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At UN, leaders confront COVID’s impact on global education
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando With COVID-related school disruptions setting back children around the world, activists implored world leaders Monday to prioritize school systems and restore educational budgets slashed when the pandemic hit. The summit on transforming...
Overall US COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Administration Update as of Wed, 14 Sep 2022 06:00:00 EST
Total Doses Distributed = 834,376,095. Total Doses Administered = 612,781,120. Number of People Receiving 1 or More Doses = 263,415,633. Number of People Fully Vaccinated = 224,636,858. COVID-19 Vaccination Data Updates
WHO: COVID end ‘in sight,’ deaths at lowest since March 2020
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that the number of coronavirus deaths worldwide last week was the lowest reported in the pandemic since March 2020, marking what could be a turning point in the years-long global...
Under COVID lockdown, Xinjiang residents complain of hunger
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Residents of a city in China’s far west Xinjiang region say they are experiencing hunger, forced quarantines and dwindling supplies of medicine and daily necessities after more than 40 days in a virus lockdown. Hundreds of posts from...
Court rehears fight over vaccine mandate for federal workers
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando President Joe Biden has the same authority to impose a COVID-19 vaccine requirement on federal workers that private employers have for their employees, an administration lawyer told a federal appeals court Tuesday.A lawyer for opponents...
Florida fines Orlando abortion clinic $193,000
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando An Orlando clinic is challenging a $193,000 fine after allegations it violated a law that requires a 24-hour waiting period for performing abortions.The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), which oversees regulation of abortion...
EU regulator clears Pfizer-BioNTech’s tweaked COVID booster
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorization of a tweaked booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine that includes protection against two of the latest versions of omicron, as countries look to bolster...
Overall US COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Administration Update as of Wed, 07 Sep 2022 06:00:00 EST
Total Doses Distributed = 817,498,295. Total Doses Administered = 610,686,563. Number of People Receiving 1 or More Doses = 263,103,582. Number of People Fully Vaccinated = 224,367,691. COVID-19 Vaccination Data Updates
WHO: COVID cases drop everywhere, but pandemic not over
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando The number of new coronavirus cases fell everywhere in the world last week by about 12%, according to the World Health Organization's latest weekly review of the pandemic issued Wednesday. The U.N. health agency reported that there were...
Philippines ending compulsory mask wearing outdoors
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved a recommendation to end the mandatory wearing of face masks outdoors across the country more than two years after it was imposed at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, top...
India and China clear needle-free COVID-19 vaccines
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando India and China have cleared a new approach in COVID-19 vaccination — two needle-free options, one a squirt in the nose and the other inhaled through the mouth.Regulators in India authorized Bharat Biotech's nasal version on Tuesday as...
China locks down 65 million as holiday travel peak looms
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando China has locked down 65 million of its citizens under tough COVID-19 restrictions and is discouraging domestic travel during upcoming national holidays.Most of the 21 million people in the southwestern city of Chengdu are confined to...