5.03am GMT 05:03 Figures from the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases showed Monday that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany has risen from 16,362 to 1,337,078. The death toll rose 188 to 21,975, according to the report. The numbers are usually lower on Mondays, as fewer tests …
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Sign up for the Guardian Today US newsletter Activists, medical professionals and members of the community in Chicago have warned that the closure of Mercy Hospital – the city’s oldest healthcare facility, and one of its oldest – is likely to lead to a sharp rise in ethnic health issues …
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Salem, ore. (AP) – When the Elect Oral Rally College Ledge meets on Monday, its opponents are hoping it marks the beginning of the end of this century, with the trend of losing the popular vote twice for the presidency this century. This year’s presidential race provides the latest impetus …
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Sign up for the Guardian Today US newsletter At the onset of the coronavirus epidemic, California, a coastal country, was celebrated as a common sense brilliance. As Donald Trump avoided masks and sanctions and told Americans that the virus “did not come out of nowhere” and “would one day disappear …
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WASHINGTON (AP) – White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Friday pressured Food and Drug Administration chief Stephen Hahn to allow emergency use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine by the end of the day or face possible firing, officials said. . Pfizer Inc. And the vaccine, produced by its German …
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