The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not examining changing the definition of “fully vaccinated,” its director said Wednesday. “The definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ is one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and two doses of the either Pfizer vaccine or the Moderna vaccine,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the agency, or…
In Shift, Walensky Says CDC Not Examining Changing Definition of ‘Fully Vaccinated’
November 3, 2021
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Senators Will Need to Be Fully Vaccinated to Set Foot in Senate Chamber
OTTAWA—Senators will have to be fully vaccinated against COVID−19 if they want to participate in person in Senate proceedings. Senate Speaker George Furey announced the new policy Thursday following consultations with the leaders of the various groups in the upper house. But although Conservative Senate leader Don Plett was among those consulted on the policy,…
Washington State Agencies Sending Separation Notices to Employees Who Have Not Shown Proof of Vaccination
October 4, 2021
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Agencies in Washington state have begun sending out separation notices to employees who have not yet shown proof that they are vaccinated against COVID-19. Department of Licensing spokesperson Nathan Olson told The Seattle Times that it had sent out 66 separation letters on Friday to workers who have not yet submitted proof of vaccination or applied for a vaccine exemption. Department…
New R.1 COVID-19 Variant With ‘Unique Mutations’ Discovered at Kentucky Nursing Home
A new variant of the COVID-19 virus has been discovered at a Kentucky nursing home, where it reportedly infected 45 residents and health care personnel, according to scientist William A. Haseltine. The variant, called R.1, originated in Japan and infected many residents and workers in the nursing home who were fully vaccinated, Haseltine said. R.1 now received over 10,000…
Older People and Men ‘More Likely to Suffer’ With COVID-19 Even After Two Jabs: UK Report
Older people, men, and those from ethnic backgrounds are more likely to end up in the hospital or die even after they have been double-vaccinated against COVID-19, researchers say. Scientists used a range of data to show that while the risk of severe COVID-19 after vaccination remains low, some people are at greater risk than…
Ryanair Raises Passenger Target to 225 Million a Year by 2026 After Its Post-COVID Recovery Plans Are Approved
Budget airline Ryanair on Sept.16 said it has raised its five-year passenger traffic growth after shareholders approved the company’s post-COVID recovery plans. In a statement, the Irish carrier said it expects to see “more rapid traffic growth” by 2026 and has raised its five-year growth forecast to 50 percent, up from past estimates of 33 percent. Prior to…
Facts Matter (Sept. 8): 19 Governors and 2 Attorney Generals Resist Biden’s Vaccine Mandates
On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced his new plan to get more Americans vaccinated, whether they want to or not. What’s interesting is that after many months of government officials, including Joe Biden himself, saying that they will not issue a federal vaccine mandate, it seems like that’s exactly what he did, though in a…
Canada’s Big Five Banks to Require Staff Entering Premises to Be Vaccinated
TORONTO—Canada’s five biggest banks are mandating that employees working from their offices must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 this fall, taking a firmer stance than some of their U.S. counterparts and some other Canadian companies. Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), Bank of Montreal (BMO) and Canadian Imperial…
Canada Welcomes Back Fully Vaccinated U.S. Citizens, Permanent Residents
WASHINGTON — Canada is once again allowing U.S. citizens and permanent residents back into the country, provided they’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. After 17 long months, a ban on non-essential travel across the Canada-U.S. border was finally eased at midnight, although the Americans have yet to lift their own limits on Canadian travellers. Eligible…
Johnson Pressed to Further Ease Travel Rules to Save Beleaguered Industry
Tens of thousands of jobs in the aviation sector are at risk unless the government further relaxes rules on international travel, ministers have been warned. New rules allowing fully vaccinated passengers from the United States and amber-list European countries to avoid self-isolation on arrival in the UK came into force at 4 a.m. on Monday…
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