Pentagon Pauses Plan to Give COVID-19 Vaccines to Guantanamo Prisoners After GOP Criticism
The Pentagon has paused a plan to administer COVID-19 vaccines to prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba after the move was heavily criticized by Republican representatives and 9/11 survivors.
“No Guantanamo detainees have been vaccinated. We’re pausing the plan to move forward, as we review force protection protocols. We remain committed to our obligations to keep our troops safe,” Pentagon press secretary John Kirby wrote on Twitter on Jan. 30.
No Guantanamo detainees have been vaccinated. We’re pausing the plan to move forward, as we review force protection protocols. We remain committed to our obligations to keep our troops safe.
Manitoba is seeing an encouraging trend in COVID-19 cases and now the province s top doctor says he is eyeing a cautious and continuous reopening, but was mum on the details.
Manitoba sees another slight rise in daily COVID-19 cases, with 222 announced Friday
The number of daily COVID-19 cases announced in Manitoba went up again on Friday, after days of case counts that hovered below 200. That update came shortly after the province announced current public health orders will be extended until Jan. 22.
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About 60 rescheduled medical procedures will be done over the next week, after many procedures were postponed due to COVID-19, Shared Health Chief Nursing Officer Lanette Siragusa said Friday.(Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse/The Associated Press)
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Another seven Manitobans were reported dead due to COVID-19 on Tuesday as public health officials announced 130 new cases of the virus in the province.
Four of Tuesday’s fatalities are linked to ongoing outbreaks at long-term care facilities in Manitoba, including a man in his 80s and a woman in her 90s from River East Personal Care Home. A man in his 90s from Holy Family Home and a woman in her 70s from Le Chalet de la Broquerie Assisted Living facility were also deaths connected to outbreaks.
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