MADRID—Spain will end a mandate to wear masks outdoors next week, reversing a late December order. After confirming that contagion levels have peaked, the Spanish Cabinet will end the mandate next Tuesday and the government expects the changes to be adopted from Thursday, Feb. 10, Health Minister Carolina Darias told Cadena SER radio on Friday….
Toyota Extends Production Curbs in Japan as COVID-19 Infections Rise
January 24, 2022
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TOKYO—Toyota Motor Corp. will halt more production in Japan this month because COVID-19 infections among autoworkers had slowed supplies of parts, the company said on Monday. That disruption, which comes amid a shortage of semiconductors, will cut planned production this month by 65,000 vehicles, 18,000 more than it announced last week, a spokesperson said. The…
China Sees Record Daily Cases Since COVID-19 Outbreak in Early 2020
China has reported its highest daily rise in local COVID-19 cases in almost two years, driven by more than a doubling of infections in a northwestern city on Dec. 25. Xi’an, the provincial capital of Shaanxi and the latest COVID-19 hotspot on Chinese soil, entered its fourth day of lockdown on Dec. 26. The city…
Rise in Human Bird Flu Cases in China Shows Risk of Fast-Changing Variants: Health Experts
BEIJING—A jump in the number of people in China infected with bird flu this year is raising concern among experts, who say a previously circulating strain appears to have changed and may be more infectious to people. China has reported 21 human infections with the H5N6 subtype of avian influenza in 2021 to the World…
Official: Fever Outbreak in North India Kills 114
Infections following monsoon rains have led to a fever outbreak in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state which has killed at least 114 people in the past three weeks, health officials said Wednesday. The state’s Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh told The Associated Press that most cases were caused by dengue, a seasonal viral infection spread…
COVID-19 Rates and Hospitalizations Continue to Climb
July 22, 2021
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SANTA ANA—Hospitalizations for COVID-19 increased again in Orange County as the Delta variant continues to fuel a resurgence of infections. The county reported 290 more infections, raising the total since the start of the pandemic to 259,985. Hospitalizations increased from 126 on July 20 to 143 on July 21, with the number of intensive care…
Newsom Again Pushes COVID Shots, But No Vaccine Passports Planned
July 21, 2021
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LONG BEACH, Calif.—While saying California has one of the best COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country, Gov. Gavin Newsom said July 21 the rate remains too low, and he blamed “right-wing” pundits for spreading misinformation and contributing to vaccine hesitancy. He also insisted the state has no plans to institute a “vaccine passport” system, again…
Moscow Orders New Restrictions as COVID-19 Infections Soar
MOSCOW—Moscow’s mayor on Saturday ordered a week off for some workplaces and imposed restrictions on many businesses to fight coronavirus infections that have more than doubled in the past week. The national coronavirus taskforce reported 6,701 new cases of infection in Moscow, compared with 2,936 on June 6. Nationally, the daily infection tally has spiked…
India’s COVID-19 Daily Cases Stay Near Record, Another State Imposes Lockdown
NEW DELHI—India’s new coronavirus cases dipped marginally on Sunday but deaths from COVID-19 jumped by a record 3,689, with one more state going into lockdown as the nation’s healthcare system is unable to cope with the massive caseload. Authorities reported 392,488 new cases in the previous 24 hours, pushing total cases to 19.56 million. So…
142 Fully Vaccinated People in Houston Test Positive for COVID-19
More than 140 people in Houston have tested positive for COVID-19 more than two weeks after being fully vaccinated against the virus that causes it.
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