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Beijing drops COVID testing burden as wider easing seems likely

Tue, 2022-12-06 09:19 — mike kraft

Beijing drops COVID testing burden as wider easing beckons Residents of China's capital were allowed into parks, supermarkets, offices and airports without a negative COVID-19 test on Tuesday, the latest in a mix of easing steps nationwide after unprecedented protests against a tough zero-COVID policy. Ryan Woo,Martin Quin Pollard Reuters

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China eases controls, may announce additional steps Wednesday

Mon, 2022-12-05 11:08 — mike kraft

China eases controls, gives no sign when 'zero COVID' ends BEIJING (AP) — China is easing some of the world’s most stringent anti-virus controls and authorities say new variants are weaker. But they have yet to say when they might end a “zero-COVID” strategy that confines millions of people to their homes and set off protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign. AP NEWS

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Hackers linked to Chinese government and ex-Nigerian official stole millions in U.S. Covid benefits

Mon, 2022-12-05 10:49 — mike kraft

Hackers linked to Chinese government stole millions in Covid benefits The theft of state unemployment funds is the first pandemic fraud tied to foreign, state-sponsored cybercriminals that the U.S. government has acknowledged publicly. NBC News

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U.S. mpox cases plummet, government plans to end public health emergency in January

Fri, 2022-12-02 17:16 — mike kraft

US plans end to mpox public health emergency in January WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government plans to end in January the public health emergency it declared earlier this year after an outbreak of mpox infected more than 29,000 people across the U.S. AP NEWS

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China's disputes over Covid policies, Fauci says their vaccines are not good enough

Fri, 2022-12-02 11:17 — mike kraft

Inside China's fight over the future of zero-COVID Opinions about Xi Jinping's signature "zero-COVID" policy vary wildly across China. The debate, which has ignited several anti-lockdown protests, illustrates the difficulties facing the government in relaxing the world's most rigid COVID rules while heading off national discontent. David Stanway Reuters

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Congressional panel says lax screening by tech firms helped facilitate fraudulent use of pandemic funds

Fri, 2022-12-02 10:44 — mike kraft

House panel says lax screening helped facilitate PPP fraud WASHINGTON (AP) — Financial technology firms abdicated their responsibility to screen out fraud in applications for a federal program designed to help small businesses stay open and keep workers employed during the pandemic, a report by a House investigations panel said Thursday. AP NEWS

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Teenagers' brains physically altered, prematurely aged by pandemic stress--study

Fri, 2022-12-02 10:25 — mike kraft

Study: Teens' brains physically altered, prematurely aged by pandemic stress Stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic has physically altered -- and prematurely aged -- the brains of adolescents, making their brain structures appear several years older than the pre-pandemic brains of peers. UPI

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Los Angeles County COVID surge raises prospect of return to indoor masking order

Fri, 2022-12-02 10:00 — mike kraft

L.A. County COVID surge raises prospect of return to indoor masking order New hospitalizations have tripled in the last month. A new mask order is possible in the coming weeks if hospitalization metrics worsen. Los Angeles Times

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As pandemic precautions fall away, the more COVID risk is concentrated on this one group

Fri, 2022-12-02 09:52 — mike kraft

The more pandemic precautions fall away, the more COVID risk is concentrated on this one group When everyone around them stops taking pandemic precautions, it gets harder for immunocompromised Americans to protect themselves against COVID. YahooNews

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China eases some virus controls in effort to head off more protests

Thu, 2022-12-01 10:26 — mike kraft

China eases virus controls amid effort to head off protests BEIJING (AP) — More Chinese cities eased anti-virus restrictions and police patrolled their streets Thursday as the government tried to defuse public anger over some of the world’s most stringent COVID measures and head off more protests . AP NEWS

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Beijing drops COVID testing burden as wider easing seems likely

China eases controls, may announce additional steps Wednesday

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China's disputes over Covid policies, Fauci says their vaccines are not good enough

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