Rates are stalling in most low-income countries well short of the W.H.O.’s goal to immunize 70 percent of people in every nation. Some public health experts believe the momentum is gone forever.
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The U.S. is extending a vaccine rule for international travelers at its land borders.
Unlike air travelers entering the United States, land and ferry travelers will still not have to show a recent negative coronavirus test to cross the border.
‘Big Screaming Headlines’
Coronavirus cases have risen in major cities. Hospitalizations have not.
Myanmar’s Health System Is in Collapse, ‘Obliterated’ by the Regime
The country is also now one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a medical worker. At least 30 doctors have been killed since the coup, a rights group says.
As Congress returns from break, calls for Covid funding are renewed.
A tense battle may soon resume over the stalled $10 billion pandemic aid package that senators failed to pass earlier this month.
A Second Global Covid-19 Summit Led By the White House Is Set for May
Efforts to subsidize more global vaccinations have stalled in Congress, and new coronavirus cases are on the rise in the U.S.
Americans Over 60 Should Get Second Booster, Official Says
Citing data from Israel, the Biden administration’s Covid response coordinator said a second booster offered significant protection to older people.
Families of U.K. Covid Victims React to Boris Johnson Fines
Those unable to be with dying loved ones find no satisfaction or closure with the penalty Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces for breaking lockdown rules.
Shanghai’s Isolation Facilities Have Prompted a Backlash
Hundreds of thousands of Shanghai residents have been sent to quarantine and isolation facilities. One woman described her ordeal.
Covid Cases Strain N.H.S. Bid to Reduce Hospital Treatment Backlog, Doctors Say
The British government’s promise to shorten wait times for elective hospital procedures is threatened by high rates of positive coronavirus tests among patients and staff.