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Navajo Nation rescinds mask mandate on vast reservation
The mandate was one of the longest-standing anywhere in the U.S. and applied broadly to businesses, government offices and tourist destinations on the reservation. Read more
The mandate was one of the longest-standing anywhere in the U.S. and applied broadly to businesses, government offices and tourist destinations on the reservation. Read more
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday announced plans to downgrade the legal status of COVID-19 to the equivalent of seasonal influenza in the spring, a move that would further relax mask wearing and other preventive measures as the country seeks to return to normalcy. Read more
It’s a bitter disappointment for many businesses that had been hoping lean pandemic times were over after Beijing relaxed restrictions on travel. Read more
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Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients are ticking up following the holidays, with an average of 94 per day over the past week, according to data from the Healthcare Association of Hawaii. Read more
A former United Airlines employee was indicted by the federal government for allegedly taking nearly $150,000 in Economic Injury Disaster Loans provided by the government during the COVID-19 pandemic by making up a fake limousine business. Read more
Hong Kong will scrap its mandatory isolation rule for people infected with COVID-19 from Jan. 30 as part of its strategy to return the southern Chinese city to normalcy, the city’s leader said on Thursday. Read more
The state’s seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases was 162 compared with 170 on Jan. 11. Read more
Powell, 69, is “up to date” with all COVID vaccines and boosters, the Fed said, and is working from home. Read more
Hairdresser Wang Lidan is making an emotional Lunar New Year journey from Beijing to her hometown in northeastern China — her first in three years after the government lifted its strict “zero-COVID” policy that kept millions of people at home and sparked protests. Read more
The three were convicted of first-degree premeditated murder. Read more
Despite the official numbers, some experts believe China’s population has been in decline for a few years. Read more
A doctor is under investigation in Italy for supplying false certificates and fake vaccines and Giorgi’s name was revealed in a long list of people implicated by an Italian newspaper. Read more
Nearly 600 CEOs and over 50 heads of state or government are expected, but it’s never clear how much concrete action emerges from the elite event. Read more
China’s abrupt pivot from “zero-COVID” in early December unleashed a surge of omicron infections. Read more
he announcement Saturday was the first official death toll since the ruling Communist Party abruptly dropped anti-virus restrictions in December despite a surge in infections that flooded hospitals. Read more
The toll included 5,503 deaths due to respiratory failure caused by COVID-19 and 54,435 fatalities from other ailments combined with COVID-19 since Dec. 8. Read more
Officials declined requests to discuss details of their investigation. Read more
RSV and flu hospitalizations are down, but COVID-19 hospitalizations rose through December Read more
The mandate will be dropped on Feb. 2, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach announced in Berlin. Read more
The county said its testing centers at Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall and mobile van sites will offer their last COVID tests on Feb. 28. Read more
A new omicron subvariant — XBB.1.5 — is on Hawaii’s radar as the new year gets underway. Read more
