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Protect our kids! Lina Hidalgo supports mask mandates for school children – African American News and Issues
Just as our kids are beginning to return to school and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo raised the COVID 19 threat level to RED, a public health showdown began to take center stage as fears grew over sending our vulnerable, unvaccinated children back to school – without masks.
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Somalia Receives Johnson and Johnson Vaccines to Help Curb Covid-19
[VOA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia has received more than than 300,000 doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. The doses, donated by the U.S. through the international COVAX facility, will be the first single-dose vaccines to be distributed in Somalia.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Botswana: Govt Tightens Covid-19 Restrictions Amid Rising Death Toll
[VOA] Gaborone -- Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, whose country has one of the world's highest COVID-19 infection rates per capita, has announced new COVID-19 restrictions, including extension of a nighttime curfew and postponement of the reopening of schools.
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Despite CDC short-term rental eviction reprieve, no permanent solution found - Dallas Examiner
By CHARLENE CROWELL Center for Responsible Lending On Aug. 4, an estimated 11 million American consumers facing imminent evictions gained a short-term reprieve, thanks to an eviction moratorium extension ordered by the Centers
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#BTColumn – Ready for reparations? - Barbados Today
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados Today Inc. by Esther Phillips I believe that the ongoing fight for reparations is a just cause. The wrongs inflicted upon Africans who were enslaved, as well as the
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Nigeria: Covid-19 - As Doctors' Strike Enters 3rd Week, Nigeria Records 541 New Cases Sunday
[Premium Times] The NCDC update on Sunday shows that there was no recorded COVID-19 fatality across Nigeria within the last 24 hours.
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Stéphan sur l'arbitrage après PSG-Strasbourg : «Il y a beaucoup de choses que je n'ai pas comprises» - Haiti24
Les entraîneurs livrent leur sentiment après le match qui a opposé le PSG à Strasbourg, samedi (4-2), au Parc des Princes, lors de la deuxième journée de L1. Julien Stéphan (entraîneur de Strasbourg, après la défaite 4-2 à Paris): «Une entame cauchemardesque? C'est la décision de valider le premier
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Source: Haiti24 – Nouvelles d’Haïti | Politique, affaires courantes, sport et autres rubriques
Treat crime like COVID-19
A lack of “appetite” by Jamaicans for the suspension of certain rights is a major hindrance to the country’s anti-crime effort, the nation’s army chief has argued, as the Andrew Holness administration grapples with a near 10 per cent increase in...
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‘Choose courage’: Inside Children’s Dallas PICU, where kids with COVID and RSV are filling beds - Texas Metro News
Pediatric ICUs across Dallas-Fort Worth have become more crowded as the delta variant has spread among the unvaccinated — including children. The post ‘Choose courage’: Inside Children’s Dallas PICU, where kids with COVID and RSV are filling beds appeared first on Texas Metro News.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Could Soon Be Available For Kids 12 And Younger
Department Of Health And Human Services revealed that a startling number of younger children are becoming infected with the highly transmissible Delta Variant
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Nervous reopening for Tobago retail stores - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Shoes were a hot seller on Monday as customers flocked to retail stores in Tobago after more than three months of closure. Although business was thriving at some stores, a few at Gulf City Mall, Lowlands and Port Mall, Scarborough remained closed. At Lowlands Mall, the hustle and bustle was
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Death toll from Haiti quake hits 724 as tropical storm looms - Stabroek News
PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) - The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Haiti rose to 724 today as rescue workers scrambled to find survivors buried under buildings a day after the 7.2 magnitude quake and as a tropical storm bore down on the Caribbean
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Change in venue for students’ vaccinations - Barbados Today
Parents/guardians of students entering secondary school have been advised that vaccinations will not take place at the Sandals Resort Conference Centre as originally planned. Instead, they will now be administered at the Randall Phillips Polyclinic, Oistins, Christ Church. The schools and schedule
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Biden Gives Newsom Thumbs Up on School Vaccine Mandate as Under-17 Cases Spike
Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom held a press conference to announce new COVID-19 guidelines for California's K-12 public schools. Two days later, President Joe Biden praised the new mandate in a tweet.
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US Ambassador: No one is safe until everyone is safe - Barbados Today
“No one is safe until everyone is safe”, was the message of US Ambassador to Barbados, Linda Taglialatela, as she participated in the handover of the Pfizer vaccine donation to the Barbados Government on Friday. The U.S. Government donated 70,200 doses of the vaccine, and Taglialatela stressed the
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COVID CLIFF
“We are in grave danger, to put it bluntly.” That’s the frank assessment of Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ) President Dr Andrew Manning as the island saw a record high 46.1 per cent positivity rate in COVID-19 testing on Sunday, as reported by...
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… .  People of color, primarily African American people, have higher mortality rates … . Rev. Karla Renee Garcia Black Americans have the lowest vaccination rates … other horrible atrocities committed against African Americans have contributed to the avoidance …
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Over 200 Dead In Haiti Earthquake
A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked the western part of Haiti on Saturday, leaving nearly 230 people dead, multiple others injured and enormous damage in a country still reeling from the assassination of its president, an official said. The death toll jumped from 29 to 227, according to
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Youth accused of serious bodily harm testifies of being afraid of attack - Barbados Today
Serious bodily harm accused Marc Akeem Orlando Reid on Monday maintained his innocence, telling the court he threw bottles in self-defence because he feared he would be attacked and beaten by Donte Alleyne and a group of boys. That was the evidence given by the now 20-year-old Reid from the
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West Indies cricketer Jayden Seales reprimanded for breaching ICC code of conduct - Barbados Today
West Indies fast bowler Jayden Seales has been reprimanded for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan in Kingston. Seales was found to have breached Article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support
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Death toll from quake in Haiti jumps to over 700; country braces for Tropical Storm Grace - Barbados Today
SOURCE: CMC - Officials on Sunday reported that the death toll from Saturday morning’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake had now more than doubled, reaching 724, amid concerns that an approaching tropical storm could complicate ongoing rescue efforts. About 2,800 other people have been listed as injured
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6 Black Female Doctors Join Forces to Combat COVID-19 Vaccine Inequality
Sister Circle has been successful in vaccinating 14,000 people in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Haiti quake survivors cry for help as death toll nears 2,000 - Stabroek News
LES CAYES, Haiti,  (Reuters) - Survivors of the earthquake that killed at least 1,941 people in Haiti clamoured for food, shelter and medical care yesterday as search and rescue efforts resumed after a tropical storm lashed the Caribbean nation with rain, causing dangerous
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White COVID-19 Anti-Vax Protestors Clashed With The Proud Boys news -The Black Chronicle
Clashing protests in Los Angeles turned violent Saturday after residents against COVID-19 vaccine mandates clashed with the Proud Boys. One person was stabbed and hospitalized in the incident as
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7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Haiti, Kills Hundreds - Blavity
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Haiti killed at least 227 people on Saturday and injured dozens of other residents, The New York Times reported . The number of reported causalities rapidly increased throughout Saturday as search and rescue personnel continue to assess the catastrophe that unfolded
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Fake COVID-19 vaccination cards worry college officials
As the delta variant of the coronavirus sweeps across the United States, a growing number of colleges and universities are... View Article The post Fake COVID-19 vaccination cards worry college officials appeared first on TheGrio.
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Bryan Cites "Roller Coaster of a Weekend” as COVID Numbers Rise Amid Two Days of Turmoil
Speaking Monday at his weekly news conference, Gov Albert Bryan Jr. looked back on two days that included rising COVID-19 numbers, two power outages and a pair of nearby natural disasters as "a roller coaster of a weekend."
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No word on legal opinion on COVID vaccination - Barbados Today
Almost two weeks after Government’s promised legal opinion on mandatory vaccines was due, both employers and employees are still in limbo. The was one of the major talking points at the latest in a series of town hall meetings at the Deighton Griffith Secondary School on Monday. Audience member
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More Trinidad children contracting COVID, 3 seriously ill - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health is witnessing an uptick in the number of paediatric COVID-19 cases, three of which are currently warded at hospital and are 'severely ill.' The article More Trinidad children contracting COVID, 3 seriously ill appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Saint Lucia records 93 new cases of COVID-19
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE CASES CURRENTLY RECORDED IS 668.
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