Coronavirus Archives

Kim Jong Un mobilizes North Korea’s military in response to Covid-19 outbreak

May 16, 2022 1:48 am CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo, CNN North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has mobilized the military to respond to the country’s first officially…

CDC to all domestic travelers: Test as close as possible to departure time

May 16, 2022 4:30 pm CNN Newsource

By Michael Nedelman and Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidance for people traveling within the…

Shanghai says lockdown to ease as virus spread mostly ends

May 15, 2022 10:51 pm Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) — Most of Shanghai has stopped the spread of the coronavirus in the community and fewer than 1 million people remain under strict…

Covid has hit China’s economy harder than expected

May 15, 2022 9:18 pm CNN Newsource

By Laura He, CNN Business China has reported disappointing economic data for the month of April, underscoring the extensive damage Covid lockdowns…

Mariners to miss ‘couple players’ in Toronto over vaccine

May 15, 2022 9:41 am Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais said “a couple players” won’t make the trip for the three-game series that starts…

North Korea reports 15 more suspected COVID-19 deaths

May 14, 2022 4:15 pm Associated Press

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has confirmed 15 more deaths and hundreds of thousands of additional…

What we know (and don’t know) about North Korea’s Covid outbreak

May 13, 2022 11:01 pm CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan, Gawon Bae and Helen Regan, CNN North Korea’s first-reported Covid-19 outbreak is the “greatest turmoil” to befall…

Judge tosses COVID-19 vaccine objections of Hanford workers

May 13, 2022 4:50 pm Associated Press

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by several hundred Hanford nuclear reservation and Pacific Northwest…

Massachusetts reaches a $56 million settlement for a deadly veteran’s home Covid-19 outbreak

May 13, 2022 2:38 pm CNN Newsource

By Liam Reilly, Annie Cohen and Christina Maxouris, CNN The state of Massachusetts reached a $56 million settlement with the plaintiffs of a…

Gov. Brown orders flags lowered to half-staff in memory of 1 million who have died from COVID-19

May 12, 2022 11:16 am KTVZ news sources

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Gov. Kate Brown on Thursday ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff until sunset on…

Biden mourns 1 million US Covid deaths as ‘irreplaceable losses’

May 12, 2022 4:02 am CNN Newsource

By Sam Fossum, Nikki Carvajal, Maegan Vazquez and Deidre McPhillips, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday mourned 1 million American deaths from…

Multnomah County urges everyone to wear masks indoors

May 11, 2022 6:13 pm Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Multnomah County health officials in Portland, Oregon, are asking people to wear masks indoors until new COVID-19 counts and…

North Korea declares ‘major national emergency’ as first case of Covid-19 identified, state media reports

May 11, 2022 6:01 pm CNN Newsource

By Gawon Bae and Helen Regan, CNN North Korea has identified its first ever case of Covid-19, according to state media, which called the situation a…

Biden to address global Covid-19 summit on Thursday

May 9, 2022 8:47 am CNN Newsource

By Jeremy Diamond and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden will deliver remarks and participate in a global Covid-19 summit convened by his…

With a rise in coronavirus cases, what precautions should you take for Mother’s Day, graduations and other festivities?

May 7, 2022 11:03 pm CNN Newsource

By Katia Hetter, CNN Cases of Covid-19 are rising again. Infections have increased by more than 50% compared with the previous week in at least eight…

Coronavirus wave this fall and winter could potentially infect 100 million, White House warns

May 6, 2022 8:00 pm CNN Newsource

By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The Biden administration is issuing a new warning that the US could potentially see 100 million Covid-19 infections this fall…

FDA puts strict limits on Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine

May 5, 2022 3:05 pm CNN Newsource

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it is limiting the emergency use authorization of the Johnson…