(Newser) – Although the number of passengers dropped dramatically during the pandemic, there were long lines at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Wednesday after a TSA analyzer tested positive for COVID-19. The main security checkpoint at the airport was closed for a biohazard cleanup and travelers were directed to a …
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The Asian economy is expected to shrink this year “for the first time in memory,” said the International Monetary Fund, warning that the region could take several years to recover. The fund said in a blog post published Tuesday that the Asian economy is likely to contract 1.6% this year, …
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TThe World Health Organization backed down on its claim that the Chinese government alerted the United Nations agency to the coronavirus outbreak. The WHO quietly updated its “Timeline of the WHO Response to COVID-19” on Tuesday after the House Foreign Affairs Committee Republican meeting in mid-June. Interim report on the …
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The Trump administration is considering the use of a new strategy that will allow states to dramatically expand their testing capabilities as various areas seek to control coronavirus outbreaks. Public health officials have discussed the benefits of group testing in recent days, an approach that allows multiple samples to be …
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SANTA ANA, California (KABC) – A mistake by Orange County health officials led to some false numbers of tests for coronavirus, the Orange County Registry reported Wednesday. The mistake involved using both antibody test data in conjunction with diagnostic tests, mistakenly adding about 30,000 more tests to the advertised total …
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