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COVID-19 cases in the southwestern Chinese city of Ruili bordering on Myanmar have now topped 100

By The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government extended a lockdown by another week Monday after an alarming spike in coronavirus infections continued to surge and started to overwhelm many hospitals in the capital and outlying regions. President Rodrigo Duterte placed Metropolitan Manila and four outlying provinces, a region of more than 25 million people, back under lockdown last week as daily infections breached the 10,000-mark. Leaders of the dominant Roman Catholic church shifted its Holy Week and Easter events online after all public gatherings, ...

The Latest: Britain eyes twice weekly virus tests for all The Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 9 1of9Small socially distanced groups gather in the sunshine on Primrose Hill overlooking the buildings of central London, Sunday April 4, 2021. (Kirsty O'Connor/PA via AP)Kirsty O'Connor/APShow MoreShow Less 2of9A health worker administers the COVISHIELD vaccine for COVID-19 at a residential area in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, April 4, 2021.Ajit Solanki/APShow MoreShow Less 3of9 4of9People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk in Osaka, western Japan, Fri...

Hundreds of Special Olympics athletes get COVID vaccine at Kapolei clinic Special Olympics athletes receive their first dose of the COVID vaccine in Kapolei By HNN Staff | April 3, 2021 at 2:39 PM HST - Updated April 4 at 8:54 AM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hundreds of Special Olympics athletes with intellectual disabilities received their first dose of the COVID vaccine on Saturday. Physicians and medical staff from Kaiser Permanente worked with Special Olympics Hawaii to administer shots at Consolidated Theatres Kapolei. More than 250 people showed up to get their first shot of ...

Hundreds of Special Olympics athletes in Hawaii get vaccine April 4, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail HONOLULU (AP) — Hundreds of Special Olympic athletes with intellectual disabilities have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine at a facility in Hawaii. Physicians and medical employees from Kaiser Permanente worked in tandem with Special Olympics Hawaii to administer shots at Consolidated Theatres Kapolei on Saturday. More than 250 people attended to receive their first shot of the Pfizer vaccine. The Special Olympics athletes and coaches said they decided to receive the vaccine bec...