Canada is dropping the COVID-19 testing requirement for air travellers from China, Hong Kong, and Macau that was put in place for less than three months after Beijing announced a sudden reopening of its borders in January. The temporary pre-departure testing requirement will be dropped as of 12:01 a.m. EDT on March 17, 2023, the Public Health…
Canada to Drop Mandatory COVID-19 Testing for Air Travellers From China
LA Unified Scales Back Indoor Masking, Weekly COVID Testing for Upcoming School Year
August 4, 2022
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The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will scale back most of its COVID-19 measures—including the mask mandate and weekly testing—for the upcoming school year. The LAUSD announced these changes just two weeks before the start of the fall semester on Aug 15. “As we have entered into a new phase of this virus where…
Capitol Report (June 10): Trump, Biden React to Jan 6 Hearing; Inflation Index Spikes
New inflation data is out, and the numbers aren’t looking good. We’ll break down what’s costing you the most and what the president has to say about these record high prices. David Brat, a former Virginia congressman and current dean of the business school at Liberty University, joins us to break down the 41-year-high inflation…
China’s Normalization of COVID-19 Testing Draws Wide Criticism
June 4, 2022
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Megacities in China have been setting up COVID-19 nucleic acid “sampling circles” (testing sites) within 15 minutes walking distance from anywhere in the city since the communist regime put out the requirement to normalize the testing nationwide on May 9. It has attracted wide criticism. Rights lawyers point out that it’s illegal. In Shenzhen, Xi’an, Beijing,…
California Lawmakers to Potentially Enforce Regular School COVID-19 Testing Plan
April 1, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—California is to potentially pass legislation that will require all schools to create a COVID-19 testing plan to prevent case surges and school closures. Senate Bill 1479, introduced by Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento), advanced to the state assembly Education Committee following a March 31 vote to advance the bill during a Health Committee meeting. The…
California Lawmakers Seek to Implement Regular School COVID-19 Testing Plan
April 1, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—California could potentially pass legislation that will require all schools to create a COVID-19 testing plan to prevent case surges and school closures. Senate Bill 1479, introduced by Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento), advanced to the state assembly Education Committee following a March 31 vote to advance the bill during a Health Committee meeting. The bill…
SoCal COVID Cases Continue Dropping; Free N95 Masks and Longer Paid Sick Leave
January 29, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—As new COVID-19 cases and positivity rate continues dropping in Southern California, more programs are available for people to gain better access to testings, masks, and financial support. On Jan. 27, Los Angeles County had 23,796 new cases reported, down from 43,091 the previous Friday, according to the county’s Department of Public Health. To…
About 180,000 LAUSD Students Absent from First Day of Spring Semester
January 12, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Amid a surge in COIVD-19 cases, almost one-third of students were absent on Jan. 11, the first day of the spring semester in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The district serves over 600,000 students, of whom 30 percent—about 180,000—did not go back to school on Tuesday, mostly because of testing positive or…
62,000 LAUSD Students and Staff Test Positive for COVID-19 as In-Person Classes Resume
January 10, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Students in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will return to campus on Jan. 11 amid a surge in COVID-19 cases—with 62,000 LAUSD students and employees testing positive for the virus as of Jan. 10. All students and staff are required to upload proof of a negative COVID-19 test to the Daily Pass…
CDC Updates COVID-19 Isolation Guidance to Include a Section on Antigen Tests
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday updated its guidelines for COVID-19 isolation to include a section on rapid antigen tests, in which it provides guidance for cases where people wanted to take a test. The updated CDC guidance does not say that isolated people have to test negative before emerging from isolation, but…
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