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Coronavirus

NYC will require vaccination proof for indoor dining, gyms

August 3, 2021

By KAREN MATTHEWS and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will soon require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations for anyone who wants to dine indoors at a restaurant, see a performance or go to the gym, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday, making it the first big city in the U.S. to…

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Florida breaks record for COVID-19: 10,000 hospitalizations in one week

August 2, 2021

By MIKE SCHNEIDER ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A day after it recorded the most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic, Florida on Sunday broke a previous record for current hospitalizations set more than a year ago before vaccines were available. The Sunshine State had 10,207 people hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 cases, according…

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Broadway to require vaccinations, masks for audience members

August 1, 2021

ABOVE PHOTO:  Cynthia Erivo and Joaquina Kalukango in The Color Purple on Broadway. (Photo by Matthew Murphy) By MARK KENNEDY NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway theatergoers will need to prove they’ve been vaccinated for COVID-19 and masks will be required when theaters reopen in the coming weeks, producers announced Friday. Audience members will have to…

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Updated mask recommendations due to the COVID delta variant

July 30, 2021

James Garrow  Board of Health Department of Public Health  Countries around the globe, and states throughout the United States, are seeing the number of people infected with COVID rise as the delta variant spreads. Even here in Philadelphia, we’re seeing more people test positive.  Because of the rapid increase in cases here and around the…

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US virus cases nearly triple in 2 weeks amid misinformation

July 30, 2021

ABOVE PHOTO: Nurses and doctors in the CoxHealth Emergency Department in Springfield, Mo., don personal protective equipment to treat patients with COVID-19. Across the U.S., the seven-day rolling average for daily new cases in the U.S. rose over the past two weeks on Tuesday, July 21. (Nathan Papes/The Springfield News-Leader via AP) By Heather Hollingsworth…

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Biden orders tough new vaccination rules for fed government

July 29, 2021

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE, RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JONATHAN LEMIRE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new pandemic requirements for millions of federal workers as he denounced an “American tragedy” of rising-yet-preventable deaths among unvaccinated U.S. employees and others. Federal workers will be required to attest they’ve been vaccinated against the coronavirus or…

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White House considering vaccine mandate for federal workers

July 28, 2021

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is strongly considering requiring federal employees to show proof they’ve been vaccinated against the coronavirus or otherwise submit to regular testing and wear a mask — a potentially major shift in policy that reflects growing concerns about the spread of the more infectious delta variant. The…

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CDC changes course on indoor masks in some parts of the US

July 28, 2021

ABOVE PHOTO: People waiting in line to enter a grocery store wearing COVID-19 protective masks, Friday, July 3, 2020, in McCandless, Pa. (AP Photo/ Keith Srakocic) By MIKE STOBBE The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed course Tuesday on some masking guidelines, recommending that even vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors in parts…

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California, NYC to workers: Get vaccine or face weekly tests

July 27, 2021

By PHILIP MARCELO California and New York City announced Monday that they would require all government employees to get the coronavirus vaccine or face weekly COVID-19 testing, and the Department of Veterans Affairs became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to receive the shot. Meanwhile, in a possible sign that increasingly…

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VA requires COVID-19 vaccination for health care workers

July 27, 2021

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines, as the aggressive delta variant spreads across the nation and some communities report troubling increases in hospitalizations among unvaccinated people. The VA’s move came on a day…

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