Tag: Immunizations
Vegas hitting jackpot as pandemic-weary visitors crowd back
LAS VEGAS — To Mike Anger in Midland, Michigan, a $100 round-trip airline flight and $260 for five nights at a Las Vegas hotel...
Virus-hit Russia reports 25% death increase in January-March
<p>MOSCOW — Russia’s state statistical service says the number of deaths nationwide in the first three months of 2021 was more than 25% higher...
Black Freedmen struggle for recognition as tribal citizens
<p>OKLAHOMA CITY — As the U.S. faces a reckoning over <a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-us-news-race-and-ethnicity-conspiracy-theories-philanthropy-f8f793b94b0dd7e8ec62957dcbeb53d8">its history of racism,</a> some Native American tribal nations that once owned slaves...
India launches effort to inoculate all adults against COVID
NEW DELHI — In hopes of taming a monstrous spike in COVID-19 infections, India opened vaccinations to all adults Saturday, launching a huge inoculation...
As virus engulfs India, diaspora watches with despair
<p>LOS ANGELES — Bad news, knowing no time zones, arrives in a jarring burst of messages, calls and posts informing millions of members of...
Delivery delays force Mexico to put off Sinovac second doses
MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities said Thursday that delays in the delivery of 1.5 million doses of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine will mean that...
Despite 3-week lockdown, many remain on the move in Turkey
<p>ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish security forces on Friday patrolled main streets and set up checkpoints at entry and exits points of cities, to enforce...
Brazil backs away from the virus brink, but remains at risk
RIO DE JANEIRO — For most of this month, intensive care units across Brazil were at or near capacity amid a crush of COVID-19...
Virus surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders
<p>DHAKA, Bangladesh — India has tried to fight <a href="https://apnews.com/article/asia-pacific-narendra-modi-india-coronavirus-business-4ebe86aa3d342274c8dc6eedeb2d4b46">skyrocketing coronavirus infections </a> by increasing its production of vaccines and banning their export, cutting...
Disneyland opening highlights California’s COVID turnaround
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Four months ago, America’s most populous state was struggling to combat a surge in coronavirus hospitalizations that packed patients into outdoor...