President Biden on Thursday unveiled a series of steps to combat the newly surging pandemic, including the announcement of a forthcoming federal rule that all businesses with 100 or more employees have to ensure that every worker is either vaccinated for COVID-19 or submit to weekly testing for the coronavirus.
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he share of Americans who is required by their employer to get vaccinated against COVID-19 took a jump up in August to 19 percent, according to a Gallup poll.
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Wilbur, a 39-year-old cook at a restaurant in Charlotte, North Carolina, resisted getting vaccinated against the coronavirus for months because of suspicions about potentially adverse side effects.
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New hub’s mission is to provide the world with better data, analytics and decisions to detect and respond to health emergencies
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On July 27, 2021, CDC released updated guidance on the need for urgently increasing COVID-19 vaccination coverage and a recommendation for everyone in areas of substantial or high transmission to wear a mask in public indoor places, even if they are fully vaccinated.
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NOTICE: CDC continues to recommend the use of the newly FDA-approved Pfizer-BioNTech (COMIRNATY) COVID-19 Vaccine for people 16 years and older, as one of the recommended vaccines to protect against COVID-19.
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As schools go back to in-person learning, many offer free, regular COVID-19 testing for students and staff.
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The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €520 million Italian scheme to compensate companies active in the trade fairs and congress sector and their service providers for the damages suffered due to the restrictive measures introduced by the Italian government to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a detrimental impact globally, pushing millions of people into poverty and economies into recession.
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The next three months will be a critical period for stepping up global collective action against future pandemics, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, pointing to three major meetings on the international agenda.
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