Tag: COVID
Asian stocks, FX edge higher but Omicron threat persists
China sees highest daily rise in COVID-19 cases in 21 monthsTop Glove jumps 8% on Malaysia's equities benchmarkThailand discovers first Omicron clu [...]
Fauci says Covid cases will go much higher as omicron spread continues, warns against getting complacent
Dr. Anthony Fauci takes part in a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and other members of the White House COVID [...]
‘Magic’ Weight-Loss Pills and Covid Cures: Dr. Oz Under the Microscope
Dr. Oz admitted to the senators that his claims often “don’t have the scientific muster to present as fact.” A study he had cited about green-coffe [...]
Surging Covid cases make for another subdued Christmas Day
“We’re sick of this,” Dr. Julien Carvelli, the ICU chief at Marseille’s La Timone Hospital, as his team spent another Christmas Eve tending to Cov [...]
ER doctor sees ‘circuit breakers’ slowing the spread of Covid
Local governments can now take a more targeted approach to restrictions to help slow the spread of Covid while still keeping many businesses up and [...]
UK covid cases hit another record at 122,186
I don't think the market cares about covid numbers anymore so long as the number of people in hospital don't skyrocket. There were 137 new deaths w [...]
China reports the most covid infections since August
I don't think omicron is a concern for the markets except in China.That's the one place where they will put in sev [...]
Biden wishes he thought about ordering 500 million at-home Covid tests 2 months ago
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Medals of Honor ceremony in Washington, December 16, 2021.Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersPresident Joe Biden said [...]
Airline industry pushing CDC to cut breakthrough Covid quarantine time
Flight attendants hand out refreshments to a packed Delta Airlines flight traveling from Ronald Regan National Airport to MinneapolisSaint Paul Int [...]
United, Delta cancel dozens of Christmas Eve flights as Covid hits crews
A traveler wearing a protective mask waits to board a United Airlines flight at San Francisco International Airport, Oct. 15, 2020.David Paul Morri [...]
Covid: Boris Johnson says getting a jab is an 'invaluable present'
In his annual Christmas message, Boris Johnson says getting vaccinated shows a neighbourly spirit.
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AUD/USD Gains on Encouraging Covid Data as S&P 500 Closes at Record High
Australian Dollar, AUD/USD, Japan CPI, Covid, Holiday Trading - Talking PointsRisk assets gain as Covid fears set aside on encouraging data Quiet [...]
Rising flu cases threaten hospital capacity as Covid surges into holidays
Emergency Room nurses and EMTs tend to patients in hallways at the Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital on August 18, 2021 in Houston, Texas.Br [...]
Why retail store closures are slowing down after a Covid shakeout
A Dollar General store in Creve Coeur, Illinois.Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWayfair sees a chance to make a pivotal move.The furniture a [...]