/coronavirus-live-updates LATEST NEWS AND UPDATES ON THE PANDEMIC en-US Copyright Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:48:04 GMT /health/2021-03-29/coronavirus-live-updates-week-march-29-21 Live updates on the latest news about COVID-19, impacts the pandemic has had on North Carolina, and vaccines. Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:48:04 GMT /health/2021-03-29/coronavirus-live-updates-week-march-29-21 ¹ÏÉñapp ¹ÏÉñapp /health/2021-03-08/coronavirus-live-updates-week-of-march-8 Live updates from ¹ÏÉñapp with the latest news around COVID-19, vaccine rollout and impacts from the pandemic. Mon, 08 Mar 2021 13:05:53 GMT /health/2021-03-08/coronavirus-live-updates-week-of-march-8 ¹ÏÉñapp ¹ÏÉñapp /2021-03-05/as-schools-reopen-popular-pe-with-joe-online-exercise-class-goes-bye-bye A year ago, as the pandemic began, fitness instructor Joe Wicks started a daily exercise class for kids on YouTube. The videos became popular with kids and their parents. Now the series is ending. Fri, 05 Mar 2021 17:32:42 GMT /2021-03-05/as-schools-reopen-popular-pe-with-joe-online-exercise-class-goes-bye-bye Barry Gordemer, Noel King, Steve Inskeep /2021-03-05/as-states-ease-restrictions-study-says-on-premises-dining-linked-to-covid-19-spread A study published Friday in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report found that cases and deaths decreased after states enacted mask mandates and increased after they reopened on-premises dining. Fri, 05 Mar 2021 16:43:03 GMT /2021-03-05/as-states-ease-restrictions-study-says-on-premises-dining-linked-to-covid-19-spread Rachel Treisman /2021-03-05/australia-asks-european-commission-to-review-italys-block-on-vaccine-shipments The blocked shipment of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines was the first intervention by the EU since the bloc approved rules that could restrict vaccine exports to non-member nations. Fri, 05 Mar 2021 11:06:05 GMT /2021-03-05/australia-asks-european-commission-to-review-italys-block-on-vaccine-shipments Jaclyn Diaz /2021-03-04/empty-desks-at-u-n-represent-millions-of-children-who-have-missed-school-in-pandemic The 168 school desks make up an exhibit called "Pandemic Classroom." Each of the seats represents 1 million children living in countries where schools have been closed for almost a year. Thu, 04 Mar 2021 17:38:10 GMT /2021-03-04/empty-desks-at-u-n-represent-millions-of-children-who-have-missed-school-in-pandemic Ashley Westerman, Noel King, Steve Inskeep /2021-03-04/data-show-indias-homegrown-covid-19-vaccine-works-2-months-after-it-was-approved India's homegrown COVID-19 vaccine has been controversial because the Indian government approved its use before clinical trials showed it works. Now data is finally out. Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:48:06 GMT /2021-03-04/data-show-indias-homegrown-covid-19-vaccine-works-2-months-after-it-was-approved Lauren Frayer /2021-03-04/stranded-in-paradise-n-h-retiree-rides-out-pandemic-in-new-zealand Carol Clapp, a 73-year-old widow, has been taking art classes, gardening — and she has a new sweetheart. Thu, 04 Mar 2021 10:00:53 GMT /2021-03-04/stranded-in-paradise-n-h-retiree-rides-out-pandemic-in-new-zealand Todd Bookman /2021-03-03/neanderthal-thinking-biden-says-too-soon-for-states-to-lift-mask-mandates "The last thing — the last thing — we need is Neanderthal thinking that in the meantime, everything's fine, take off your masks. Forget it, it still matters," Biden said. Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:17:00 GMT /2021-03-03/neanderthal-thinking-biden-says-too-soon-for-states-to-lift-mask-mandates Ayesha Rascoe /2021-03-03/explosion-outside-dutch-coronavirus-testing-site-police-say Dutch police say the explosion went off outside of a coronavirus test center several miles north of Amsterdam. There were no injuries from the blast. Wed, 03 Mar 2021 17:16:18 GMT /2021-03-03/explosion-outside-dutch-coronavirus-testing-site-police-say Jaclyn Diaz