LAS VEGAS – Six weeks ago, thousands of New Year’s revelers gathered beneath the neon-lit marquees on the Las Vegas Strip — even though the big annual fireworks show was called off due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The sight of the big crowd, including many people without masks, spurred fears that COVID-19 infections would skyrocket, followed by hospitalizations and then deaths.

That's exactly what happened. January was Nevada's deadliest month since the pandemic began, with 1,132 deaths. December was second.

Now the virus is reshaping a tourist destination built for excess and known for bright lights, big crowds, indulgent meals and headline shows.

Read more on clickorlando.com

All news from clickorlando.com

The website covid-19.rehab is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

ACM Awards show returns to Nashville venues in April

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Academy of Country Music Awards is coming back to Nashville for a second time to hold its awards show at three different venues.

Thomas Rhett city Las Vegas state Tennessee city Nashville, state Tennessee pandemic Coronavirus

Calgary police explain why officer was recorded shaking hands with anti-mask protestor

statement posted to Facebook on Monday evening, the CPS said members of its public safety unit and diversity resources team were monitoring Saturday’s anti-mask rally at Chinook Centre. ‘He kicked the dog, which is unacceptable’: Calgary police address video showing officer strike K9 “The diversity resources team were on scene to try and negotiate the protestors leaving the mall peacefully,” police said.

covid-19 Viral Video Coronavirus

Kate Garraway rows with Good Morning Britain guest over Covid jab passports amid husband Derek’s hospitalisation

Good Morning Britain star Kate Garraway was involved in a fiery clash with a guest on the ITV daytime show on Tuesday 16 February.The 53 year old TV presenter butted heads with guest Dominique Samuels over coronavirus vaccine passports. Kate’s husband Derek Draper is still in hospital after he was taken into intensive care in March last year as he battled the virus.

Kate Garraway Derek Draper Britain vaccine Good Morning Britain

'Mission Impossible' scraps plans to film 7th and 8th installments back-to-back due to coronavirus: report

The "Mission Impossible" franchise may have hit another snag in production. Due to the coronavirus pandemic moving the release dates of several movies, plans to film the seventh and eighth installments back-to-back have reportedly been scrapped. The seventh installment of the popular action franchise has been waylaid several times by the ongoing pandemic.

Italy Norway pandemic Coronavirus

Nurse, 60, who inspired family to join NHS and refused to work remotely dies from Covid

A nurse who inspired almost her entire family to join the NHS has died of coronavirus, aged 60.

pandemic NHS Coronavirus

Quebec coroner delays inquiry into COVID-19 related deaths at Herron until September

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The move comes after a lawyer for Herron’s owners called for the hearings into her client’s facility to be delayed on Monday. Nadine Touma argued that prosecutors haven’t decided if they intend to charge the owners of the long-term care home and that the inquest’s hearing should be put on hold.However, lawyers representing the families of residents who died at Herron and lawyers representing media companies argued the inquest should continue immediately and publicly.In the meantime, the coroner’s inquest will continue with hearings regarding other facilities.

covid-19 coronavirus news Coronavirus

Slovakia sees virus deaths soar, blames U.K. variant

PRAGUE – Slovakia has become the nation with most COVID-19 deaths by size of population in the world amid a surge of cases from a highly contagious coronavirus variant.

Johns Hopkins Britain Slovakia Portugal city Prague virus covid-19 death Coronavirus

Nicola Sturgeon announces 49 new coronavirus deaths in Scotland amid 773 cases

coronavirus in the last 24 hours.The First Minister confirmed that a further 773 positive cases have been detected overnight, taking the total to 193,148.The Scottish death toll now stands at 6,764 since the start of the pandemic.A total of 1,383 are currently being treated in hospital for the deadly virus with 100 in intensive care.It comes as Nicola Sturgeon is expected to deliver a statement on lockdown today with Scots hoping to be given an idea of when restrictions can be eased.Scotland has endured seven gruelling weeks of lockdown since Christmas with non-essential shops shut, almost all hospitality businesses closed and a ban on travelling outwith local council areas.The First Minister is expected to say that schools can begin

Scotland hospital death Coronavirus

Govt to increase Covid vaccination sites by up to 5 times amid coverage concerns

NEW DELHI : India will increase the number of its COVID-19 vaccination sites by up to five times after administering nearly 9 million shots in a month, a government official said on Tuesday, amid concerns about the speed of coverage in the country.Having reported the highest number of coronavirus infections after the United States, and with the world's biggest vaccine-making capacity, India says it has been the fastest to reach many inoculation milestones.However it is vaccinating only around 300,000 front-line workers a day, a total that will have to increase sharply to meet the government's target of covering 300 million of its 1.35 billion people by August, experts say.The ongoing vaccination of front-line workers such as nurses and

city New Delhi Usa India covid-19 vaccine Government

Amid growing backlash, Pennsylvania GOP may censure Sen. Toomey

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) leaves the Senate chamber during a recess in the Senate impeachment trial of U.S.

Donald Trump Pat Toomey Washington state Pennsylvania city Washington city Harrisburg, state Pennsylvania president 2020 prevention

Turkey vows to expand anti-PKK operations in northern Iraq

ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Tuesday to expand cross-border operations against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, following the killing of 13 Turkish soldiers, police and civilians who had been abducted by Kurdish insurgents.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Iraq Turkey city Ankara Kurdistan president

President Biden extending ban on housing foreclosures during pandemic

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is extending a ban on housing foreclosures to June 30 to help homeowners struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.

Joe Biden Washington president pandemic Coronavirus

London lost most jobs in UK during the pandemic, IFS says

Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram. Join Mint channel in your Telegram and stay updated with the latest business news.

Britain pandemic

Mardi Gras 2021: Bars closed, Bourbon Street barricaded amid COVID-19 pandemic

NEW ORLEANS - Coronavirus-related limits on access to Bourbon Street, shuttered bars and frigid weather all were expected to prevent what the city usually craves at the end of Mardi Gras season — streets and businesses jam-packed with revelers.Parades and parties on Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) and the days leading up to the annual pre-Lenten bash usually draw more than a million people to the streets.But parades were canceled and Mayor LaToya Cantrell recently ordered bars closed. Even bars that had been allowed to operate as restaurants with "conditional" food permits were shuttered for five days that began Friday.

Latoya Cantrell city New Orleans covid-19 2020 pandemic

Using Vitamin D as Covid treatment could cut deaths by more than half, study claims

Vitamin D as a treatment for coronavirus could cut deaths by 60% a new study has found.An MP called for hospitals to start using it as a Covid-19 remedy "immediately" after research conducted in Spain.It looked at the effectiveness of using calcifediol - a Vitamin D3 - when treating more than 550 people on coronavirus wards of the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona, Spain.Those who took part in the trial, the results of which were published in the Social Science Research Network, were randomly assigned as either recipients of the calcifediol treatment or as controls on admission.The patients received five doses of the vitamin in increasing intervals of two, four, eight and 15 days.The results show that Covid-19 patients given the Vitamin D doses

Spain hospital covid-19 patient

Pandemic spurs companies to increase tech startup investing

This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text.Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram. Join Mint channel in your Telegram and stay updated with the latest business news.

pandemic

Homeless Scots mum battling long Covid placed in 'mouldy flat' with two kids

long Covid while trying to live in a ‘damp and mouldy’ home from hell.Lisa Brown, 44, was housed in temporary accommodation with her two children after she found herself homeless last year.She said the flat was riddled with damp and also had problems with exposed wiring.Mum of two Lisa told Edinburgh Live: “It was in a poor condition when we first came here, but it has just got worse and worse.“The condensation and damp is a major issue, we wake up and the windows are soaking, it’s not healthy.“There have been so many things, a while ago the place needed rewiring done and we were left with holes in the walls and exposed cables for ages as well as all the water from the condensation.“We have also had broken heating, I’ve had to have the

Scotland testing Coronavirus

Covid vaccine: Anand Mahindra calls for harnessing pvt sector's capability to scale up distribution

NEW DELHI : Mahindra group chairman Anand Mahindra on Tuesday called for harnessing the capability of the private sector to scale up Covid-19 vaccine distribution saying widespread vaccination is India's main hope against any new waves, which are now a serious threat.In a tweet quoting a videographics that showed the global vaccination race against COVID-19, Mahindra said although India currently stands at the fourth position it is not enough."Up to (sic) 4th place but this is clearly not enough.

Anand Mahindragroup city New Delhi India covid-19 vaccine

France votes on anti-radicalism bill that worries Muslims

PARIS – France’s lower house of parliament is voting Tuesday on a bill that would strengthen government oversight of mosques and religious schools and crack down on polygamy and forced marriage, among other measures aimed at rooting out Islamic radicalism.

Emmanuel Macron France president Government bill

As the virus crisis drags on, hard-hit French youth struggle

PARIS – On a recent evening, Leïla Ideddaim waited to receive a bag of food, along with hundreds of other French young people who are unable to make ends meet. She saw the chitchat that accompanied the handout as a welcome byproduct, given her intense isolation during the pandemic.

France pandemic crisis

Olymel temporarily closes Alberta pork plant because of COVID-19 outbreak

“Olymel sincerely hopes that all employees at the Red Deer plant who have tested positive for COVID-19 soon regain their health.

Thomas Hesse covid-19 COVID-19 Pandemic Coronavirus

Ban on new foreign workers left US jobs unfilled, even in covid downturn

Also Read | Inside the five-year battle food companies have fought to resist stricter labelling normsUnemployed American workers weren’t interested in jobs typically held by foreign hires at the lower and seasonal end of the job market, and the visa ban didn’t help those unqualified for specialized jobs at the higher end, according to Alex Nowrasteh, director of immigration studies at the libertarian Cato Institute.In April, as the pandemic set in, the Trump administration temporarily banned would-be green-card holders from moving to the U.S. for jobs and permanent residency.

Usa president pandemic travelers

Marine veteran and anti-violence activist ends hunger strike after Mayor Kenney's response

PHILADELPHIA - A Marine's weeks-long hunger strike got the attention of Major Jim Kenney. It was a personal sacrifice to get the mayor to take action on a city council resolution on gun violence. "Friday I went out in front of City Hall as usual. I fell asleep in the chair and I was awaken by the mayor," said Jamal Johnson.He was taken by surprise when Mayor Kenney showed up on day 26 of the hunger strike Johnson started on MLK Day. "He basically fulfilled what I wanted.

Jim Kenney county Hall death

Upper Darby woman opens food pantry in backyard

UPPER DARBY, Pa. - A mother of five is on a mission to help people trying to keep food on the table during the pandemic so she opened a pantry in her backyard in Upper Darby."We set up social distancing guidelines and we just put the word out. It just started to explode," Desiree Lamarr Murphy said. She calls it "Murphy's Giving Market" and it's not just food, but it is clothing, school books, and resources from health care agencies. It's opened every Tuesday beginning at noon. "They actually start lining up at nine o'clock.

Upper Darby pandemic guidelines

B.C. charter bus company decimated by loss of tourism

Extending the ban on cruise ships until February 2022 is the latest blow for B.C.

Kylie Stanton city Richmond

UConn in line for top seed in NCAA women's tournament

UConn, South Carolina, Stanford and Louisville are in line for the top seeds of the women's NCAA Tournament.

state West Virginia state Tennessee state Kentucky state Arizona state Texas state Maryland city Louisville state Oregon state South Carolina county Baylor state Indiana Georgia covid-19 pandemic Coronavirus

Petition to create support fund for Canadian musicians

With no live performances and many music venues closing for good amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a B.C. high school music teacher has launched a petition to try and get the federal government to create a support fund for Canadian musicians.

covid-19 pandemic Government

Lindsey Vonn says pandemic helped her realize what makes her 'happy' and 'motivated' in life

Lindsey Vonn is getting candid about what she's learned about herself throughout the pandemic. In a new interview with People magazine, the former Olympic skier, 36, talked about "what’s important" to her and what makes her "happy" amid quarantining during the coronavirus pandemic.

Lindsey Vonn pandemic quarantine Coronavirus

Public inquiry into deaths at Quebec long-term care homes begins

A coroner’s inquiry is now underway to figure out why dozens of residents died at Quebec’s long-term care homes during the pandemic.

Mike Armstrong death pandemic

Canada adds over 1K new coronavirus cases, 18 new deaths on holiday Monday

coronavirus and 18 new fatalities, as Canadians across much of the country celebrated Family Day on Monday. ‘Perfect storm’: Is Canada headed for a third wave of COVID-19? To date, the virus has claimed 21,311 lives in Canada.In a series of tweets on Monday, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr.

Theresa Tam Canada county Canadian covid-19 coronavirus canada Coronavirus

Planning for 2021 weddings happening despite coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic continues to restrict many events, wedding plans are still going on in Saskatchewan.Tammy Sweeney, the chief operating officer of TCU Place in Saskatoon, said the downtown venue has weddings on the books and future brides and grooms are paying close attention to restrictions. ‘Do we postpone again?’: Couples on planning their weddings in 2021 “We’ve got upwards of 40-some odd weddings that are in various stages of readiness so whether they’re on the books or in conversations.

covid-19 wedding Coronavirus

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif kicks off Quebec’s ‘Hooked on School Days’ campaign

For the third year in a row, NFL player and medical doctor, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is the spokesperson for the campaign “Hooked on School Days” that promotes staying in school. This year, the pandemic is creating a big challenge when it comes to student motivation.

pandemic doctor

Coronavirus: Coroner’s inquest into nursing home deaths at Herron begin

The long-awaited public coroner’s inquest into the dozens of deaths at the Herron seniors’ residence was scheduled to begin on Monday. But before a witness could be called, lawyers representing CHSLD Herron management stopped the hearing in its tracks.

death Coronavirus

Pandemic, freezing cold doesn’t stop Family Day celebrations in Saskatoon

Despite the cold, and the pandemic restricting what people can do, some still found a way to celebrate Family Day in Saskatoon.

county Day pandemic

How future surgeons are turning to Canadian technology to train remotely during COVID-19

Remote learning has become a common place during the pandemic, but imagine doing remote learning to replace a hip bone or operate on a spine. Minna Rhee takes a look at a Canadian innovation that’s changing the field of medicine.

Minna Rhee covid-19 pandemic innovations

Here’s how New Brunswickers are coping 11 months into the pandemic

Many took advantage of the nice weather to get outside before Tuesday’s storm. Travis Fortnum went to find out how New Brunswickers are coping, nearly a year into this pandemic.

Travis Fortnum pandemic

Florida schools will have more time for state, federal testing

Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran issued an extension Monday allowing schools more time to complete federal and state testing due to circumstances created by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Richard Corcoran state Florida testing pandemic Coronavirus

Alberta records 251 new cases of COVID-19 Monday, 2 more deaths

COVID-19 Monday and two additional deaths from the disease.The new cases came as a result of 5,389 tests. Canada prepares for single biggest Pfizer vaccine shipment to date As of Monday, there were 5,222 active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta.

Canada covid-19 coronavirus news Coronavirus

Herron lawyer asks for delay in public coroner’s inquest into seniors’ residence deaths

Quebec coroner orders public inquiry into coronavirus deaths at long-term care homes “I must question everything everything linked to these deaths, including state and administrative structures that are supposed to protect residents of seniors homes,” she said.“This is the first very public proceeding in which we will really be able to ask the key decision makers the questions and to really shed some factual light about what went on,” said Patrick Martin-Ménard, a lawyer representing family members of people who died at Herron.The list of witnesses slated to testify on the first day of the hearing included a Montreal police officer and Montreal’s director of public health.

covid-19 Coronavirus

Tourism hotspots risk being 'hollowed-out' if coronavirus support winds up

Tourism hotspots hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic face becoming “hollowed-out high streets”, Labour warns today.

hospital Government Coronavirus

Coronavirus: COVID-19 pandemic presenting challenges for student motivation

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is the spokesperson for Hooked on School Days.The campaign promotes staying in school, and this year, campaign organizers are focusing on keeping students motivated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

covid-19 Canada Coronavirus Coronavirus

United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

Viral Vegas: Deaths jump, tourism slumps amid long pandemic

Related News