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Coronavirus: Paraguay president asks ministers to resign

Violent protests have broken out over the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Covid-19: Dolly Parton marks vaccination with Jolene rewrite

Singing to the tune of her hit song Jolene, the county star, 75, promotes coronavirus vaccinations.
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Coronavirus: Europe in vaccine race to save summer

Waiting for a jab and vaccine passport, EU citizens are impatient to get their lives back.
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Inside One Funeral Home in Los Angeles

Friday: A reporter on what he saw at a funeral home in East Los Angeles that has been overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Kay Ivey, Alabama's Republican Governor, Resists Calls to Lift Mask Order

By most measures, Gov. Kay Ivey is a predictable Southern Republican, but she has charted her own course on efforts to control the coronavirus. Read more at New York Times

See Fauci's reaction to states lifting mask mandates

CNN's Erin Burnett and Dr. Anthony Fauci discuss the governors of Texas and Mississippi deciding to ease their coronavirus restrictions, even completely lifting mask mandates, amid the pandemic. Read more at CNN

Vaccine Push Fuels a New Race, This Time for Syringes

The world needs up to 10 billion syringes for coronavirus doses, and manufacturers are pulling out all the stops to meet the demand. In the U.S., we investigated the role that race plays in obtaining shots. Read more at New York Times

How Emergent BioSolutions Put an Extraordinary Burden on the U.S.s Troubled Stockpile

The shortage of lifesaving medical equipment last year was a searing example of the governments failed coronavirus response. As health workers resorted to wearing trash bags, one Maryland company profited by selling anthrax vaccines to the countrys emergenc Read more at New York Times

Pope Francis Departs for Iraq

Francis is due to land in Baghdad on Friday afternoon, the first head of the Roman Catholic Church to visit Iraq. Brushing aside coronavirus concerns, he will seek to rally the fading Christian community. Read more at New York Times

Days from getting vaccinated, 88-year-old dies of Covid-19

Just days before he was supposed to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, 88-year-old Leonard Davis contracted coronavirus and died 10 days after being admitted to the hospital. CNN's Randi Kaye reports. Read more at CNN

Four sisters in their 80s and 90s reunited to get their Covid-19 vaccines together

Four elderly sisters in New Jersey haven't been able to have their regular get-togethers during the coronavirus pandemic, but they made an exception to get their Covid-19 vaccinations. Read more at CNN

Lisa Ling shares hateful social media messages she's received

"This Is Life with Lisa Ling" host Lisa Ling shares hateful online messages she has received as attacks against Asian Americans are in the spotlight amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Read more at CNN

Fact-checking Detroit mayor's misleading statements on Johnson & Johnson vaccine

As the demand for coronavirus vaccines continues to outpace the supply, the newly approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine came as encouraging and much needed news to cities and states across the US. But not, apparently, for Detroit. Read more at CNN

Spring break could be a perfect storm for spreading coronavirus variants. Don't let that happen

Highly contagious variants will soon have a ridiculously easy chance to spread rapidly across the US. Spring break starts for hundreds of universities this month, and typical revelry could lead to countless Americans getting infected as variants threaten to o Read more at CNN

Under intense pressure, WHO skips summary report on coronavirus origin

The full report, however, is expected the week of March 15.
Read more at Ars Technica

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now - Reuters

What you need to know about the coronavirus right nowReuters
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Fauci Donates Personal Coronavirus Model To Smithsonian

The face of the U.S. government's pandemic response donated his personal model of the SARS-CoV-2 virion to the Smithsonian Institution for a future exhibit. Read more at NPR

Factbox: China's controversial anal tests for coronavirus upset visitors - Reuters

Foreign visitors have been upset by China's anal swab tests for COVID-19, prompting complaints of inconvenience and even psychological trauma, and stoking debate over their necessity. Read more at Reuters

Poland says looser coronavirus restrictions possible in May - Reuters

Poland could loosen coronavirus restrictions in May, provided a third wave of the pandemic peaks between March and April, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said on Thursday. Read more at Reuters

New Zealand's Auckland emerges from weeklong coronavirus lockdown - Reuters UK

Auckland, New Zealand's biggest city, emerged on Sunday from a strict weeklong lockdown imposed after a community cluster of the more contagious UK coronavirus variant. Read more at Reuters

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