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The Microsoft cofounder responded to a Daily Show tweet linking the conspiracy theory to this week's shutdown of the Internet Explorer browser.

The findings come as the US continues to ease travel restrictions, including dropping testing mandates for travelers entering the country.

Since first acknowledging a COVID outbreak last week, North Korea has reported at least 1.72 million people with fever symptoms.

The country's poor healthcare system, lack of testing capabilities, and dearth of vaccines created a perfect storm for an unstoppable outbreak.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the massive outbreak showed a "grave sign of lapses in our anti-epidemic system," state media reported.

The clip appeared to show a female worker smacking someone in protective gear so that a fellow male worker could escape.

"Long haul COVID is not just a healthcare challenge, but a challenge for our society and our economy as well," Dr. Greg Vanichkachorn told lawmakers.

Amazon announced to employees on Saturday that workers will receive up to five days of unpaid sick leave if they have a confirmed case of COVID-19.

"This was an exceptionally difficult quarter due to supply chain interruptions & China zero Covid policy," Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted Saturday.

BA.2 accounts for nearly 55% of sequenced COVID-19 tests, US data shows. The subvariant has already driven a high case numbers in Europe and China.

"I supposedly have it again (sigh), but almost no symptoms," Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, tweeted Monday of his latest COVID-19 diagnosis.

A CDC map shows how the BA.2 subvariant has outcompeted other types of coronaviruses in the northeastern US.

Surging numbers of virus cases prompted the new measures. Daily increases of more 1,000 cases are a warning, one expert said.

Moderna's request comes in the same week that Pfizer asked the FDA to approve a second vaccine booster shot for people aged 65 and over.

President Biden asked Congress last week for $22.5 billion in new pandemic aid, which the White House said would help fund the US pandemic response.

"The Vice President tested negative for COVID-19 today and will continue to test," the VP's deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said in a statement.

Florida surgeon general Joseph Ladapo made the announcement during a panel held by Gov. Ron DeSantis titled "The Curtain Close on Covid Theater."