WASHINGTON (AP) — White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha has issued a dire warning that the U.S. will be increasingly vulnerable to the coronavirus this fall and winter if Congress doesn’t swiftly approve new funding for more vaccines and treatments.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will appeal for a renewed international commitment to attacking COVID-19 as he convenes a second virtual summit on the pandemic and marks “a tragic milestone” as the U.S. approaches 1 million deaths.
Some 47 new positive cases have been reported over the past 24 hours. There are now 603 current active infections on the island.
GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide has continued to fall except in the Americas and Africa, the World Health Organization said in its latest assessment of the pandemic.
There are now 622 COVID-19 cases emerging among staff and students in schools nationwide since the start of the third academic term.
COVID-19 infections in Tobago continue to climb, even as previously infected people recover from the disease. Some 55 new positive cases have been reported over the past 24 hours. There are now 574 current active infections on the island.
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization called on Pfizer to make its COVID-19 treatment more widely available in poorer countries, saying Tuesday that the pharmaceutical company’s deal allowing generic producers to make the drug was insufficient.
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization called on Pfizer to make its COVID-19 treatment more widely available in poorer countries, saying Tuesday that the pharmaceutical company’s deal allowing generic producers to make the drug was insufficient.
Some 45 new positive COVID-19 cases have been reported in Tobago over the past 24 hours, which has moved up the number of current active infections on the island to 588.
WASHINGTON (AP) — As more doctors prescribe Pfizer’s powerful COVID-19 pill, new questions are emerging about its performance, including why a small number of patients appear to relapse after taking the drug.
Twenty-nine new positive COVID-19 cases have been reported in Tobago over the past 24 hours. The number of current active infections on the island now stands at 570.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Thursday strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clots.