This year, Walker County has passed the number of COVID-19 deaths and cases that it posted last year, and is showing a high rate of transmission.
By ED HOWELL
Daily Mountain Eagle ed.howell@mountaineagle.com | 12/21/21 |
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has decided not to spend Christmas at the royal Sandringham estate in eastern England amid concerns about the fast-spreading omicron variant.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli ministers on Monday agreed to ban travel to the United States, Canada and eight other countries amid the rapid, global spread of the omicron variant.
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12/20/21
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The NBA on Sunday postponed a total of five games involving nine teams in response to rising coronavirus numbers, raising the number of contests that have been pushed back this season to …
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By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer | 12/20/21 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Cory Booker of New Jersey say they have tested positive for COVID-19, as the country deals with another surge in cases and the …
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NEW YORK (AP) — People's Sexiest Man Alive of 2021 was indeed inducted into the vaunted Five-Timers Club on "Saturday Night Live," but the surging omicron variant of the coronavirus meant there …
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By MALLIKA SEN
Associated Press | 12/20/21 |
NEW YORK (AP) — New York state reported Friday that just over 21,000 people had tested positive for COVID-19 the previous day, the highest single-day total for new cases since testing became …
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama confirmed its first case of the swift-moving omicron variant of the coronavirus Thursday, a development that was expected as the latest mutation spreads in the United States, the state health officer said.
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By KIM CHANDLER
Associated Press | 12/16/21 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Army officials said Thursday that 98% of their active duty force had gotten at least one dose of the mandatory coronavirus vaccine as of this week's deadline for the shots but …
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press | 12/16/21 |
LONDON (AP) — Spiraling infections in Britain driven in part by the new omicron variant of the coronavirus sent shockwaves Thursday into the rest of Europe, fueling a familiar dread that …
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By DANICA KIRKA and MIKE CORDER
Associated Press | 12/16/21 |