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Donna Bernadou, a resident at the Waters Edge Lodge nursing home in Alameda, participates in a physical exercise class on Friday The retirement community isn’t scheduled to receive coronavirus vaccines until Jan. 20th.Marissa Leshnov / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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UC Berkeley University Health Services pharmacy director Efren Bose prepares a dose of the Moderna vaccine before administering it to fellow University Health Services staff at Tang Center near UC Berkeley on Thursday.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Jacqueline Ellington, a Contra Costa County health care worker, prepares to receive her first dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at a clinic at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill on Friday.Brittany Hosea-Small / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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A lab in Italy reported a cluster of the U.K. coronavirus variant. But that wasn t enough to stop the spread.
Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli, The Washington Post
Jan. 16, 2021
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TERAMO, Italy - The virus hunter saw the apparent pattern come into view over several hours in late December, as he studied genetic sequences from positive coronavirus tests in his region. He found four cases involving the new, highly infectious British variant, in the same hilltop town. A cluster, said Alessio Lorusso, the virologist.
His findings were a rare, initial insight into the mutated forms of the virus reaching new parts of the world. Most countries, including the United States and across Europe, do not perform enough genomic surveillance to adequately track the virus s changes - to the alarm of disease control agencies, which warn that governments could be blind to dangerous mutations.
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Covid negative certificate to be a must for travel to US
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Covid negative certificate to be a must for travel to US
TNN / Jan 16, 2021, 06:49 IST
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NEW DELHI: Flying to the US from January 26 will require a Covid negative certificate following a test undertaken within three days prior to departure or a document of recovery.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US has issued new rules to prevent the spread of the new virus strains that have emerged in several parts of the world. The UK will also require negative test reports from anyone flying in there from Friday.Failure to comply with the rules will lead to a fine of £500, the UK government said.
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TSA officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Monday, May 18, 2020, in SeaTac, Wash. Airlines say they are stepping up security on flights to Washington before next week’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Delta, United and Alaska airlines said Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 they will bar passengers flying to Washington from putting guns in checked bags. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)Elaine Thompson/Associated Press
In air travel news this week, federal officials and airlines are imposing strong new security measures on flights to the Washington D.C. area after several incidents of rowdy flyers before and after the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will soon require a negative COVID test result from all international p