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SEATTLE — Less than a day after the Washington State Department of Health launched a website where residents could order free, rapid coronavirus tests to be sent to their homes, those tests were out of stock.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The suspension of Orange County’s Dr. Raul Pino — after urging his health department staff to get vaccinated against COVID-19 — is the most blatant example yet of the state’s increasingly tight muzzle on health authorities fighting the pandemic, critics say, making Florida one of the most…

The Department of Health says there are now 892 people in hospital, of which 88 are in ICU

The Department of Health says there are now 896 people in hospital, of which 90 are in ICU

Some countries require official proof of having received a booster jab in order to enter them.

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Paul Givan tweeted that the Department of Health has confirmed that the new rule will apply from January 21.

The Department of Health says there are now 910 people in hospital, of which 90 are in ICU

A number of states including NSW, Victoria and South Australia have reduced the interval between getting the second dose of COVID vaccinations and receiving a booster shot.

The Department of Health says there are now 979 people in hospital, of which 93 are in ICU

New infections have fallen dramatically in the past week, latest Department of Health data shows, with hospitalisations appearing to be levelling off amid hopes the Omicron wave has peaked