French authorities have traced his case to a French citizen who arrived in England on 19 December. They say she has no symptoms and is isolated in her home.
Japanese media report five cases of the most contagious strain. Health officials there are trying to track down their contacts and determine how they became infected.
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Prisoners test positive in Hudson County
According to an email from a Hudson County Prison official, at least 17 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 recently. Sixteen of the individuals are county inmates and one is federal inmate.
All are housed in isolation, as are the other inmates they came in contact with. Five employees working in the prison, including nurses and correctional officers, have died of COVID.
Healthcare workers begin receiving Modern vaccine in Essex County
New Jersey is taking another step forward in the fight against coronavirus, as the state saw more than 5,000 new cases overnight.
On Saturday, health workers will begin receiving the Modern Vaccine at Essex Community College, which is one of five places in the county where the vaccine is available.
Follow Cuomo, explain the “race” amid rising coronavirus cases
Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged New Yorkers to remain vigilant in the fight against coronavirus, saying in a Christmas Day statement that the state is in a “race” to distribute the vaccine amid rising cases.
The latest statistics showed that the state’s positivity rate fell slightly, even as hospitalizations continued to rise.
Trump plays golf in Florida while COVID relief hangs in the balance
President Donald Trump spends Christmas playing golf in Florida as the government’s stalemate approaches and COVID’s relief is in balance.
Trump had no events in his public schedule on Friday after questioning the future of a massive COVID relief and government funding bill. But Trump tweeted that he would hold a video conference with members of the service.
Trump is at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach for vacation. Failure to sign the bill could deny relief checks to millions of Americans on the sidelines and force a government shutdown in the pandemic.
Duke’s women end the basketball season amid the virus
Duke’s women’s basketball team ended its season Friday amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The team has been on hiatus since Dec. 16 due to two positive tests of COVID-19 and tracking contacts within the program’s travel party. The Blue Devils postponed games against Miami, NC State and UNC Wilmington.
The team’s next scheduled game was against Louisville on Thursday. The men’s basketball team planned to continue playing.
The virus haunts Belarusian prisons full of criticism of the president
A wave of COVID-19 has engulfed prisons in Belarus that are full of people arrested for protesting against the nation’s authoritarian president and some of the protesters who contracted the coronavirus while imprisoned accusing authorities of neglecting or even cheering. infections.
Activists who spoke to The Associated Press after his release described massively crowded cells without adequate ventilation or basic amenities and lack of medical treatment.
Tetric prediction
A new model from the University of Washington projects that the death toll in the U.S. will reach more than half a million on April 1st.
But researchers say that number would have been higher. The vaccine could help save more than 33,000 lives.
Meanwhile, there are more than 120,000 patients hospitalized with coronavirus in the United States, according to the COVID follow-up project. It is the twentieth day in a row that the nation has reached a record number of current hospitalizations this month.
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