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Hong Kong hospitals hit 90% capacity as COVID-19 cases surge

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's hospitals reached 90% capacity on Thursday and quarantine facilities were at their limit, authorities said, as the city struggles to snuff out a record number of new COVID-19 cases by adhering to China's "zero tolerance" strategy. To ease the strain on the ...

S. Korea keeps crowd limits as omicron causes 25-fold spike

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will extend restaurant dining hours but maintain a six-person limit on private social gatherings as it wrestles with a massive coronavirus wave driven by the highly infectious omicron variant. The 109,831 new cases reported on Friday was another record ...

Court: Pilot, attendant will suffer under vaccine mandate

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A pilot and a flight attendant for United Airlines will suffer "irreparable harm" under the airline's COVID-19 policy that makes them choose between getting vaccinated in violation of their religious objections or going on unpaid leave, a divided federal appeals court panel ...

State reports COVID-19 hospitalizations drop to 115 Thursday

The state announced 513 new COVID-19 cases Thursday. On Thursday, February 17, 2022, DHHS announced 86 new positive test results for COVID-19 for Wednesday, February 16. Today’s results include 31 people who tested positive by PCR test and 55 who tested positive by antigen test. DHHS also ...

No mask mandates as Louisiana extends emergency status

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With the state heading into the peak of Carnival season, Gov. John Bel Edwards extended Louisiana's COVID-19 health emergency declaration Wednesday, but did not reinstitute long-expired mask mandates or gathering restrictions. New Orleans, however, plans to keep in place ...