The 65-year-old tested positive on Friday, his office said. A staff member in his Boston office tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this week, spokesperson Molly Rose Tarpey added. Lynch “had received the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine and subsequently received a negative Covid-19 test prior to attending President Biden’s …
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According to the Wall Street Journal, which cited unnamed defense officials, nearly 200 of the 26,000 National Guard members “have tested positive for the novel coronavirus,” with some officials fearing that “cramped rest and working quarters contributed to the spread.” Additionally, while every member of the National Guard deployed in …
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Some 189,000 people were tested for Covid-19 after being vaccinated, with 6.6 percent getting a positive result, according to ministry data reported by Israeli outlets. The majority were apparently infected shortly after receiving the first jab of the two-part vaccine – a period when the inoculation isn’t expected to have …
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As President Donald Trump’s supporters rampaged through the US Capitol last Wednesday, lawmakers inside were ushered to an undisclosed location to shelter in place. However, Capitol physician Dr. Brian Monahan stated on Sunday that those who sought shelter “may have been exposed to another occupant with coronavirus infection.” It is …
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All eight members of the gorilla troop at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are being re-tested and monitored after three of the primates turned up positive for the illness on Monday, the US Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) said in a statement, noting they are the …
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President Emmanuel Macron was diagnosed with Covid-19 on Thursday, the Elysée Palace said in a morning press release. “This diagnosis was established following an RTPCR test performed as soon as the first symptoms appeared,” the statement read. The COVID-19 RTPCR test is a real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction test …
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The journalist, whose name was not revealed, worked on the transition pool on Monday and Tuesday and traveled with the president-elect to Georgia, where he campaigned for two Democrat candidates for the US Senate. The transition office said they began contact tracing “immediately” on hearing of the test on Wednesday …
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Michael Schnedlitz, a member of Austria’s National Council and the general secretary of the right-wing Freedom Party, railed against the government’s screening program and other coronavirus measures while addressing his colleagues in parliament on Thursday. During his speech, Schnedlitz administered a rapid Covid-19 test on a glass of cola, showing …
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The first batches of Covid-19 vaccines are on the cusp of availability, but International Federation of Red Cross President Francesco Rocca said that a “second pandemic” of “fake news” about vaccines might turn the public off getting the jab. “We believe that the massive coordinated effort that will be needed …
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Loeffler tested positive for the Covid-19 on Friday, but follow-up tests on Saturday were inconclusive, her campaign said. On Sunday evening, the Georgia Republican tested negative, spokesman Stephen Lawson said in a statement. Lawson added that “out of an abundance of caution, she will continue to self-isolate and be retested …
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