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Life expectancy fell sharply in the U.S. and Russia last year because of COVID

Thu, 2021-11-04 10:57 — mike kraft

The United States had the second-steepest decline in life expectancy among high-income countries last year during the pandemic, according to a study of death data spanning several continents.

The only country studied that saw a starker overall trend was Russia.

The study, published Wednesday in The BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal), assessed premature death in 37 countries, comparing observed life expectancy in 2020 with what would have been expected for the year based on historical trends from 2005-2019. Life expectancy dropped in 31 of these countries during the pandemic.

The U.S. trend was among the worst. ...

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Travel: Russia, Belgium moves to CDC's highest risk travel category

Tue, 2021-11-02 09:47 — mike kraft

Russia moves to CDC's highest risk travel category The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added Russia to its list of "very high" risk travel destinations this week. By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN CNN

(CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added Russia to its list of "very high" risk travel destinations this week.

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OVERVIEW: NewYork City police, Europe, Asia

Thu, 2021-10-28 10:33 — mike kraft

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Reuters Reuters

-- NYC firefighters union says members should defy vaccine mandate

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Moscow to shut shops, schools as COVID-19 deaths soar to highest level yet

Thu, 2021-10-21 11:09 — mike kraft

Moscow to shut shops, schools as COVID-19 deaths soar MOSCOW (AP) — Authorities in Moscow on Thursday announced plans to shut restaurants, cinemas and non-food stores and introduce other restrictions later this month, as Russia registered the highest daily numbers of new coronavirus infections and deaths since the start of the pandemic. AP NEWS

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Overview: International developments, Asia, Americas, Eastern Europe

Wed, 2021-10-20 12:22 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus Russia will shut workplaces for a week, Latvia has gone back into lockdown for a month and Romanian funeral homes are running out of coffins as vaccine-sceptic countries across ex-communist Eastern Europe face record-setting disease and deaths. Reuters Reuters

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Record COVID-19 deaths hit Russia, Eastern Europe as region spurns vaccines

Wed, 2021-10-20 12:11 — mike kraft

Lockdowns, record COVID-19 deaths hit Russia, Eastern Europe as region spurns vaccines Russia will shut workplaces for a week, Latvia went back into lockdown for a month and Romanian funeral homes are running out of coffins, as vaccine-sceptic countries across ex-communist Eastern Europe face record-setting disease and deaths. Octav Ganea,Alexander Marrow Reuters

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Russians to stay off work for a week as virus deaths rise

Wed, 2021-10-20 12:03 — mike kraft

Russians to stay off work for a week as virus deaths rise MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered most Russians to stay off work for a week later this month amid rising COVID-19 infections and deaths, and he strongly urged reluctant citizens to get vaccinated. AP NEWS

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Europe was the only region with rise in COVID-19 last week --WHO

Wed, 2021-10-20 10:21 — mike kraft

WHO: Europe the only region with rise in COVID-19 last week LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization said there was a 7% rise in new coronavirus cases across Europe last week, the only region in the world where cases increased. In its weekly assessment of the pandemic released late Tuesday, the U.N. AP NEWS

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization said there was a 7% rise in new coronavirus cases across Europe last week, the only region in the world where cases increased.

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