#Broadway’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ closes permanently amid COVID

#Broadway’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ closes permanently amid COVID

“#Broadway’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ closes permanently amid COVID” The producers of Broadway’s “Jagged Little Pill” said Monday that they decided to shut down the musical amid the latest COVID-19 surge. “In light of the extreme uncertainty ahead of us this winter, and forced to choose between continuing performances and protecting our company, we’ve made the…

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#Quebec goes into lockdown over Omicron surge

#Quebec goes into lockdown over Omicron surge

“#Quebec goes into lockdown over Omicron surge” Quebec officials announced Monday that they are taking the drastic step of throwing the province into a lockdown amid an explosion of Omicron cases. “The situation is critical. The explosion of cases is overwhelming,” Health Minister Christian Dubé said at a press briefing. “Our health system is already…

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#NYC schools see record number of new COVID cases

#NYC schools see record number of new COVID cases

“#NYC schools see record number of new COVID cases” City schools set a new record for COVID cases Wednesday as the Department of Education knocked down talk of a systemwide shutdown. The DOE logged a total of 546 new positive coronavirus cases — 384 students and 162 teachers. That’s the highest number this year so…

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#Apple is delaying return to office indefinitely: report

#Apple is delaying return to office indefinitely: report

“#Apple is delaying return to office indefinitely: report” Apple is delaying its return to office plans indefinitely, Bloomberg News reported, while the company said it has temporarily closed three stores in the US and Canada after a rise in COVID-19 cases and exposures among the stores’ employees. The company’s employees were previously set to return to…

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#Cornell University closes campus as Omicron outbreak spreads

#Cornell University closes campus as Omicron outbreak spreads

“#Cornell University closes campus as Omicron outbreak spreads” Cornell University has closed its main campus amid an outbreak of COVID-19’s Omicron variant. A “substantial number” of students infected with the coronavirus at the Ivy League school’s upstate Ithaca campus have the strain, officials said Tuesday. “Our surveillance testing has continued to identify the rapid spread…

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#Colorado Gov. Jared Polis declares COVID-19 emergency ‘over’ despite omicron

#Colorado Gov. Jared Polis declares COVID-19 emergency ‘over’ despite omicron

“#Colorado Gov. Jared Polis declares COVID-19 emergency ‘over’ despite omicron” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, declared in a new interview that the COVID-19 emergency is “over” and that he won’t be implementing another statewide mask mandate in response to the spread of the omicron variant, explaining that if people aren’t vaccinated at this point it’s their “own…

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#Scientists slam German tabloid’s pandemic coverage

#Scientists slam German tabloid’s pandemic coverage

“#Scientists slam German tabloid’s pandemic coverage” BERLIN — A group representing Germany’s main scientific organizations has accused the country’s biggest-selling newspaper of contributing to public hostility against scientists during the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement Monday, the Alliance of Scientific Organization criticized a recent report by the Bild tabloid for singling out three researchers who…

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