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Stars and Stripes Coronavirus Update

Coronavirus Update

Coronavirus Update

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Troops heading to South Korea will no longer need negative pre-travel PCR test

A PCR test for COVID-19 will no longer be required for U.S. military personnel before they arrive in South Korea from another country.

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Accounts differ in unvaccinated Coast Guard cadet departures

Coast Guard Academy officials and a lawyer for several cadets are disputing each other’s accounts of what happened to seven students before and after they were forced to leave the Connecticut campus last month after refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

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W.Va., Va. join 22-state coalition challenging Biden's military vaccine mandate

The court filing is in support of the religious liberty of Navy SEALs and other U.S. Navy personnel seeking exemptions from the Biden administration's continuing pursuit of universal COVID-19 vaccination.

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CDC recommends reformulated coronavirus booster shot for fall

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that millions of eligible Americans, including those as young as 12, get an updated omicron-targeting booster shot to bolster defenses against serious illness and death during a potential fall or winter rise in COVID-19 cases.

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Biden seeks $47B for Ukraine, COVID-19, monkeypox, disasters

The money for Ukraine would be on top of $40 billion that was approved earlier this year.

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Coronavirus boosters targeting omicron get FDA blessing for fall push

The boosters, reformulated to take aim at the BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants dominant in the United States, are scheduled to be reviewed by advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.

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Should you get a new COVID booster? If so, when?

Many Americans will face a decision whether to get a new booster shot that targets currently circulating omicron strains.

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LA plans end to COVID-19 protections against evictions, rent hikes

Los Angeles may wind down many of its COVID-19 protections against evictions and rent increases by January, ending what has become some of the nation's strongest and longest-lasting tenant safeguards during the pandemic.

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China moves aggressively on COVID as political summit looms

The moves come even as China's latest wave shows signs of easing, with 1,556 new infections nationwide reported for Sunday, down from more than 3,000 less than two weeks ago.

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