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The nation's top health agency is no longer recommending daily disinfection of schools to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING: CHICAGO — An indoor event at a rural Illinois bar led to 46 cases of COVID-19, a school closure and one resident of a long-term care facility being hospitalized. That’s according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Monday. The Illinois Department of Public health was notified on Feb. 17 of an outbreak. The positive cases include 26 bar patrons, three staff members and 17 secondary cases. The report doesn’t name the establishment or local health department that investigated, but a citation in the report shows severa...

The Latest: UN COVAX program ramps up, but inequity persists The Associated Press © Visar Kryeziu A man arrives to be administered the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, from the Covax facility, at a sport center in capital Pristina, Kosovo, Monday, March 29, 2021. The first batch of AstraZeneca vaccines from the Covax facility arrived Sunday in Kosovo, the last country in the continent yet to start inoculation. Authorities said they got 24,000 vaccines through the Covax system which will be used for medical personnel, elderly people and those with chronic diseases. (AP Photo/Vi...

The United Nations says the U.N.-backed program to provide COVID-19 vaccines to the world’s most vulnerable people has delivered more than 36 million doses to 86 poor and developing countries to date.

NEW YORK — The nation’s top health agency is no longer recommending daily disinfection of schools to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.