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COVID-19

Filipino Catholics hold big procession after pandemic eases

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of Catholic devotees, many donning protective masks and bearing candles, joined a night procession through downtown Manila early Sunday to venerate a centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ, which was not paraded to discourage an even larger crowd amid ...

EXPLAINER: Is China sharing enough COVID-19 information?

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the World Health Organization are calling on its government to share more comprehensive data on the outbreak. Some even say many of the numbers it's reporting are meaningless. Without basic data like the number of ...

Weekly report: 13 new COVID-19 deaths; 56 hospitalizations

On Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services announced 1,683 new positive COVID-19 test results between Thursday, Dec. 29 and Wednesday, Jan. 4. For the previous week, DHHS announce 13 additional deaths related to COVID-19. We offer our sympathies to ...

Vermont raises COVID-19 death toll after entry errors

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Health Department on Friday increased the state's COVID-19 death toll by nearly 11% after a review found that more than 80 deaths hadn't been properly entered into a state database. The increase in deaths from 791 to 877 since the start of the pandemic was ...

China seeks to minimize COVID-19 risk during travel rush

BEIJING (AP) — China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month's Lunar New Year travel rush following the end of most pandemic containment measures. The Transportation Ministry on Friday called on travelers to reduce trips and gatherings, ...

As COVID surges in China, US begins testing more travelers

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Shubham Chandra knows how dangerous the coronavirus can be: He lost his dad during the pandemic. So when he cleared customs at Newark Liberty International Airport and saw people offering anonymous COVID-19 testing, he was happy to volunteer. "It's a minimum amount of ...