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Omicron could be fading in Maine as hospitalizations lower

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The omicron variant of COVID-19 could be waning in Maine, where hospitalizations are declining, the state's top health official said Wednesday. The state has 83 people in intensive care units, down 19 from two weeks ago, said Maine Center for Disease Control and ...

State: Outbreaks at federal, state prisons, county jails

On Wednesday, February 2, 2022, DHHS announced 935 new positive test results for COVID-19 for Tuesday, February 1. Today’s results include 564 people who tested positive by PCR test and 371 who tested positive by antigen test. DHHS also announced an additional 229 new cases from Tuesday, ...

Anti-vaccine protest in Canada spurs outrage

TORONTO (AP) — In a scene at odds with Canadians' reputation for niceness and rule-following, thousands of protesters railing against vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions descended on the capital over the weekend, deliberately blocking traffic around Parliament Hill. Some ...

Suits target New Orleans virus rules, some affect Mardi Gras

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than 100 people have joined a lawsuit against New Orleans' mayor and health director over COVID-19 restrictions that recently were extended to parade and other participants on Mardi Gras and during the season leading up to it. The lawsuit against Mayor LaToya ...

Danes halt virus restrictions; rest of Europe a patchwork

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark took the European Union lead Tuesday by scrapping most pandemic restrictions as the Scandinavian country no longer considers COVID-19 "a socially critical disease." European nations elsewhere had a patchwork of different approaches, with some relaxing virus ...

Analysis: Saudi role in transfer market revival in pandemic

For a government in turmoil, there's little to celebrate in the corridors of power in London. Except, perhaps, the financial heft of England's soccer clubs and their ability to spend on players. The news of Premier League spending over the last month reaching 295 million pounds ($400 million) ...