May 13, 2022 North Korea reports 21 new deaths amid efforts to mitigate COVID-19 North Korea reported 21 new deaths and 174,440 more people with fever symptoms on Saturday as the country looks to slow the spread of COVID.
May 13, 2022 White House says it 'misstated' that vaccines were unavailable when President Biden took office The White House walked back a tweet stating that “there was no vaccine available” when President Biden took office, issuing a follow-up tweet on Friday night saying that they “misstated” the availability of COVIS-19 vaccines in January 2021.
May 13, 2022 COVID lockdown in Shanghai, China's largest city, will loosen in a few days: officials Shanghai will attempt to reopen after the city has reached "elimination in society." The city reported 2,096 new COVID-19 cases on Friday.
May 13, 2022 White House buried over tweet claiming there was ‘no vaccine’ when Biden took office: ‘Delete this’ The official White House Twitter account claimed that when President Joe Biden "took office," there was “no vaccine” for COVID-19 available. Twitter users slammed that as misinformation.
May 13, 2022 North Korea reports first COVID death after country implements lockdown More than 187,000 people are currently quarantined, and North Korean state media said one of the six people who died was infected by the omicron variant.
May 13, 2022 Twitter allows White House to make ‘clearly false’ claim that COVID vaccine wasn’t available until Biden era The Biden White House put out a brazenly false tweet about coronavirus vaccines that has yet to be flagged as misinformation.
May 13, 2022 South Korea plans to send vaccines to coronavirus-stricken North Korea South Korea’s president said Friday the country would supply North Korea with coronavirus vaccines, according to reports.
May 12, 2022 COVID-19 counterfeit diagnostic at-home tests threaten public health: FDA The FDA wants the public to be aware of counterfeit at-home over-the-counter COVID-19 diagnostic tests circulating in the United States.
May 12, 2022 Pelosi suggests COVID death toll would be worse than 1 million without Biden in office As COVID-19 deaths reach 1 million in the United States, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested the situation would be much worse if President Biden wasn't in office.
May 12, 2022 ‘The View’ hosts defend actress going off on audience member for not wearing mask: ‘Broadway suffered so much’ "The View" hosts defended broadway star Patti LuPone on Thursday after she was seen publicly reprimanding an audience member for not wearing their mask properly.