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Virginia governor declares state of emergency after record COVID-19 surge

Mon, 2022-01-10 19:57 — mike kraft

State of emergency declared in Virginia after record COVID-19 surge Gov. Justine Coleman TheHill

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At least 2 US health care providers now prioritize Covid-19 testing only for symptomatic people

Mon, 2022-01-10 13:18 — mike kraft

At least 2 US health care providers forced to prioritize Covid-19 testing for symptomatic people As laboratories struggle to keep up with the increased demand for Covid-19 tests triggered by the surging Omicron variant, at least two US health care providers have prioritized coronavirus testing for those who exhibiting symptoms of the virus. By <a href="/profiles/melissa-mahtani" target="_blank">Melissa Mahtani,</a> Melissa Macaya, Aditi Sangal and Mike Hayes, CNN CNN

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Governor DeSantis admits that a stockpile of up to a million COVID-19 tests expired in late December and announced plan to send a million COVID-19 tests to Florida seniors

Fri, 2022-01-07 10:12 — mike kraft

DeSantis admits that a stockpile of up to a million COVID-19 tests expired in late December and announced plan to send a million COVID-19 tests to Florida seniors Florida Gov. DeSantis has stood in opposition to the federal government's COVID-19 response, rejecting vaccine requirements and scaling down testing. YahooNews

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DeSantis urges healthy, asymptomatic Floridians to forgo COVID-19 testing even as omicron case count skyrockets

Wed, 2022-01-05 13:45 — mike kraft

DeSantis urges healthy, asymptomatic Floridians to forgo COVID-19 testing even as omicron case count skyrockets DeSantis and Surgeon General Ladapo issued the new guidelines during a Naples news conference. They also called on the federal government to give Florida more monoclonal antibody treatments. YahooNews

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Covid cases rise by 948% in Florida as Omicron drives huge wave across US

Mon, 2022-01-03 18:37 — mike kraft

Covid cases rise by 948% in Florida as Omicron drives huge wave across US Seven-day average for hospitalizations increased by more than 40% during week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve the Guardian

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Variant poised to spike in the south, with few safeguards in place

Mon, 2022-01-03 10:07 — mike kraft

Southeast U.S. poised for a firestorm of omicron cases, with few safeguards in place The United States is heading into the third year of the coronavirus pandemic with the extremely contagious omicron variant poised to ignite a firestorm of infection across the Southeast after exploding through the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Lower vaccination rates and fewer mask and vaccine mandates have created a much different environment for the omicron variant to spread in the South, leaving experts unsure whether outbreaks will end up deadlier than in the North.Subscribe to The Pos YahooNews

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Virginia officials urge mild COVID cases to avoid ER, Illinois and Louisiana top records

Thu, 2021-12-30 19:25 — mike kraft

Virginia officials urge people with mild COVID to avoid ER | AP News RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — State health officials and hospital leaders in Virginia are urging people who have mild coronavirus symptoms to avoid unnecessary trips to emergency rooms. Thursday's request by the Virginia Department of Health and the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association is being made at a time when the state is entering its fifth coronavirus surge since the pandemic began. AP NEWS

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Florida cuts back on some New Year's events; New York City scales back

Thu, 2021-12-30 10:37 — mike kraft

New Year's celebrations in Florida adjust to omicron | AP News MIAMI (AP) — There are no plans for the neon Big Orange to rise up the side of the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami this year, and a festival with food trucks and performers in a northeast Florida beach town has been canceled. AP NEWS

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Child COVID-19 hospitalizations up nearly 400 percent in New York City; Florida adds 39,000 new cases

Tue, 2021-12-28 10:29 — mike kraft

Child COVID-19 hospitalizations up nearly 400 percent in New York City Pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations in New York City rose by roughly 400 percent in December as the highly transmissible omicron variant spread throughout the state Joseph Choi TheHill

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Virginia Reports Its First Known Case of Omicron Variant

Fri, 2021-12-10 10:30 — mike kraft

Virginia Announces Its First Known Case of Omicron Variant The first known case of the omicron variant of COVID-19 in Virginia has been detected, the Virginia Department of Health announced Thursday. Matthew Stabley NBC4 Washington

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The adult patient is a resident of northwest Virginia who has not traveled internationally but did travel domestically during the exposure period, VDH said. ...

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