China’s Shenzhen to reopen, still trying to contain virus
BEIJING (AP) — Companies in Shenzhen, a major Chinese business center, will be allowed to reopen while efforts to contain coronavirus outbreaks progress, the government said Thursday, following a citywide shutdown that rattled financial markets. Testing…
Chinese virus cases climb, raise threat of trade disruption
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities on Tuesday tightened anti-virus controls at ports, raising the risk of trade disruptions after some auto and electronics factories shut down as the government fights coronavirus outbreaks. Stock prices in China and Hong…
S. Korea drops proof of vaccine, test to aid virus response
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will no longer require people to show proof of vaccination or negative tests to enter any indoor space starting Tuesday, removing a key preventive measure during a fast-developing omicron surge that’s elevating…
Virus enters Tonga along with disaster aid, lockdown planned
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tonga will enter a lockdown Wednesday evening after finding coronavirus infections in two port workers helping distribute aid arriving in the Pacific nation after a volcanic eruption and tsunami. The urgent announcement by…
Austria to ease virus rules after vaccine mandate begins
VIENNA (AP) — Austria plans to loosen coronavirus restrictions in February after the country’s national vaccine mandate, the first of its kind in Europe, takes effect on Tuesday. Starting Feb. 5, restaurants will be allowed to remain open until midnight,…
A digital divide haunts schools adapting to virus hurdles
Isaiah Schneider, 9, left, and his brother Adam, 7, complete a level on their learning game played on a tablet computer, in their bedroom, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Their mother April Schneider says she is lucky her…
Glenn Beck, Novak Djokovic, and Other COVID-19 Skeptics Who Contracted the Virus
Brandon Bell / Staff / Getty Images News / Getty Images North America The COVID-19 pandemic has inspired no shortage of commentary. Some critics have insisted the coronavirus is a media-invented hoax. Others acknowledge it exists but say its seriousness…
Kristy Swanson, Joe Rogan, and Other COVID-19 Skeptics Who Contracted the Virus
Michael S. Shwartz/Getty Images Conspiracy theories have become as common and dependable as dirt — so it’s no surprise that many cropped up in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some insist the coronavirus is a media-invented hoax. Others…
Report says UK’s slow virus lockdown cost 1000s of lives
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s failure to impose a lockdown in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic cost thousands of unnecessary deaths and ranks among the country’s worst public health blunders, lawmakers concluded Tuesday in the nation’s first…
Big Tech Got Bigger, Big Oil Got Smaller During Virus Lockdown
(Bloomberg) — A quarter that captured the height of pandemic lockdowns is making the divide between Big Tech and Big Oil more apparent than ever. Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. smashed analysts’ estimates on Thursday after shoppers…