PRISTINA, Kosovo Kosovo recorded 975 coronavirus cases on Thursday, the highest daily number.
Kosovo has started vaccinations this week after getting some 24,000 AstraZeneca doses from the COVAX program, which will be used for medical personnel and people over 80.
Prime Minister Albin Kurti has asked neighboring Albania to help with the vaccination of the schoolteachers. Authorities are asking people to respect mandatory mask wearing, not gather in crowds of more than 50 and observe the overnight curfew.
Kosovo has recorded 91,405 confirmed cases and 1,884 confirmed deaths.
BUCHAREST, Romania A record 1,434 COVID-19 patients are receiving care in intensive care units, a number increasing in consecutive days and putting hospitals under serious pressure in Romania.
The Latest: FDA authorizes 2 changes to Moderna s vaccine
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1of30Dr. Mark Ghaly, Secretary, California Health and Human Services, left, inoculates California Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in Los Angeles Thursday, April 1, 2021. Newsom was vaccinated with the new one-dose Janssen COVID-19 vaccine by Johnson & Johnson.Damian Dovarganes/APShow MoreShow Less
2of30FILE - This Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 file photo shows a BinaxNOW rapid COVID-19 test made by Abbott Laboratories, in Tacoma, Wash. On Wednesday, March 31, 2021, the FDA said Abbott’s BinaxNow and Quidel’s QuickVue tests can now be sold without a prescription for consumers to test themselves repeatedly at home.Ted S. Warren/APShow MoreShow Less
New unemployment claims in Michigan have dropped to their lowest level since the start of the pandemic, even as jobless claims rose across the U.S.
New claims in Michigan declined to 10,028 in the week ending March 27, down from 12,765 the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday.
U.S. unemployment claims increased to 719,000 last week, up from 658,000 the week prior, their lowest level in the pandemic, on a seasonally adjusted basis.
Last year at this time, there were about 304,000 new claims in Michigan. A week later, new claims hit their pandemic peak, with nearly 400,000 claims in one week.
The Latest: US approves 2 more coronavirus home tests
A woman holds food donated by the Bees of Love Institute during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Rocinha slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, April 1, 2021. (AP Silvia Izquierdo) April 01, 2021 - 12:02 PM
WASHINGTON â U.S. health officials have authorized two more over-the-counter COVID-19 tests that can be used at home to get quick results.
The Food and Drug Administration decision this week is expected to vastly expand the availability of cheap home tests that many experts have recommended for months. The FDA says tests made by Abbott and Quidel can now be sold without a prescription. That will allow people to test themselves repeatedly at home.