Coronavirus
The latest Coronavirus coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Health section.
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With salty language, Macron berates France’s unvaccinated
French President Emmanuel Macron burst into the presidential race with an explosive remark about the country's minority of unvaccinated people - in an apparent effort to win support from mainstream voters but at the risk of widening divisions over the issue.
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Hong Kong bans flights, imposes other COVID-19 restrictions
Hong Kong authorities announced a two-week ban on flights from the United States and seven other countries and held 2,500 passengers on a cruise ship for coronavirus testing Wednesday as the city attempted to stem an emerging omicron outbreak.
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CDC posts rationale for shorter isolation, quarantine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday explained the scientific rationale for shortening its COVID-19 isolation and quarantine recommendations, and clarified that the guidance applies to kids as well as adults.
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COVID case counts may be losing importance amid omicron
The explosive increase in U.S. coronavirus case counts is raising alarm, but some experts believe the focus should instead be on COVID-19 hospital admissions. And those aren't climbing as fast.
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Navy blocked from acting against 35 COVID vaccine refusers
A federal judge in Texas has granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Navy from acting against 35 sailors for refusing on religious grounds to comply with an order to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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High court won’t say whether justices have received booster
The Supreme Court is refusing to say whether the nine justices have received COVID-19 vaccination booster shots, with the omicron variant surging and in-person arguments over vaccines scheduled at the court on Friday.
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Tennessee governor downplays current COVID-19 surge, sees no need for mask mandates
As Tennessee's COVID-19 case numbers surge to new heights because of the highly contagious omicron variant, Gov. Bill Lee said Tuesday he sees no current need to declare a health emergency to trigger mask mandates because, he argued, infections are not translating to a wave of hospitalizations.
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Tennessee appeals order blocking school mask mandate limits
Tennessee officials are appealing a judge's order that blocked the state's new severe limits on when public schools can require masks during the COVID-19 pandemic and its ban against local officials making decisions about quarantines in schools.
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Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately?
Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately?
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Omicron upends return to US schools and workplaces
Some school systems around the U.S. extended their holiday break Monday or switched back to online instruction because of the explosion in COVID-19 cases, while others pressed ahead with in-person classes amid a seemingly growing sense that Americans will have to learn to co-exist with the virus.