Latest on the global Covid crisis: 🇺🇸 Nearly $100B stolen in US Covid relief funds 🇪🇸 Spain sets new daily record for cases 🇺🇸 US population growth see dip in pandemic For more:
US agency says it has returned more than $2.3 billion of fraudulently obtained funds by working with financial partners and states to reverse transactions. Nearly $100 billion at minimum has been stolen from Covid-19 relief programmes set up to help businesses and people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic, the US Secret Service has said.
In just one week, omicron has jumped from representing 3.4 percent of cases to 47.2 percent, according to the data.US population growth dipped to its lowest rate since the nation's founding during the first year of the pandemic as the coronavirus curtailed immigration, delayed pregnancies, and killed hundreds of thousands of US residents, according to government data.
The US has been experiencing slow population growth for years but the pandemic exacerbated that trend. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has said Israelis over the age of 60 and medical teams will be eligible for a fourth Covid vaccination, following the recommendation of an expert panel. "I gave an order to prepare immediately for a fourth vaccination," Bennett said on Twitter, with a spokesperson saying Israel would be the world's first country to administer the fourth shot.Australia's national Cabinet to meet early amid Omicron surge
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