India COVID cases surpass 20m, cricket stops
Posted by Robert Leonard / May 5, 2021COVID cases have topped 20 million. Things have gotten so bad that cricket, one of the nation’s favorite pastimes, has been halted. India’s vaccination rates are plummeting, thanks partly to the collapsing healthcare system in the country and shortages of the Russian vaccine. A group of India’s leading industrialists urged the country to slow economic …
Read MoreNew Zealand backs off calling Uighur treatment “genocide”
Posted by Thomas Bush / May 5, 2021New Zealand’s government has backed off labeling China’s treatment of the Uighur people genocide, instead discussing rights in more general terms. The Lithuanian government, meanwhile, has been ramping up its condemnation of the Chinese treatment of the Uighur people, coming close to calling it genocidal. The Chinese government has called such talk a “farce.” A …
Read MoreFacebook panel set to announce whether Trump will get his account back
Posted by Robert Leonard / May 4, 2021Facebook is set to announce this Wednesday whether it will allow Trump to reopen his account. Facebook banned Trump from its platform for the rest of his term following the violence at the Capitol. Following Trump’s rabble-rousing, which led to a group of out-of-control rioters storming the United States Capitol, Twitter also suspended Trump’s account for 12-hours …
Read MoreVaccination rates drop in India even as cases rise
Posted by Annie May / May 4, 2021India’s vaccination rates are plummeting, thanks partly to the collapsing healthcare system in the country and shortages of the Russian vaccine. A group of India’s leading industrialists urged the country to slow economic activity in order to save lives. The group’s urgings come as India’s daily COVID cases surpassed 400,000 for the first time, signaling a …
Read More101+ million Americans have received at least one COVID shot
Posted by Catherine Reed / May 3, 2021More than 101 million Americans have received at least one COVID shot as of the beginning of May, bringing the total to about 43%. The rate of COVID vaccines sat at a whopping 3 million shots per day for two weeks straight, and now about 40% of Americans have received at least one shot. Just …
Read MoreIndian industry tells country to slow economy to save lives
Posted by Annie May / May 3, 2021A group of India’s leading industrialists urged the country to slow economic activity in order to save lives. The group’s urgings come as India’s daily COVID cases surpassed 400,000 for the first time, signaling a grim new turn in the virus’s spread in that country. The United States has limited travel from India as the …
Read MoreIndia’s daily COVID cases pass 400,000
Posted by Thomas Bush / May 2, 2021India’s daily COVID cases have surpassed 400,000 for the first time, signaling a grim new turn in the virus’s spread in that country. The United States has limited travel from India as the country suffers under a massive COVID surge. Perhaps the United States is worried about new strains getting into the country, since India blamed …
Read MoreUS to require face masks on public transit through Sept. 13
Posted by Annie May / May 2, 2021The United States Transportation Security Administration have extended their requirement to wear masks on public transit until September 13. Meanwhile, the CDC has relaxed its masking guidelines for vaccinated Americans. It no longer recommends that vaccinated Americans wear masks outside while walking, running, or doing other kinds of exercise. They should still wear them in …
Read MoreIndian hospital fire kills 18 COVID patients
Posted by Annie May / May 1, 2021Eighteen COVID patients have died in a hospital fire, another tragedy in a country whose health care system is already stretched to the breaking point. India has blamed its COVID spike on variants of the virus. Meanwhile, India is planning to allow the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, which may see as many as 600,000 pilgrims, despite being …
Read MoreUS restricts travel from India amid huge COVID spike
Posted by Robert Leonard / May 1, 2021The United States has limited travel from India as the country suffers under a massive COVID surge. Perhaps the United States is worried about new strains getting into the country, since India blamed its COVID spike on variants of the virus. Meanwhile, India is planning to allow the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, which may see as many …
Read MoreIndia blames COVID spike on virus variant
Posted by Jimmy Cooper / April 30, 2021India has blamed its COVID spike on variants of the virus. Meanwhile, India is planning to allow the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, which may see as many as 600,000 pilgrims, despite being the midst of an unprecedented COVID crisis, with cases surging well beyond the country’s capability. In the penultimate week of April, India saw 341,000 COVID …
Read MoreCOVID vaccine appointments in LA plummet, worrying health officials
Posted by Thomas Bush / April 30, 2021Appointments for the first COVID shot have plummeted by about 50% in Los Angeles, worrying public health officials in a state thrashed by the virus. Earlier this winter, despite record numbers of COVID cases and deaths, some 30% of Californians are violating stay-at-home orders. Meanwhile, as the state prepares to extend the stay-at-home orders, groups of …
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