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The other side of reopening: COVID-induced anxiety
PEORIA, Ill. — Friday’s full reopening of Illinois brings to an end roughly 15 months of restrictions outside the home. This means the ability to gather with friends, family, and acquainta...
Jeremy Scott Jun 10, 2021
Venezuela says payments to COVAX vaccine system have been blocked
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan officials said on Thursday the country's government has been unable to complete a payment required to receive coronavirus vaccines because transfers to the global COVAX ...
Syndicated Content Jun 10, 2021

Local COVID roundup 6/10: ICU beds in use continue to decrease
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department Thursday reported just four ICU beds were in use in the tri-county area for COVID-19 patients, down from Wednesday’s total of seven....
Dalton Kemper Jun 10, 2021
Turkey should pull troops from Afghanistan under 2020 accord -Taliban spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turkey should withdraw its troops from Afghanistan under the 2020 deal for the pullout of U.S. forces, a Taliban spokesman said on Thursday, effectively rejecting Ankara's propo...
Syndicated Content Jun 10, 2021
Brazil reports another 2,504 COVID deaths in 24 hours – ministry
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil has had 88,092 new cases of the novel coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours, and 2,504 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. The South American co...
Syndicated Content Jun 10, 2021
Fed balance sheet tops $8 trillion for first time -data
By Kate Duguid NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve's balance sheet topped $8 trillion for the first time, weekly data published on Thursday by the U.S. central bank on its holdings showed. The rep...
Syndicated Content Jun 10, 2021
Baseball All-Star Game will not return to Atlanta, can stay in Denver -judge
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Baseball's annual All-Star Game next month will remain in Denver after a federal judge on Thursday rejected a conservative small business group's request that i...
Syndicated Content Jun 10, 2021
Brazil plans to allow vaccinated people not to need face masks – Bolsonaro
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that the health minister was preparing a measure to no longer require face masks for people who have been vaccinated for the cor...
Syndicated Content Jun 10, 2021
Athletics-Asher-Smith storms to 200m Diamond League victory in Florence
(Reuters) - Britain's Dina Asher-Smith clocked her fastest time outside of a major championships as she powered to victory in the 200 metres at the third Diamond League meeting of the season in Floren...
Syndicated Content Jun 10, 2021
Pfizer cuts Norway’s COVID-19 vaccine deliveries, rollout delayed
OSLO (Reuters) - Pfizer has cut July deliveries of its COVID-19 vaccine to Norway by 400,000 doses, delaying the Nordic country's vaccine rollout, the company and the Norwegian Institute of Public Hea...
Syndicated Content Jun 10, 2021
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