 | | | | Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Tuesday thanked the Mexican government for agreeing to donate 100,000 COVID-19 vaccines, as he seeks to inoculate the population of the Central American country against coronavirus. | | | | | | For Bill McKay, 69, of Haslett, Michigan, the U.S. approval of Biogen Inc's (BIIB.O) new Alzheimer's drug on Monday offers hope that the veteran of 29 marathons can keep on running. | | | | | | Mexico reported 3,449 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country and 262 more fatalities on Tuesday, bringing total infections to 2,438,011 and the death toll to 229,100, according to health ministry data. | | | | | | Portugal will allow vaccinated U.S. tourists into the country, which is trying to salvage its summer holiday season that has been badly affected by the pandemic. | | | | | | U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken cast doubt on Tuesday on the methodology of a report on the origins of COVID-19 cited by the Wall Street Journal that concluded the hypothesis of a virus leak from a Chinese lab was plausible. | | | | | | Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, under pressure to lift COVID-19 related restrictions along the U.S. border, on Tuesday said Ottawa would reveal how some measures could be relaxed for fully vaccinated people, but didn't give a timeframe. | | | | | | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has eased travel recommendations for more than 110 countries and territories, including Japan just ahead of the Olympics. | | | | | | In a pandemic that has hit marginalized people hardest, Latin Americans in Canada's largest urban area have been particularly at risk: They're more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than any other ethnoracial group, according to the most recent data available from the city of Toronto. | | | | | | The U.S. State Department on Tuesday lowered its travel advisory rating for Mexico to "Level 3: Reconsider Travel" as U.S. health officials revised its assessment of COVID-19 concerns for a number of nations. | | | | | | Malaysia went mobile with its mass immunisation drive on Tuesday, with the rollout of the first of 40 vaccine trucks set to hit the highways in the coming months. | | | | | |
