In-Home COVID Isolation Contributing To Japan’s Virus Spread
TOKYO (Kyodo) — As Japan struggles to contain a recent surge of coronavirus infections, preventing the virus from spreading within households has become a major challenge.
Biden Faces Scrutiny Over Reliance on Executive Orders
President Joe Biden and aides are showing touches of prickliness over growing scrutiny of the new president’s heavy reliance on executive orders in his first days in office.
WHO Begins Full-Fledged Probe Into Virus Origins in Wuhan
WUHAN, China (Kyodo) — Experts from the World Health Organization on Thursday started a full-fledged investigation in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the novel coronavirus was first detected in late 2019.
Bernie Sanders’ Mittens, Memes Help Raise $1.8m for Charity
About those wooly mittens that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders wore to the presidential inauguration, sparking endless quirky memes across social media? They’ve helped to raise $1.8 million in the last five days for charitable organizations in Sanders’ home state of Vermont, the independent senator announced Wednesday.
UK’s ‘Tsunami’ of Grief as Coronavirus Deaths Pass 100,000
LONDON (AP) — For nine months, Gordon Bonner has been in the “hinterlands of despair and desolation” after losing his wife of 63 years to the coronavirus pandemic that has now taken the lives of more than 100,000 people in the United Kingdom.
Japan PM Apologizes Over Lawmakers’ Hostess Bar Visits Amid Virus Emergency
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga apologized Wednesday in parliament after executives of the ruling coalition were reported to have visited hostess bars in Tokyo's posh Ginza district, defying a state of emergency that urges people to avoid unnecessary outings.
U.S. Announces Restoration of Relations With Palestinians
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration announced Tuesday it was restoring relations with the Palestinians and renewing aid to Palestinian refugees, a reversal of the Trump administration’s cutoff and a key element of its new support for a two-state solution to the decades-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
Japan Virus Surge Linked to Gov’t Travel Campaign, Study Finds
TOKYO (Kyodo) — The number of travel-associated novel coronavirus cases in Japan increased by nearly seven times after the government began a subsidy program aimed at promoting domestic tourism in July, a recent study found.
‘This Is Me’: Rioters Flaunt Involvement in US Capitol Siege
WASHINGTON (AP) — These suspects weren’t exactly in hiding.
15,000 Virus Patients in Japan Left Waiting for Hospitals, Accommodations
TOKYO (Kyodo) — At least 15,058 people were on the waiting list for a hospital or a designated accommodation after testing positive for the novel coronavirus earlier this month in the 11 prefectures covered by a state of emergency, a Kyodo News survey found Sunday, as public health centers have been swamped with surging numbers of new cases.
