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The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 cases are increasing globally at a worrying rate, with the number of new cases doubling each week, a pace approaching the highest rate of infection since the pandemic began. The WHO said Friday there were 541,960 new cases in the past week. On February 22 -- the week new cases began to tick up after six weeks of decline – 194,469 new cases were reported. At a virtual briefing at the agency’s headquarters in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said countries that had avoided widespread infections are now seeing steep increases. He pointed to Papua New Guinea, which, until the beginning of this year, had reported less than 900 cases and only nine deaths. The nation has now reported more than 9,300 cases and 82 deaths. Tedros said that while that is a small number relative to other countries, the dramatic rate of new infections has the WHO very concerned about the potential for a larger epidemic in Papua … [Read more...] about Global COVID-19 Infection Rate Approaches Record High, WHO Warns

The organization PolitiFact rated “True” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s recent comment that racism is “physically built into some of our highways.” Buttigieg, who has been the point person for promoting President Joe Biden’s proposed $2.5 trillion “infrastructure” plan, has made “equity” a central theme, often arguing there were racial motivations behind past transportation projects. “There is racism physically built into some of our highways, and that’s why the jobs plan has specifically committed to reconnect some of the communities that were divided by these dollars,” Buttigieg told The Grio April 6 amid a media blitz. PolitiFact’s investigation was premised on a tweet from the Young America’s Foundation that ridiculed Buttigieg’s claim, saying, “This is not parody.” This is not parody. pic.twitter.com/bzbplAnfqO — YAF (@yaf) April 10, 2021 The fact-checking outfit admitted in its review that Buttigieg’s office assisted the effort when it “provided … [Read more...] about PolitiFact Rates Pete Buttigieg Comment ‘True’: ‘Racism Physically Built into Some of Our Highways’

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – In yet another sign that the Southland is turning a corner in its battle against COVID-19, Los Angeles County’s coronavirus positivity rate hit a record low, while at the same time vaccinations continued to ramp up. A nurse waits at an empty table for more patients to arrive to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a Veterans Administration Long Beach Healthcare System pop-up vaccination site at the Dae Hueng Presbyterian Church on April 17, 2021, in Gardena, Calif. (Getty Images) The L.A. County Public Health Department reported that Friday’s daily positivity rate fell to just 1%, the lowest rate since the start of the pandemic. At the pandemic’s height in December, the positivity rate had hit 20%. Meanwhile, despite the nationwide halt in the administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine over blood clotting issues, L.A. County still expects to receive more than 600,000 total doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines next week. Of … [Read more...] about LA County’s COVID Positivity Rate Hits Record Low; 600K Vaccine Doses Available Next Week

President Joe Biden finally described the rush of unaccompanied minor migrants to the border as a “crisis” on Saturday, despite himself and members of his administration previously refusing to use the word to describe the situation. Biden spoke to reporters about the border crisis after a round of golf at the Delaware Country Club on Saturday. He commented on the crisis as he explained why he reversed his position on raising the caps set by former President Donald Trump on refugees. “The problem was that the refugee part was working on the crisis that ended up on the border with young people,” he said to reporters. “We couldn’t do two things at once. But now we are going to increase the number.” Preliminary data shows more than 18,500 unaccompanied children crossed the border in March, 60 percent more than the previous record of 11,494 in May 2019. In March, Biden denied the flood of migrants coming to the Southern border was a crisis. “No,” he replied when a reporter … [Read more...] about Joe Biden Now Describes Migrant Rush on the Border as a ‘Crisis’

Civil unrest continued for the third straight night Tuesday outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department after the death of Daunte Wright. Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter resigned Tuesday alongside Police Chief Tim Gannon. National Guard reinforced the Brooklyn Center police department and Minnesota State Police as demonstrators slammed into the fence surrounding the police station. Current scene here in #BrooklynCenter Police try and break up the protesters for #DaunteWright with tear gas and flash bangs pic.twitter.com/DJjKCwpMnI — Lisa Bennatan (@LisaBennatan) April 14, 2021 An unlawful assembly was declared hours before the original 10:00 p.m. curfew. Cell phones in the area were hit with an alert that stated “INSERT CELL MESSAGE HERE.” Police officers used crowd control munitions to disperse the demonstrators, including tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash bangs. One individual was hit in the face by a non-lethal round that caused bleeding. Man … [Read more...] about Civil Unrest Continues In Minneapolis: Mass Detainments, Unlawful Assembly Declared