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Apr122021 by adminNo Comments

Danes vaccinate 100,000 people in a day to test system

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Denmark is vaccinating 100,000 people in one day as they test their system ahead of a June rollout where four times as many people will be vaccinated per dayByThe Associated PressApril 12, 2021, 9:55 AM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleCOPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Denmark’s Health Minister declared Monday “the big vaccine day," with 100,000 people to be vaccinated in one day as officials test the system ahead of a June rollout where four times as many people as that will be vaccinated each day.The shots will be given in 68 inoculation centers across the country of nearly 6 million. The number will be lower Tuesday.Minister Magnus Heunicke said Danes will “set a new record,” and urged people to arrive on time and have high spirits.The bulk of the vaccination will be i...

Jan262021 by adminNo Comments

Covid deaths: ‘Hard to compute sorrow’ of 100,000 milestone – PM

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More than 100,000 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, after 1,631 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded in the daily figures.Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he took "full responsibility" for the government's actions, saying: "We truly did everything we could.""I'm deeply sorry for every life lost," he said.A total of 100,162 deaths have been recorded in the UK, the first European nation to pass the landmark.Earlier, figures from the ONS, which are based on death certificates, showed there had been nearly 104,000 deaths since the pandemic began.The government's daily figures rely on positive tests and are slightly lower.Why is the UK's death toll so bad?Kuenssberg: Grim milestone in an abnormal yearUK deaths likely to come down slowly, Whitty warnsMr Johnson told Tu...

Jan262021 by adminNo Comments

Covid: UK virus deaths top 100,000 since pandemic began

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PA MediaThe UK death toll from Covid has topped 100,000.The data from the UK's national statisticians show there have been nearly 104,000 deaths since the pandemic began.The figures, which go up to 15 January, are based on death certificates. The government's daily figures rely on positive tests and are slightly lower.It comes after a surge of cases in December, leaving the UK with one of the highest Covid death rates globally.The Office for National Statistics and its counterparts in Scotland and Northern Ireland registered 7,776 deaths involving Covid in the most recent week.That total is the third highest of the epidemic. Last April, there were two weeks with more than 9,000 Covid deaths registered across the UK, but there have been no other weeks with more than 7,000 deaths registered....

Jun202020 by adminNo Comments

IRS expands eligibility to take up to a $100,000 coronavirus-related withdrawal from IRA, 401(k)

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More people will be eligible to take a $ 100,000 coronavirus-related distribution from their retirement account.The IRS released guidance on Friday which details new rules for individuals affected by Covid-19 to take a withdrawal from a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account.The CARES Act allows savers to take coronavirus-related distributions – emergency withdrawals – of up to $ 100,000 from their retirement plans and IRAs. And those who are under age 59½ can access the money without the usual 10% early withdrawal penalty.These individuals can also spread the income tax from the withdrawal over three years. However, if they repay the money into the account within that time periods, they can avoid the tax.The new guidance expands eligibility. Initially it applied just to people wh...

May272020 by adminNo Comments

US deaths from coronavirus surpass 100,000 milestone

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has surpassed a jarring milestone in the coronavirus pandemic: 100,000 deaths. That number is the best estimate and most assuredly an undercount. But it represents the stark reality that more Americans have died from the virus than from the Vietnam and Korea wars combined. According to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, the virus has infected more than 5.6 million people worldwide and killed over 350,000. The U.S. has the most infections and deaths by far. Early on, President Donald Trump downplayed the severity of the coronavirus and predicted the country wouldn’t reach this death toll. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States was on the cusp of marking at least 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus, a on...