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Young women wait to get vaccinated by Namra, a 21-year-old health worker who's part of a national door-to-door vaccination effort in the informal Hindubasti settlement in Karachi.

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Pakistan has a big idea: Send 13,000 teams led by women to vaccinate the hesitant

8:39am March 05, 2022

The vaccinators are going door-to-door in what the government is calling an unprecedented effort, toting coolers with a mix of COVID vaccine types.

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Live Updates: Coronavirus In North Carolina

12:04pm March 04, 2022

by WFDD Staff

Stay up to date with everything COVID-19 related at Coronavirus Central.

WFDD reporters will update this page with the latest news of the coronavirus in North Carolina. Scroll down for older updates. Para versión en Español, haga click aquí.

Security guards stand in front of the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China, on Jan. 11, 2020, after the market had been closed following an outbreak of COVID-19 there. Two new studies document samples of SARS-CoV-2 from stalls where live animal

Striking new evidence points to seafood market in Wuhan as pandemic origin point

10:14pm March 03, 2022

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Two studies point to a link between the animals at the seafood market and the spread of SARS-CoV-2 — foreshadowed by photos from 2014 of raccoon dogs and birds. A top virus sleuth gives the details.

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Feeling awkward in your mask? Advice on how to stay cool.

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Coronavirus FAQ: I'm a one-way masker. What strategy will give me optimal protection?

5:25pm February 25, 2022

by Will Stone

Even as the CDC endorses the end of mask mandates in many areas, some folks still want to wear a mask in public places to reduce the risk of a coronavirus infection. Here's a guide to one-way masking.

Education

As mandates are lifted, families weigh whether or not to have their children wear masks

4:52pm February 23, 2022

by Keri Brown

Kusemererwa Jonathan Henry, Joel Joseph (left and middle) and a friend pose for a photo on their way home from school. During the lockdown, they missed spending time in school together and would walk to visit each other.

PHOTOS: Teen dreams and disappointments after the world's longest COVID school closure

8:02am February 19, 2022

Schools in Uganda were shut nearly 2 years due to the pandemic. Now they're open again, although millions of kids won't go back. We speak to 6 teens about their plans and hopes.

A rapid antigen test shows a positive test result for COVID-19.

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Coronavirus FAQ: Is it a good idea to get COVID before I'm over 60 and at higher risk?

3:18pm February 18, 2022

Say you're in your 50s. Maybe you're thinking, it's a good idea to catch SARS-CoV-2 now before you hit your 60s and would be at higher risk of severe illness? Or is that a very bad idea?

Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, walks through rows of boxed personal protective equipment with dignitaries and elected officials, as he prepares to announce the next phase of California's COVID-19 response on Thursday.

California changes its COVID strategy and announces a plan to live with the virus

10:28am February 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

The state's plan sets specific goals, such as stockpiling masks, providing wide-scale daily vaccinations and tests and adding 3,000 medical workers within three weeks in surge areas.

A child wears a KN95 mask for kids in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

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Coronavirus FAQ: What's the best way to protect school-age kids from COVID?

5:23pm February 11, 2022

by Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

Plus: Do kids really need masks if they've been vaccinated and had COVID? And what kind of masks should kids wear?

A hamster named Marshmallow was dropped off at the New Territories South Animal Management Centre in Hong Kong on Jan. 19 over concerns that pets were spreading the coronavirus to humans. Thousands of small animals were culled after hamsters tested positi

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The hamsters of Hong Kong offer a cautionary COVID tale

8:05pm February 10, 2022

by Melody Schreiber

A new study documents that infected hamsters, imported from the Netherlands, passed the virus on to humans. Previously only minks had been identified as a source of animal-to-human transmission.