By KIM TONG-HYUNG – Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea reported an additional 262,270 suspected COVID-19 cases on Thursday as its pandemic caseload neared 2 million — a week after the country acknowledged the outbreak and s is working to slow infections in its unvaccinated population. The country is also trying to … Read more
By KIM TONG-HYUNG – Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Wednesday more than a million people have already recovered from suspected COVID-19 just a week after revealing an outbreak it appears to be trying to manage in isolation as global experts express deep concern about the public health threat. The country’s … Read more
By KIM TONG-HYUNG – Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Tuesday reported another large increase in illnesses believed to be COVID-19 as a massive outbreak spreads through its unvaccinated population and military medics were deployed to distribute drugs. State media said the Northern Antivirus headquarters reported another 269,510 people had a … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Health officials in North Korea have found an additional 269,510 people with febrile symptoms and reported six more deaths, state media said Tuesday, as the country grapples with a growing but largely undiagnosed COVID-19 epidemic in its unvaccinated population. According to the North’s antivirus headquarters, 56 people have died and … Read more
By KIM TONG-HYUNG – Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has criticized authorities for slow drug deliveries and ordered his military to respond to the growing but largely undiagnosed COVID-19 crisis that has left 1.2 million people sick with fever and 50 dead in a few days, state … Read more
By KEVIN McGILL – Associated Press LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A 21-state litigator on Friday urged a federal judge to block Biden administration plans to lift pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum, saying the decision had been made without sufficient consideration of the effects this decision could have on public health and law enforcement. Drew … Read more
By ZEKE MILLER and MARIA CHENG – Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden called on world leaders at a COVID-19 summit on Thursday to reinvigorate a lagging international commitment to attacking the virus as he led the United States to mark the “tragic milestone of a million deaths in America. He ordered flags … Read more
PA GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases reported around the world has continued to decline, except in the Americas and Africa, the World Health Organization said in its latest assessment of the pandemic. In its weekly pandemic report released on Wednesday evening, the UN health agency said around 3.5 million new cases … Read more
PA BEIJING (AP) — Shanghai on Wednesday reaffirmed China’s strict “zero-COVID” approach to fighting the pandemic, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said it was not. not sustainable and urged China to change its strategy. As China’s largest city has made progress in controlling the COVID-19 outbreak, any easing of prevention … Read more
By MARK KENNEDY – AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After a frantic end to the Broadway season and a few jittery moments as shows struggled to meet the eligibility deadline amid fresh COVID-19 outbreaks, the Tony Award nominations are finally in. at hand. Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren and three-time nominee Joshua Henry … Read more