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BEND, Ore. — Oregons emergency management department says the states death toll from COVID-19 is climbing so rapidly that two counties have requested refrigerated trucks to hold the bodies.

BEND, Ore. (AP) — The death toll from COVID-19 in Oregon is climbing so rapidly in some counties that the state has organized delivery of one refrigerated truck to hold the bodies and is sending a second one, the state emergency management department said Saturday.

Tillamook and Josephine counties both asked the state Office of Emergency Management for the trucks to handle an increase in COVID-19 deaths.

The number of new coronavirus cases in New Zealand has fallen significantly for the first time since an outbreak was detected nearly two weeks ago.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia has seen its highest number of weekly cases of the...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia has seen its highest number of weekly cases of the coronavirus in seven months, fueled by the more contagious delta variant.

The number of new coronavirus cases in New Zealand has fallen significantly for the first time since an outbreak was detected nearly two weeks ago.

The U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert says the U.S. is sticking with its recommendation for Americans to get COVID-19 booster shots eight months after receiving the vaccine but will be open to changes based on evolving data.

ATHENS, Greece — Clashes erupted in Athens Sunday evening between the police and some participants in a protest rally against COVID-19 vaccinations. Police estimated the participants in the rally in central Syntagma Square at between 7,000 and 8,000.

TEHRAN, Iran -- The police chief for Iran's capital says a gang of thieves has robbed scores of COVID-19 vaccines after attacking a hired car carrying the