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Spain postpones summit while leader tests positive for COVID

MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government said a planned meeting Friday of the nine leaders of Europe's Mediterranean countries will be postponed because Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the event's host, continues to test positive for COVID-19. The energy crisis triggered by the Russian ...

NH Weekly Report: 12 new COVID-19 deaths; 25 hospitalized

On Thursday, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services announced 1,727 new positive COVID-19 test results between Thursday, Sept. 22 and Wednesday, Sept. 28. For the previous week, DHHS announce 12 additional deaths related to COVID-19. (Last week the state reported 6 new ...

Qatar confirms COVID-19 test requirements for World Cup fans

GENEVA (AP) — Fans going to the World Cup in Qatar must show a negative COVID-19 test when they arrive as part of the host nation's rules to combat COVID-19, organizers said Thursday. All visitors aged 18 and over must also download a government-run phone application tracking people's ...

Pfizer seeks to expand omicron booster to 5- to 11-year-olds

Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Monday to expand use of its updated COVID-19 booster shot to children ages 5 to 11. Elementary school-aged children already received kid-sized doses of Pfizer's original vaccine, a third of the dose given to everyone 12 and older -- two primary shots plus a ...

Canada won’t require masks on planes, drops vaccine mandate

TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government announced Monday it will no longer require people to wear masks on planes to guard against COVID-19.. Transport Canada said the existing rules for masks will come off Oct. 1 "We are able to do this because tens of millions of Canadians rolled up ...

NYC appeals ruling over vaccine mandate for police officers

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials are appealing a judge's ruling that they lacked the legal authority to fire members of the city's largest police union for violating a COVID-19 vaccination mandate. State Supreme Court Judge Lyle Frank in Manhattan ruled Friday that the city health ...