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COVID-19: Argentinian president tests positive; Turkey institutes new curfew By (0) Argentinian president Alberto Fernandez, shown here in Buenos Aires after winning the first round of the general election in October 2019, announced Friday that he is self-isolating after a rapid COVID-19 test came back positive. Photo by Enrique Garcia Medina/EPA-EFE April 3 (UPI) -- Argentina's president announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19 as cases surged in several countries this week. As of Saturday, 130.5 million COVID-19 cases have been recorded worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins Univ...

CDC: More than 100M have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine By (0) A health worker administers the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine to a local resident at the Long Beach Convention Center in California. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo April 3 (UPI) -- The United States has administered at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose to more than 100 million, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The country hit the 100 million milestone Friday after setting an "all-time record" of nearly 4 million doses administered Thursday, White House COVID-19 Data Director Cyr...

California theme parks, stadiums allowed to begin reopening Thursday By (0) Visitors walk past the closed entrance to Universal Studios Hollywood theme park on June 28, 2020. Parks and stadiums in California will begin to reopen under coronavirus guidelines on Thursday. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo April 1 (UPI) -- After remaining closed for more than a year, theme parks and stadiums in California are allowed to begin reopening Thursday, with restrictions, under state COVID-19 guidelines. The parks and stadiums were closed in March 2020, but can reopen Thursday to California...

Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine 91% effective after 6 months By (0) A health worker holds a vial of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York City on December 14, 2020. File Photo by Mark Lennihan/UPI | License Photo April 1 (UPI) -- Pfizer and partner BioNTech announced Thursday that six months after getting the second dose of its vaccine, volunteers in a clinical trial remained 91% protected against COVID-19 and were better protected against severe forms of the illness. The 12,000 volunteers showed no serious safety concerns, but many did have usual short-ter...

Almost 720,000 U.S. workers have filed for new unemployment benefits, the Labor Department said in its weekly report Thursday.