.
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Feb. 15, 2021, 10:11 a.m. ETFeb. 15, 2021, 10:11 a.m. ET
San Francisco will sue its own school district to force it to reopen to students. A judge ordered inmates in Oregon prisons to be vaccinated.
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No cheering, singing or handshakes. And no riding public transportation without special permission.
After nearly two months of relative silence amid new waves of coronavirus infection in Japan and many other countries, organizers of this summer’s Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday released the first of several so-called playbooks that will instruct athletes, officials and members of the news media on the protocols they must follow at this summer’s rescheduled Games.
Covid-19: Snowstorm Disrupts Vaccinations Across Northeast
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Feb. 17, 2021, 5:54 p.m. ETFeb. 17, 2021, 5:54 p.m. ET
The spread of the virus is slowing in U.S. nursing homes. Republican senators who want to scale back aid in the next coronavirus relief package will meet with President Biden.
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New York City Postpones Vaccine Appointments Ahead of Storm
Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city would postpone Covid-19 vaccinations scheduled for Monday and suspend in-person learning for the day after winter storm conditions were forecast for the area.
“For Monday, we are not going to have in-person school. We will pivot to remote learning for all our students. So no school in-person on Monday canceled now. We will have an update tomorrow about Tuesday. Right now we do not have a decision for Tuesday yet. We have to see more about how this storm develops. Vaccine sites, and again, we want to get everyone vaccinated. We’re going be ta
Covid-19: Brazil Begins Vaccinations as It Battles Virus Variants
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March 26, 2021, 8:00 a.m. ETMarch 26, 2021, 8:00 a.m. ET
The United States is hurtling toward 400,000 total deaths. A W.H.O. panel says the world failed in its initial pandemic response.
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Health officials in Brazil recently began giving the first Covid-19 vaccinations after the country’s health regulator approved two vaccines for emergency use.CreditCredit.Victor Moriyama for The New York Times
Brazil on Monday kicked off its nationwide coronavirus vaccination campaign, providing a glimmer of hope in a nation where political infighting, a strained health care system and lax precautions have given the virus free rein.