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Hundreds of Vaccinated Indonesian Health Workers Get COVID-19, Dozens in Hospital

JAKARTA—More than 350 doctors and medical workers have caught COVID-19 in Indonesia despite being vaccinated with Sinovac and dozens have been hospitalized, officials said, as concerns grow about the efficacy of some vaccines against more infectious variants. Most of the workers were asymptomatic and self-isolating at home, said Badai Ismoyo, head of the health office…


Fauci Calls on China to Release Medical Records of Wuhan Lab Workers

Dr. Anthony Fauci has called on China to release the medical records of nine people whose ailments might provide vital clues into whether COVID-19 first emerged as the result of a lab leak, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. “I would like to see the medical records of the three people who are reported to…


Walmart To Give 740,000 US Store Workers Free Samsung Phones

CHICAGO—Walmart said on Thursday it would give nearly half its U.S. employees free Samsung phones by the end of the year so they can use an app the company has developed to manage shifts, clock in, and stay in “constant communication.” The world’s largest retailer, which employs nearly 1.6 million people in the United States,…


Amazon Warehouse Workers Reject Union Drive in Majority Vote

Efforts to unionize Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama were unofficially defeated on Friday by a more than 2-to-1 margin with more than half of the ballots counted. So far, over 1,700 voted against forming a union, with nearly 700 ballots in favor. A simple majority is needed for victory, but both sides have the right…


10 Dead After Explosions at Chinese Mine

Ten miners are confirmed to have died in explosions at a gold mine in China. A total of 22 miners working about 600 meters (2,000 feet) underground were trapped after an explosion on Jan. 10 at the Hushan mine in Qixia, a major gold-producing region in China’s coastal Shandong province. The bodies of nine miners were…