GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization warned Monday that the global risk from the omicron variant is “very high” based on early evidence, saying the mutated coronavirus could lead to surges with “severe consequences.”
President Joe Biden will urge Americans to get vaccinated and receive a booster shot as he seeks to quell concerns over the new COVID-19 varient omicron, police in a Minneapolis suburb fatally shot an armed carjacking suspect after the man confronted them in a liquor store and a jury was selected to determine whether Ghislaine Maxwell was Jeffrey Epstein’s puppet or accomplice. Reporter Emily Rudie has today’s News in :90.
Twenty positive COVID-19 cases were reported to the Center for Well-Being during the week of Nov. 15.
The Biden administration is working to distribute several billion dollars in aid for winter heating and utility bills through its $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, Gov. Tim Walz announced Wednesday that the Department of Defense will send medical teams to two major Minnesota hospitals, and St. Thomas students will now be required to scan their ID’s at the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library after 10 p.m. Meg Goltzman has today’s News in :90.
Pfizer will allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, Minnesota law enforcement officers will have new body cameras, and St. Thomas students are in it to win it at trivia nights. Paige Yurczyk has the story.
LONDON (AP) — Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with a U.N.-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, a move that could make the treatment available to more than half of the world’s population.
Joe Biden signed his one-trillion-dollar infrastructure deal into law Monday, Minnesota reported another 5,266 coronavirus infections and a 9.7% positivity rate the past seven days, and St. Thomas has introduced new initiatives to reduce the university’s carbon footprint. Rori West has today’s News in :90.
Twenty-eight positive COVID-19 cases were reported to the Center for Well-Being during the week of Nov. 12.
The University of St. Thomas will require all employees to be vaccinated by January 4th in compliance with federal guidelines instated by the Biden administration, Minnesota hospitals scramble to make room for patients as hospitalizations due to COVID-19 have hit a high for the year and attorneys are set to make closing arguments today at Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial in the shooting of three men during street unrest in Wisconsin. Reporter Pico Volkov has today’s News in :90.
The University of St. Thomas will require all employees, including student employees, to be vaccinated by January 4, 2022, in compliance with federal guidelines instated by the Biden administration.
Medical professionals are suing a city-owned hospital after they were terminated for refusing to receive the COIVD-19 vaccine, Wong Yah-Ping has become the first Chinese woman to conduct a spacewalk, and 28 new positive COVID-19 cases have been reported by the Center For Well Being. Lucy Peterson has today’s News in :90.
Twenty-eight positive COVID-19 cases were reported to the Center for Well-Being during the week of November 5.
Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested for the virus weekly under government rules issued Thursday.
Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey vowed to make his re-election a turning point after a bitterly divisive campaign, and New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy narrowly won reelection Wednesday. Sydney Labelle has today’s News in :90.
Ten positive COVID-19 cases were reported to the Center for Well-Being during the week of October 29.
