Articles filed under Coronavirus
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'A very hard road ahead' for China as COVID-19 cases spiralDec 23, 2022 12:00 am - BAZHOU, China - Nearly three years after it was first identified in China, the coronavirus is now spreading through the vast country. Experts predict difficult months ah...
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India to randomly test international visitors for COVID-19Dec 22, 2022 12:00 am - NEW DELHI - India has begun randomly testing international passengers arriving at its airports for COVID-19, the country's health minister said Thursday, citing an incre...
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Police in Australia co-opted COVID-19 apps to fight crimeDec 20, 2022 12:00 am - CANBERRA, Australia - Biker boss Nick Martin's murder at a speedway in Perth, Australia, left police a trove of evidence that led them to the culprit: a thrill-seeker tu...
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Loved or hated, Fauci's parting advice: Stick to the scienceDec 19, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Long before the bobbleheads and the "Fauci ouchie," Dr. Anthony Fauci was a straight-shooter about scary diseases - and "stick with the science" remain...
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Businessman sentenced for bilking hospitals seeking masksDec 19, 2022 12:00 am - A federal judge sentenced a Burr Ridge businessman on Monday to nearly five years in prison on charges that he swindled two hospitals that had sought coveted protective ...
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New COVID-19 case averages jump by 9% in a week, hospitalizations up by 6%Dec 16, 2022 12:00 am - Average new daily cases of COVID-19 rose by 9% in a week while hospitalizations increased by 6%, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Friday. State officials...
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Aurora gives hundreds of thousands in grants to small business ownersDec 15, 2022 10:00 pm - Christmas came early this week to the joy and relief of dozens of small business owners in Aurora. While he didn't arrive with reindeer through a chimney, Aurora Mayor R...
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White House reveals winter COVID-19 plans, more free testsDec 15, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is once more making some free COVID-19 tests available to all U.S. households as it releases its contingency plans with coronavirus...
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A week into China's easing, uncertainty over virus directionDec 15, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - A week after China dramatically eased some of the world's strictest COVID-19 containment measures, uncertainty remained Thursday over the direction of the pand...
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China won't report asymptomatic COVID cases in further shiftDec 14, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - China said Wednesday that it would stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since they've become impossible to track with mass testing no longer required, an...