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Biden administration allocates $10 billion for COVID-19 testing to reopen schools - TheGrio

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Tourists Threaten to Sue Antigua and Barbuda Over Mandatory COVID-19 Testing – The Black Chronicle

With the spread of COVID-19 causing new restrictions on air travel, many saw a small ray of hope of enjoying some summer vacations as numerous islands, including Bermuda, Barbados, Jamaica, and others resume leisure

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'People wanted me to die', says Carl Niehaus as he recovers from Covid-19 pneumonia | News24

The MKMVA spokesperson thanked those in the ANC who supported him, but claimed there were "orchestrated" campaigns against him

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Durkan Announces Free Citywide COVID-19 Testing

Following King County’s application to advance to a modified phase one in Governor Inslee’s updated “Safe Start Washington” plan, Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan announced today, the launch of free Citywide testing at two locations in north and south

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City of Dallas, Dallas county to continue drive-thru COVID-19 testing beyond federal support - Dallas Examiner

Special to The Dallas Examiner The City of Dallas and Dallas County have finalized a contract with a vendor, Honu, that will make it possible to continue drive-thru COVID-19 testing past June. The

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Montgomery County Expands Free COVID-19 Testing, Vaccine Pre-Registration Support, and Incentives for Black Community

… .com⁩/ -- The African American Health Program (AAHP) has … goal of testing 15,000 African Americans by July. The tests … AAHPCovid.com. ### The African American Health Program is funded by … years of life for African Americans and people of African …

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Gov. Pritzker Says He's Concerned About Fall Surge if Rules are Ignored

New data suggest fewer people are abiding by Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order, a trend the governor called

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Maryland Coronavirus Hospitalizations Hit Another Record High

The Maryland Department of Health reported Friday a record number of hospitalizations due to the coronavirus, as the state creeps closer to 300,000 cases.

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AP FACT CHECK: If he's said it once, he's said it 100 times | The Atlanta Voice

If saying things 100 times could make them true, President Donald Trump’s account of how the U.S. is doing with the coronavirus would be true. COVID-19 testing would be the envy of the world, the economy would be on the cusp of roaring back, the threat would be receding in a pandemic that has

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Wallace Announces Independent Campaign for Mayor | Afro

The process of counting the votes to determine who the Democratic nominee to be the next Mayor of Baltimore officially begins with the primary election on June

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Pros and Cons of COVID-19 Testing

According to information on the CDC website, “Two kinds of tests are available for COVID-19: viral tests and antibody

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Reopening only works by keeping our community safe

COVID-19 is a deadly virus for which there is currently no vaccine, and across the nation cities are struggling with how best to reopen their economies while protecting the health and welfare of their residents, and Milwaukee is no

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Dr. Fauci speaks on Vaccines

With Coronavirus still raging on and national unrest calling for protest all over the country, Dr. Fauci presses the need for a vaccine as soon as possible.

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Senator Harris Introduces Bill Giving Anti-Bias Training To Health Providers

U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris announced a bill Wednesday ensuring health providers receive bias and anti-racism training.

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L.A. City Mayor Looking to Combat Potential Waves of Homelessness Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

L.A. City Mayor Looking to Combat Potential Waves of Homelessness Due to the COVID-19

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Federal government extends COVID-19 testing support for City of Dallas | Dallas Weekly

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday announced that the federal government would continue its support for COVID-19 testing in Dallas beyond

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Archdiocese of Baltimore Archbishop urges more coronavirus testing for hard-hit Latino, African American areas

BALTIMORE — A Baltimore pastor who was recently named an auxiliary bishop for the Baltimore Archdiocese has appealed to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to increase free COVID-19 testing in the city to expand beyond his parish, Sacred Heart of Jesus/Sagrado Corazon de

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Texas announces sites for next COVID-19 vaccine shipment - Dallas Examiner

By PATRICK SVITEK The Texas Tribune Texas health officials on Sunday released a list of coronavirus 'vaccination hubs' that will receive the state's next shipment of vaccines. The 28 hubs will get 158,825

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US Wrestles With Economic Response to Coronavirus Pandemic – Free Press of Jacksonville

The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a $3 trillion stimulus bill, known as the Heroes Act, last month that would provide an additional $1,200 direct payment per family member and $600 per household, close to $1 trillion to state, local, territorial and tribal

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Atlanta Mayor announces partnership with Fulton County government to combat COVID-19 | The Atlanta Voice

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced a new partnership with the Fulton County Board of Health to combat COVID-19. The $7.7 million agreement will expand COVID-19 testing to reach at least 20,000 Atlanta residents, hire more than 150 contact-tracing support staff, map demography trends to

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Surviving A System Collapse and the Urgency of the Times | Muslim Journal

S – When a person is rushed into the emergency room short of breath in respiratory distress, he needs immediate relief before he fatigues, becomes exhausted he stops

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Airbnb Cancels All DC Reservations Ahead Of Inauguration Week

Airbnb and subsidiary HotelTonight are canceling reservations in the Washington, D.C., metro area during the week of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ inauguration, the company said

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Paul Quinn Continues to Serve Community During COVID-19 Crisis

Story and Photos by Ashley MossStaff Writer At one point on November 14, the cars lined up for food and COVID-19 testing at historically Black Paul Quinn College (PQC) stretched …

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Mauritius: COVID-19 - We Should Be Proud of the Way We Have Tackled the Situation, Says PM

After 47 days without any new local Covid-19 case, all economic and social activities can now resume and we should be proud of the way we have tackled the situation, stated the Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, this evening, in a press conference at the Treasury Building in Port

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Kenya: Private Hospitals in Kisii Face Probe for 'Hiding Covid-19 Patients'

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Kroger Health launches free COVID-19 testing sites in DFW Metroplex

Kroger Health, the health care division of The Kroger Co., recently announced plans to expand its drive-thru COVID-19 testing

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Dr. Fauci says US coronavirus cases to reach 'disturbing' 100, 000 per day : TheGrio

Dr. Anthony Fauci says the United States is not in total control of the coronavirus pandemic and predicts the nation could eventually see 100,000 new COVID-19 cases a day. As of Monday, the U.S. averaged nearly 40,000 new cases daily over the past week, a 40% increase compared to data compiled by

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J. C. Lewis Healthcare Partners With Tremont Temple Missionary Baptist Church for COVID 19 Testing

Last Friday, Tremont Temple Missionary Baptist Church teamed up with J. C. Lewis Healthcare to provide COVID-19 testing to church members as well as neighborhood residents. Testing time was from 9am-noon in the church parking lot.

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Feds release guidelines on nursing home visitation –

In the guidelines, which have no legal weight, the Trump administration recommended that nursing homes don’t reopen for visitation until they have no new reported COVID-19 for at least 28 days; have adequate personal protective equipment for staff members; and have adequate access to COVID-19

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Parkland expands COVID-19 testing to new locations

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