April 5, 2022 Shanghai extends COVID-19 lockdown, outbreak remains 'extremely grim' The growing number of COVID-19 positive residents in Shanghai is reported to be more than 73,000 and has remain locked down except for medical or other emergencies.
April 4, 2022 China sends health workers, military to Shanghai to help curb COVID-19 wave China has sent in more than 10,000 health workers, including military, as COVID case numbers continue to grow.
April 3, 2022 Man in Germany gets 90 COVID-19 shots to sell forged passes A 60-year-old German man allegedly received up to 90 COVID-19 vaccine shots in order to sell forged vaccination cards.
April 3, 2022 Number of COVID patients in US hospitals reaches record low COVID-19-related hospitalizations have reached a record low, fallen to the more than 90%, since the start of the pandemic.
April 2, 2022 UK reaches record COVID levels; nearly 5 million infected The prevalence of COVID-19 in the U.K. has reached record levels, with about 1 in 13 people estimated to be infected with the virus in the past week, according to the latest figures from Britain’s official statistics agency. Some 4.9 million people were estimated to have the coronavirus in the week ending March 26.
April 2, 2022 Harris joins Biden in getting second COVID-19 booster shot Vice President Kamala Harris has received her second booster for the COVID-19 vaccination.
April 1, 2022 Supreme Court won't protect religious freedom, but Navy SEALs never quit What a difference a day makes. Within twenty-four hours, the United States Supreme Court demonstrated the lengths to which it will go to protect a death row inmate’s religious freedom while declining to protect religious freedom for 35 members of the Naval Special Warfare community.
March 31, 2022 CIA Director William Burns tests positive for COVID-19 CIA Director William Burns has tested positive for COVID-19, according to an agency statement Thursday.
March 31, 2022 Kids' COVID vaccinations less effective against omicron vs. delta, but helps ward off severe illness from both A new study shows the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine provided less protection against the new omicron variant versus the delta variant in children while protecting against more severe illnesses.
March 31, 2022 Illinois, other states close COVID testing, vaccination sites: report U.S. states are reportedly closing COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites. However, while cases have fallen since January, the pandemic is far from over – especially without access to critical tools.
