Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski keeps watch before an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Cleveland. After days of positive COVID-19 tests, disruptions and delays, the Browns found some normalcy and got to re-open their facility on Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, to resume […]
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The world ushered in the New Year with pandemic controls muting celebrations for billions of people eager to bid farewell to a virus-ridden 2020. After a grinding year that has seen at least 1.7 million people die from Covid-19, fresh waves of infection have sparked renewed lockdowns and forced would-be […]
Ed Stafford’s new TV show sees him escape from the wilderness – Discovery+ How does a survival expert survive a global pandemic? Adventurer Ed Stafford was certainly accustomed to solitude and anxiety long before Covid-19 sent the world into lockdown. The ex-soldier endured extreme isolation on his record-breaking 860-day trek […]
During her winter break, English teacher Keara Williams has hit the phone, making call after call determinedly trying to make contact with her students and their parents. She needs to reach 28 students, including 11 seniors, who received an “incomplete” grade at the end of the fall semester. She tells […]
Photograph: Angel Colmenares/EPA While the crystal-encrusted New Year’s Eve ball will drop in Times Square at midnight on 31 December, its descent will diverge from tradition: this sparkling, 12-foot sphere will be greeted by empty streets due to Covid-19, and not hundreds of thousands of revelers. New York City authorities […]
It was a hard year for the arts. After the coronavirus pandemic surged into the United States, touring shows stopped dead, theaters went dark and live performance just about anywhere ground to a screeching halt. This was true of Charleston, too. It has been a difficult year for musicians, artists, […]
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump spent his Christmas golfing in Florida as a government shutdown looms and COVID relief hangs in the balance. Trump, at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach for the holidays, had no events on his public schedule after throwing the future of a […]
PALM BEACH (AP) — After tossing a grenade that threatens to blow up a massive COVID relief and government funding bill and force a government shutdown in the midst of a pandemic, President Donald Trump was golfing on Christmas for a second straight day. Failure to agree on the bill […]
Public testing locations for COVID-19 will be limited over the long Christmas weekend in Clark County. All sites are closed on Christmas Day. Here is what will be open, according to the Southern Nevada Health District website: Dec. 24 Cashman Center, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 850 N. Las Vegas […]
On the face of it, the rules regarding travel are clear. According to the Government’s guidance: “If you live in a Tier 4 area, you must not leave your home unless you have a reasonable excuse (e.g. for work or education purposes). If you need to travel you should stay […]
A large Northern California church has established what it is calling a “freedom fund,” designed to dedicate thousands of dollars to local businesses as most of the state has landed back in an economic shutdown. But the fund isn’t for businesses that have closed their doors. It’s intended chiefly for […]
Here’s a market forecast: 2021 will be hard to predict. At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, investors and bank strategists put out public prognostications for what would happen in the markets, but 2020’s combination was so unusual it was missed, it seems, by everyone. Below, some of the best […]
Between volatility in infection rates and shifting guidance from federal and local agencies, it can be hard to determine how best to travel, or whether it’s safe to travel at all. Somewhere between “it’s OK to travel” and “it’s not OK to travel” lies a vast gray area of caveats, […]
As a new strain of COVID-19 continues to spread in southern England, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday called on the federal government to take action to prevent it from reaching the United States. The governor delivered his remarks from quarantine, after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19 on […]
Siblings Ricardo and Kelley Medina wait in line for a free coronavirus test in South Los Angeles. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) California’s first coronavirus lockdown order, in the spring, produced benefits within a month. By April, Gov. Gavin Newsom was able to crow that the state had “arguably […]
Coronavirus Article Bar with counter The new variant of Sars-Cov-2 could become the dominant strain as it has an “evolutionary advantage in transmitting more quickly”, a government adviser has suggested. Professor Calum Semple, a member of the Sage scientific advisory group, said told Sky News that the UK “shouldn’t beat ourselves […]
Share Tweet Share Share Share Email A highly infectious new COVID-19 strain has caused some countries to ban U.K. travelers from entering, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The new strain, according to the British government, per WSJ, is spreading 70 percent faster than the earlier variants of the […]
Which places can you visit with your ‘Christmas bubble’? You can only meet up with the three households of your bubble in private homes or gardens, places of worship or outdoor public spaces, according to the guidance. This would exclude bars, restaurants or other hospitality or entertainment venues. However, outside of the […]
Is Covid-19 testing the way to restart travel? Grades are mixed so far. Airlines and tourism organizations around the world say testing is the answer and are rushing to make it happen, opening test sites at airports, adding test results to passenger records and offering flights only for tested passengers. […]
As 2020 comes to an end, there’s one thing we can count on: the holidays will be different this year. Families might not get together, safety precautions will be greater, but the holiday cheer will be brimming all the same. COVID will make travel and family gatherings more complex, but […]
How are the tiers decided? Decisions on tiers are made by ministers based on public health recommendations informed by the following factors: If these indicators are not improving, an area may be moved up a tier and if the trajectory improves, the area may move to a lower tier. Can I […]
TOKYO — Last week’s record-breaking number of new COVID-19 infections has forced Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to announce Monday the suspension of his entire signature $12 billion travel subsidy package over the country’s new year holidays. Suga said Monday evening he was halting the “Go To Travel” campaign from […]