Top news of the week: 25.01.2022.
Coronavirus
US jobless claims rise to 286,000, highest since October
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose to the highest level in three months as the fast-spreading omicron variant continued to disrupt the job ...
US faces wave of omicron deaths in coming weeks, models say
The fast-moving omicron variant may cause less severe disease on average, but COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are climbing and modelers forecast 50,000 to 300,000 more Americans could die by ...
Biden says nation weary from COVID, but US in a better place
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden acknowledged Wednesday that the pandemic has left Americans exhausted and demoralized but insisted at a news conference marking his first year in ...
Coronavirus: Austrian parliament approves mandatory vaccination order
If the bill is signed into law, Austrians who refuse to take the shot will face fines of up to €3,600.
Graduation rates dip across US as pandemic stalls progress
High school graduation rates dipped in at least 20 states after the first full school year disrupted by the pandemic, suggesting the coronavirus may have ended nearly two decades of ...
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
The chairman of the Gavi vaccine alliance, Jose Manuel Barroso, said on Wednesday that an additional $5.2 billion is needed to continue to deliver COVID vaccines at scale, as more than 3 ...
Hope seen once the omicron wave increases global immunity
World health officials are offering hope that the ebbing of the omicron wave could give way to a new, more manageable phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as they warn of difficult weeks ...
Trudeau says Conservatives stoking fear over Canada’s trucker vaccine mandate
Prime minister says claims that Covid-19 measure will disrupt supply chain and boost inflation are ‘fearmongering’