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U.S. waives COVID test for Americans leaving Russia, Belarus

Fri, 2022-03-04 11:16 — mike kraft

U.S. waives COVID test for Americans leaving Russia, Belarus The United States is waiving a requirement for negative COVID-19 tests from Americans leaving Belarus or Russia to travel home, the State Department said on Thursday. Reuters Reuters

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Fears of medical shortages and disease in Ukraine after Russian invasion

Tue, 2022-03-01 09:59 — mike kraft

Fears of medical shortages and disease in Ukraine after Russian invasion Ukraine is running low on critical medical supplies and has had to halt urgent efforts to curb a polio outbreak since Russia invaded the country, public health experts say. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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Medical oxygen running out in Ukraine, WHO warns

Mon, 2022-02-28 12:41 — mike kraft

Medical oxygen running out in Ukraine as war rages, WHO warns Ukraine is running out of oxygen supplies that critically ill people need, the World Health Organization said on Sunday, calling for safe passage for emergency imports as combat rages. Reuters Reuters

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Iran returns vaccines donated by Poland because they were made in US

Mon, 2022-02-21 17:43 — mike kraft

Iran returns donated vaccines because they were made in US TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has returned 820,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines donated by Poland because they were manufactured in the United States, state TV reported Monday. TV quoted Mohammad Hashemi, an official in the country’s Health Ministry, as saying that Poland donated about a million doses of the British-Swedish AstraZeneca vaccine to Iran. AP NEWS

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CDC adds South Korea, other countries to high risk travel category

Tue, 2022-02-15 10:49 — mike kraft

More than half of all travel destinations are 'very high' risk The CDC designated a half dozen new places "very high" risk for travel on Monday, including South Korea and French Polynesia. Almost 140 destinations are now at Level 4, the highest risk category. By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN CNN

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COVID cases rise in eastern Erope, including Russia, Ukraine--WHO

Tue, 2022-02-15 09:36 — mike kraft

WHO Europe warns of COVID rise in east, like Russia, Ukraine COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization's Europe office said Tuesday that health officials are turning their attention to growing rates of COVID-19 infection in Eastern Europe, where six countries — including Russia and Ukraine — have seen a doubling in case counts over the last two weeks. AP NEWS

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"Flurona’: Coronavirus and influenza co-infections reported as omicron surges

Wed, 2022-01-05 19:25 — mike kraft

What is ‘flurona’? Coronavirus and influenza co-infections reported as omicron surges. Cases have been detected in countries including United States, Israel, Brazil, the Philippines and Hungary. Jennifer Hassan Washington Post

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Israel to ban travel to US, Canada, other countries, over omicron variant

Mon, 2021-12-20 11:51 — mike kraft

Israel to ban travel to US, Canada over omicron variant | AP News JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli ministers on Monday agreed to ban travel to the United States, Canada and eight other countries amid the rapid, global spread of the omicron variant. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office announced the decision following a Cabinet vote. AP NEWS

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British surge seen as warning on omicron; Eastern European vaccination skeptics are showing signs of change of heart

Thu, 2021-12-16 11:19 — mike kraft

British surge seen as warning on omicron but responses vary | AP News LONDON (AP) — Spiraling infections in Britain driven in part by the new omicron variant of the coronavirus rattled many in Europe on Thursday, fueling a familiar dread that tighter restrictions will scuttle holiday plans again this year. AP NEWS

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Why Europe's fight against the pandemic is about to get much more dangerous

Tue, 2021-12-14 11:28 — mike kraft

Paris (CNN) "Despite months of persuasion, despite intensive media campaigns, despite discussions in various media we have not succeeded in convincing enough people to get vaccinated." Those were the words of former Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg last month as he announced the first nationwide vaccine mandate in Europe.

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