MENLO PARK, California â Facebook says it will no longer remove claims that Covid-19 is man-made or manufactured from its apps.
The change comes âin light of ongoing investigations into the origin of Covid-19 and in consultation with public health experts,â Facebook says.
The company based in Menlo Park, California, has long battled a tide of coronavirus-related misinformation. It said in December it would remove vaccine-related misinformation.
âWeâre continuing to work with health experts to keep pace with the evolving nature of the pandemic and regularly update our policies as new facts and trends emerge,â said Guy Rosen, Facebookâs vice president of integrity, in a statement Wednesday.
SEOUL, South Korea â South Korea is allowing younger adults who arenât yet eligible to get coronavirus vaccines to use smartphone apps to sign up for spare doses as officials try to speed up vaccination.
Health officials didnât immediately say how many people applied for leftover vaccines after the services went live on Thursday afternoon. But a flood of requests temporarily forced mobile chat service Kakao to reboot its servers, said Kim Ki-nam, an official from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
Anyone 30 years or older could also use the mobile services of Naver, the countryâs biggest website, to register on standby lists.
CVS Health is betting a chance to win a trip to the Super Bowl, a Bermuda vacation or cash prizes will bring in more customers for COVID-19 vaccinations.
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1of14Traffic is controlled at a COVID-19 testing facility in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, May 27, 2021, Australia’s second largest city announced a seven-day lockdown on Thursday as concern grows over dozens of cases of a COVID-19 variant found in India. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)James Ross/APShow MoreShow Less
2of14A customer wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus orders medicine through plastic sheets in front of drug store in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, May 27, 2021.Sakchai Lalit/APShow MoreShow Less
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4of14FILE - In this May 18, 2021, file photo, a medical staff wearing protective gear, guides people at a rapid coronavirus testing center after the infection alert rose to level 3 in Taipei, Taiwan. After a year of success, Taiwan is struggling with its largest outbreak since the pandemic began. When locally transmitt
WOONSOCKET, R.I. CVS Health is betting a chance to win a trip to the Super Bowl, a Bermuda vacation or cash prizes will bring in more customers for COVID-19 vaccinations. The drugstore chain officials say they’ll launch a sweepstakes on June 1 with weekly drawings and more than 1,000 potential prizes for customers who get shots through CVS or register for them. Other prizes include cash giveaways, Target gift cards, trips to Miami and stays in.