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Parked cars fall through 20,00 sink holes when it appears in parking lot of Italian hospital.

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Parked cars plummeted into a 20,000-square-foot sinkhole when it opened up in the parking lot of the Ospedale del Mare in Naples, Italy.

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China is hoping to use their vaccine as a diplomacy tool,

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CNN's Kristie Lu Stout reports on China's "vaccine diplomacy," the government's effort to use their vaccine doses as a strategic tool to strengthen their international relationships.

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Lindy Graham was surrounded by trump supporters saying it was rigged.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was surrounded and heckled by Pro-Trump supporters while walking through Reagan National Airport after criticizing how President Donald Trump handled the Capitol Hill riots.

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Millions of workers lost their sick leave.

Millions left without paid sick leave after Congress let pandemic benefit expire

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Congress let pandemic paid leave benefits expire

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Tens of millions of workers lost the right to paid sick and family leave at the end of December after Congress failed to extend them in the new relief package.

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hospitals thought they'd see covid-19 vaccine shortages. sometimes

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Hospitals thought they'd see Covid-19 vaccine shortages. Sometimes, they have to throw away doses

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In some hospitals, health centers and pharmacies in the United States, there are vials of Covid-19 vaccines that aren't making it into arms.

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India announces national Covid-19 vaccination drive from January 16

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What you need to know

The US reported more than two million new Covid-19 cases and 24,000 deaths in the first nine days of 2021, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

China has locked down Shijiazhuang,a city of 11 million people, in an effort to contain the country's worst coronavirus flare-up in months.

The UK's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh have been vaccinated against Covid-19, while Pope Francis has said he is in line for the jab

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Biden's plan to release all Covid-19 vaccine doses could be risky, but context is important, says former FDA official

From CNN Health's Lauren Mascarenhas

President-elect Joe Biden's plan to release all available Covid-19 vaccine doses immediately could be risky, but it's important to take it in context, former US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official Dr. Norman Baylor said Saturday in an exclusive interview with CNN's Michael Smerconish.

Both Pfizer's and Moderna's vaccines require two doses, 21 and 28 days apart, respectively. Second doses are currently on hold by the federal government and released according to the vaccine schedule for people to complete their two-dose regimen.

"Giving the one dose and delaying the second dose beyond what was discovered in the clinical trials, we take a risk of those individuals not necessarily being protected sufficiently," said Baylor, former director of the FDA's Office of Vaccines Research and Review (OVRR).

He noted that the only efficacy data available on these vaccines is from the clinical trials, which followed the outlined dosing regimen. However, the context around Biden's plan is important, Baylor added.

"You have to have an idea of when is that second dose coming. Is that second dose coming 21, 28 days after you give that first dose?" he said. "Maybe it'll come in five weeks - and there's a little room for plus and minus with days - but you have to contextualize the whole plan before you can just dismiss it completely."

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United States reports over 130,000 Covid-19 hospitalizations

From CNN's Hollie Silverman

The United States reported 130,777 current Covid-19 hospitalizations onSaturday, according to the Covid Tracking Project (CTP).

It is the fifth highest number of hospitalizations reported in the country and the 39th consecutive day that the US has remained above 100,000 current hospitalizations.

The highest hospitalization numbers according to CTP data are:

1. January 6, 2021: 132,464

2. January 7, 2021: 132,370

3. January 8, 2021: 131,889

4. January 5, 2021: 131,215

5. January 9, 2021: 130,777

The weekly tallies of Covid-19 cases and deaths in the US have never been higher,and state officials are warning of more alarming patterns following the holiday season.

More than two million new Covid-19 cases and 24,000 deaths were reported in the first nine days of 2021 in the US, according to the Johns Hopkins University Covid tracker.

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Biden coronavirus adviser "not recommending that the second dose be delayed"

From CNN Health's Lauren Mascarenhas

President-elect Joe Biden's team is confident that if they release all available doses of Covid-19 vaccine immediately, people will be able to complete the two-dose regimen as planned, Dr. Celine Gounder, a member of Biden's coronavirus advisory board says.

"I want to be very clear that we are not recommending that the second dose be delayed, so people should still get their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine at 21 days, of the Moderna vaccine at 28 days," Gounder told CNN's Ana Cabrera on Saturday.

So long as there are not any manufacturing glitches, we're confident that the supply of vaccine will be there when people return for their second dose," she added.

Gounder said that having a second dose ready for each person who receives their first dose could lead to vaccines sitting on the shelves, and the new plan aims to simplify distribution.

In a sense, we've been getting in our own way, making things overly complicated," she said.

"What we're really trying to do is just get doses out as quickly as possible, simplify the tracking that's necessary here, and we have faith that the supply will meet the need in this case," Gounder added.

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Israel's PM Netanyahu receives second dose of Covid vaccine

From CNN's Andrew Carey and Amir Tal in Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has received his second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech anti-coronavirus vaccine, along with Health Minister Yuli Edelstein.

I am used to it but I am excited and I am certain that all citizens of Israel who are about to receive the second dose of the vaccine are excited like me," he said.

Israel is making steady progress vaccinating its citizens against Covid-19 and Netanyahu has repeated that all Israeli citizens will be vaccinated by the end of March.

Earlier on Saturday, the Health Ministry announced four cases of the South African Covid-19 variant, the first such cases reported in the country.

The Ministry reported the cases consisted of two contagion chains -- one from a person returning from South Africa, and from a family infected by a returnee.

What you need to know

The US reported more than two million new Covid-19 cases and 24,000 deaths in the first nine days of 2021, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

China has locked down Shijiazhuang,a city of 11 million people, in an effort to contain the country's worst coronavirus flare-up in months.

The UK's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh have been vaccinated against Covid-19, while Pope Francis has said he is in line for the jab

1 hr 12 min ago
Biden's plan to release all Covid-19 vaccine doses could be risky, but context is important, says former FDA official

From CNN Health's Lauren Mascarenhas

President-elect Joe Biden's plan to release all available Covid-19 vaccine doses immediately could be risky, but it's important to take it in context, former US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official Dr. Norman Baylor said Saturday in an exclusive interview with CNN's Michael Smerconish.

Both Pfizer's and Moderna's vaccines require two doses, 21 and 28 days apart, respectively. Second doses are currently on hold by the federal government and released according to the vaccine schedule for people to complete their two-dose regimen.

"Giving the one dose and delaying the second dose beyond what was discovered in the clinical trials, we take a risk of those individuals not necessarily being protected sufficiently," said Baylor, former director of the FDA's Office of Vaccines Research and Review (OVRR).

He noted that the only efficacy data available on these vaccines is from the clinical trials, which followed the outlined dosing regimen. However, the context around Biden's plan is important, Baylor added.

"You have to have an idea of when is that second dose coming. Is that second dose coming 21, 28 days after you give that first dose?" he said. "Maybe it'll come in five weeks - and there's a little room for plus and minus with days - but you have to contextualize the whole plan before you can just dismiss it completely."

1 hr 12 min ago
United States reports over 130,000 Covid-19 hospitalizations

From CNN's Hollie Silverman

The United States reported 130,777 current Covid-19 hospitalizations onSaturday, according to the Covid Tracking Project (CTP).

It is the fifth highest number of hospitalizations reported in the country and the 39th consecutive day that the US has remained above 100,000 current hospitalizations.

The highest hospitalization numbers according to CTP data are:

1. January 6, 2021: 132,464

2. January 7, 2021: 132,370

3. January 8, 2021: 131,889

4. January 5, 2021: 131,215

5. January 9, 2021: 130,777

The weekly tallies of Covid-19 cases and deaths in the US have never been higher,and state officials are warning of more alarming patterns following the holiday season.

More than two million new Covid-19 cases and 24,000 deaths were reported in the first nine days of 2021 in the US, according to the Johns Hopkins University Covid tracker.

1 hr 12 min ago
Biden coronavirus adviser "not recommending that the second dose be delayed"

From CNN Health's Lauren Mascarenhas

President-elect Joe Biden's team is confident that if they release all available doses of Covid-19 vaccine immediately, people will be able to complete the two-dose regimen as planned, Dr. Celine Gounder, a member of Biden's coronavirus advisory board says.

"I want to be very clear that we are not recommending that the second dose be delayed, so people should still get their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine at 21 days, of the Moderna vaccine at 28 days," Gounder told CNN's Ana Cabrera on Saturday.

So long as there are not any manufacturing glitches, we're confident that the supply of vaccine will be there when people return for their second dose," she added.

Gounder said that having a second dose ready for each person who receives their first dose could lead to vaccines sitting on the shelves, and the new plan aims to simplify distribution.

In a sense, we've been getting in our own way, making things overly complicated," she said.

"What we're really trying to do is just get doses out as quickly as possible, simplify the tracking that's necessary here, and we have faith that the supply will meet the need in this case," Gounder added.

1 hr 29 min ago
Israel's PM Netanyahu receives second dose of Covid vaccine

From CNN's Andrew Carey and Amir Tal in Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has received his second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech anti-coronavirus vaccine, along with Health Minister Yuli Edelstein.

I am used to it but I am excited and I am certain that all citizens of Israel who are about to receive the second dose of the vaccine are excited like me," he said.

Israel is making steady progress vaccinating its citizens against Covid-19 and Netanyahu has repeated that all Israeli citizens will be vaccinated by the end of March.

Earlier on Saturday, the Health Ministry announced four cases of the South African Covid-19 variant, the first such cases reported in the country.

The Ministry reported the cases consisted of two contagion chains -- one from a person returning from South Africa, and from a family infected by a returnee.

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What you need to know The US reported more than two million new Covid-19 cases and 24,000 deaths in the first nine days of 2021, according to Johns Hopkins University data. China has locked down Shijiazhuang,a city of 11 million people, in an effort to contain the country's worst coronavirus flare-up in months.

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Disneyland revamps and changes the ending to their classic Snow White ride. It was took into consideration that the end of the ride was more frightening than happy for younger passengers. Disney has released a sneak peek of the new and improved ride, hoping to bring excitement back to the original ride!

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One of Disneyland's oldest rides is getting less "scary."

Based on the classic animated film, Snow White's Scary Adventures has been undergoing a renovation since Januaury - a remake that includes giving it a happier ending and a less-scary name.

The Disney Parks Youtube channel released a sneak peek at the overhauled attraction, which will now be called Snow White's Enchanted Wish, on Monday. The ride, which debuted when the California theme park first opened in 1955, last underwent a major renovation in 1983.
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The ride takes passengers through Snow White's experience with the seven dwarves and the witch. Originally, the second half of the ride heavily featured the witch, and ended with the villain being vanquished by a thunderbolt. The new version will feature an ending that shows Snow White reunited with her animal friends, the OC Register reports.

According to the Disney Parks video, other updates include adding a dancing Snow White to one of the early scenes. Also, cinematic elements have been included to show the seven dwarves working in the mine.
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Work on the ride began in January of this year, before the coronavirus pandemic forced the theme park to close in March. Since then, the park has remained closed to the public (aside from some shopping and restaurant areas) and no reopening date has been set. The park could possibly reopen in early to mid-2021, or even next summer.
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According to the Disney Parks Blog, the refurbished ride will be ready for guests whenever the park finally gets the OK to reopen.

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US President elect Joe Biden is among the first group of people in the United States to receive the Covid vaccine.

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Biden, 78, took the vaccine in public to build confidence in the vaccine.

President-elect Joe Biden received his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, joining a list of high-profile politicians vaccinated in front of cameras to help build confidence in the vaccine across the country.

Dressed in a navy blue mock turtleneck and wearing two masks, Biden pushed up his left sleeve for the vaccination at ChristianaCare's Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware.

"I'm doing this to demonstrate that people should be prepared, when it's available, to take the vaccine. There's nothing to worry about. I'm looking forward to the second shot," Biden said shortly after receiving his vaccination.

"We owe these folks an awful lot. The scientists and the people who put this together and frontline workers, the people who were the ones who actually did the clinical work, it's just amazing," Biden said. "We owe you big, we really do."

Biden's vaccination comes as a second coronavirus vaccine, produced by Moderna, has begun to be distributed across the country, and as the death toll from the virus nears 320,000 Americans.

The president-elect said the Trump administration "deserves some credit" for getting the vaccine and distribution off the ground with Operation Warp Speed, but stressed that while the vaccines marked progress, the country needs to continue taking precautions to slow the spread of coronavirus, particularly around the upcoming holidays.

"I don't want to sound like a sour note here, but I hope people listen to all of the experts and the Dr. Faucis on ... talking about the need to wear masks during this Christmas and New Year's holidays. Wear masks, socially distance. And if you don't have to travel, don't travel. Don't travel. It's really important because we're still in the thick of this," Biden said

Biden, 78, had long promised to take the vaccine if advised by Dr. Fauci to do so. In an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America" last week, Fauci recommended Biden receive the vaccine as soon as possible.

"Dr. Fauci recommends I get the vaccine sooner than later. I want to just make sure we do it by the numbers, and we do it -- but when I do it, you'll have notice and we'll do it publicly. Thank you," Biden told reporters last Tuesday.

Vice President-elect Harris and her husband, incoming second gentleman Doug Emhoff, are also expected to receive the vaccine at a later date.

"Consistent with security and medical protocols, the Vice President will not receive the vaccine at the same time as the president. We expect she and Mr. Emhoff will receive their first dose of the vaccine the following week, and we will have additional details on that next week," the incoming White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, said Friday.

Biden joins several political leaders who have received the vaccine, including Vice President Mike Pence, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and several members of Congress.

One politician yet to take the vaccine is President Donald Trump, who has largely been out of public sight since the two COVID-19 vaccines have received emergency use authorization from the FDA.

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Trump was open to taking the vaccine at a press briefing last week, but the president also wanted to prioritize front-line workers and those in long-term care facilities.

Trump is also believed to have some level of immunity from his COVID-19 case this fall. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people who have received a monoclonal antibody cocktail treatment for COVID-19, as the president did in October, are recommended to wait 90 days before getting vaccinated.

"His doctors, who I've spoken with, wanted people to understand that if you have recently been given monoclonal antibodies, the FDA says you should wait several weeks before you get vaccinated," U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams told reporters Monday. "So the reason the president has not gotten vaccinated yet is because his doctors have advised him to wait."

In an interview for ABC's "This Week" Sunday, Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Brett Giroir said it would be beneficial if the president to receive the COVID-19 vaccine

"I would encourage the president to get a vaccine for his own health and safety and also to generate more confidence among the people who follow him so closely," Giroir said.

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A lab in Arizona had to notify 10,000 people that they must retake their COVID tests. These people were asked to retake their test because the lab was unable to keep up with the overload of tests coming in. Even the people that had already recieved their results were asked to get another test.

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Those who had already received results were asked to disregard them.

Almost 10,000 people in Arizona recently tested for COVID-19 received disturbing text messages this week. Because a local lab wasn't able to keep up with the demand for testing, they'd all have to retested. Those who had already received results were asked to disregard them.

Emby Health, one of the biggest testing providers in the state, had seen an increase in testing that a local lab partner wasn't able to handle.

"This lab was not able to maintain their current turnaround time," CEO Raymond Embry told ABC News Phoenix affiliate KNXV-TV.

"We felt that it was in the best interest of the safety of our patients to advise them to come out and get retested."

Embry ended its partnership with the lab and sent out the following text message to patients:
TESTING UPDATE - If you have already received results please disregard. This message is to inform you that if you have an outstanding Covid-19 test prior to 12/13, you will need to be retested. Your test was sent to a local lab that has experienced extreme unanticipated delays. To ensure you receive results we now recommend being retested. All locations will accommodate patients needing a new test without an appointment. Please inform staff on-site that you did not receive your results and need to be retested. The former lab has been replaced and is no longer used. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for trusting us with your health.

The news comes as Arizona is seeing substantial COVID-19 spread, according to state officials.

Dr. Cara Christ, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, urged Arizonans to continue social distancing, wearing masks and refraining from gathering indoors, during a COVID-19 news briefing on Thursday.

"Our 600 contact tracers point again and again to situations where people socialize without taking the precautions that are required in most public places," Christ said.

As of Friday, Arizona had reported 442,671 infections and 7,819 deaths from the virus, according to the state health department.

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10,000 people told they must retake their COVID tests

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Those who had already received results were asked to disregard them. Almost 10,000 people in Arizona recently tested for COVID-19 received disturbing text messages this week. Because a local lab wasn't able to keep up with the demand for testing, they'd all have to retested.

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Threat of another government shutdown hangs over Washington as Covid relief talks drag on

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Congressional leaders had set a Friday deadline to approve a $900 billion pandemic relief deal and tie that proposal to a $1.4 trillion funding package before the federal government run outs of money at midnight. But now they are set to blow right past that deadline.

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344 Nigerian boys were kidnapped and freed. They were abducted last week at school. They were missing for nearly a week. The Nigerian military rescued them. The boys were said to have been kidnapped by bandits masquerading as the Islamist terrorist group.

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344 kidnapped Nigerian boys freed, says state official

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Hundreds of schoolboys who were abducted last week in northwestern Nigeria have been freed, according to a state official.

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A nurse in Tennessee Received the covid vaccine then shortly after passes out.

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A head nurse at a hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn., caused a brief scare on Thursday when she fainted shortly after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech 's COVID-19 vaccine, according to reports.

Tiffany Dover, the nurse manager at CHI Memorial, received the vaccine and then, a short time later, addressed the media. Video circulated online that showed her taking questions from reporters and then lose her train of thought.

"I'm sorry, I'm feeling really dizzy," she said. "I'm sorry."

She walked away from the rostrum and fainted. Doctors who were nearby managed to catch her.

News Channel 9 reported that minutes later she was able to address reporters. Doctors said that the vaccine ingredients did not cause the episode.
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Dover said that she has a condition where she could faint when she feels pain.

"It just hit me all of a sudden," she said, according to the station. "I could feel it coming on. I felt a little disoriented but I feel fine now, and the pain in my arm is gone," she said.

Health officials across the U.S. have cheered the approval and distribution of the vaccine, but there is still some public unease about being inoculated.

Vice President Mike Pence will become the highest-profile U.S. recipient of the vaccine later Friday.

The White House announced on Wednesday that Pence and first lady Karen Pence would publicly receive the vaccine to promote its "safety and efficacy."

Surgeon General Jerome Adams will join the pair in receiving the vaccine at the White House.

The Associated Press reported that Joe Biden, the president-elect, will receive a vaccination publicly as early as next week.
Fox News' Brittany De Lea contributed to this report

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An illegal winery busted in Alabama sewage plant.

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An Alabama sheriff's office says it's busted an illegal winery that was operating at a city's sewage plant

RAINSVILLE, Ala. -- Sheriff's officials say they've busted an illegal winery that was operating at a municipal sewage plant in a small north Alabama town.

The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office said in a statement it received an anonymous tip about an alcohol operation at a municipal building in the town of Rainsville on Thursday. Investigators then uncovered what's described as a large illegal winery inside the Rainsville Waste Water Treatment Plant.

Photos released by investigators show glass containers, buckets, a fermenting rack and other equipment often used by people who make wine at home.

The agency says officers seized a lot of illegal alcohol, and arrests are expected. The town of about 5,100 people is 100 miles northeast of Birmingham.

"I want to thank the mayor for his cooperation and willingness to allow law enforcement to do our job and shut something like this down," Sheriff Nick Welden said in a statement. "This is definitely one of the biggest operations we've seen in our county and possibly our state."

It's legal to make limited amounts of wine at home in Alabama, but it's illegal to have more than 15 gallons of homemade wine or beer at a time. Police photos show multiple fermenting vessels filled with what appears to be more than 100 gallons of white and red liquid.

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With everyone traveling for the holidays health experts are excpecting another surge of Covid cases.

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Tens of millions of people are expected to travel to family gatherings or winter vacations over Christmas, despite pleas by public health experts who fear the result could be another surge in COVID-19 cases.

In the U.S., AAA predicts that about 85 million people will travel between Dec. 23 and Jan. 3, most of them by car. If true, that would be a drop of nearly one-third from a year ago, but still a massive movement of people in the middle of a pandemic.

Jordan Ford, 24, who was laid off as a guest-relations worker at Disneyland in March, said he plans to visit both his and his boyfriend's families in Virginia and Arkansas over Christmas.

"It is pretty safe - everyone is wearing a mask, they clean the cabin thoroughly," said Ford, who has traveled almost weekly in recent months from his home in Anaheim, California, and gets tested frequently. "After you get over that first trip since the pandemic started, I think you'll feel comfortable no matter what."

Experts worry that Christmas and New Year's will turn into super-spreader events because many people are letting down their guard - either out of pandemic fatigue or the hopeful news that vaccines are starting to be distributed.

"Early on in the pandemic, people didn't travel because they didn't know what was to come," said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious-disease expert at the University of California, San Francisco, "but there is a feeling now that, 'If I get it, it will be mild, it's like a cold.'"

The seven-day rolling average of newly reported infections in the U.S. has risen from about 176,000 a day just before Thanksgiving to more than 215,000 a day. It's too early to calculate how much of that increase is due to travel and gatherings over Thanksgiving, but experts believe they are a factor.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says "postponing travel and staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others from COVID-19." People who insist on travel should consider getting tested for the virus before and after their trip and to limit non-essential activities for seven days after travel with a negative test result and 10 days if they don't get tested.

Other countries have imposed restrictions ahead of the holidays. Last month, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland agreed to permit a maximum of three households to mix between Dec. 23 and Dec. 27, regardless of what local restrictions are in place.

In Latin America, a few countries have imposed some restrictions to try to keep people from traveling or meeting during the holidays, but others advised people only to practice social distancing and skip parties.

Panama has some of the strictest measures, including a curfew through Jan. 4 and a prohibition on leaving home at all from Dec. 25 to 28 and Jan. 1 to 4 unless it's for essential activities such as buying food or medicine. Peru, one of the region's hardest-hit countries, has banned the use of private cars on Christmas Eve and Day and New Year's Eve and Day in hopes of discouraging people from traveling.

In the U.S., Rachel Watterson delayed her New Year's Eve wedding because her fiance's family can't travel to the United States from their home in Germany. Instead, the couple plans to elope and will fly from their home in Chicago to Hawaii with her parents, her brother and a friend. They picked Hawaii because of requirements that include coronavirus testing before arrival and a rapid test at the airport.

"We felt this was one of the very few safe choices we can make if we are going to travel," Watterson said.

Tim Brooks, a 37-year-old engineer in Long Beach, California, canceled a trip to Grand Cayman because of a ban on international visitors, then scrapped a Christmas visit to his parents in North Carolina as infections spiked in California and around the country.

"If it were just us, it wouldn't be so bad, but we have older parents and we are trying to keep them safe," Brooks said.

Airports and planes will be far less crowded this year in what is normally a high travel season. So far in December, air travel in the United States is down 67% from last year. If Thanksgiving is any indication, the number of travelers will rise the rest of the month, but airlines are warning that bookings have slowed down since the latest surge in COVID-19 cases.

The nation's top four airlines now show December and January schedules that are anywhere from 33% to 46% smaller than a year earlier, according to figures from Airline Data Inc.

Last week, the average flight within the U.S. was only 49% full compared with more than 80% full a year ago, according to the trade group Airlines for America.

The short-term outlook remains grim for other travel-related businesses, including those that rely on winter tourism.

In Vermont ski country, the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe is usually sold out during Christmas week, but only half the 96 rooms were booked by last week. It was a similar story at the nearby Lodge at Spruce Peak. Operators of both lodges blamed travel restrictions, especially quarantine requirements that are triggered by crossing state lines.

"It is frustrating as a business to basically be forbidden to do your job and to not be able to support your employees or your community," said Sam von Trapp, executive vice president of the family's lodge. "At the same time we understand that there is very good intention behind all these restrictions."

Cruise ships often command their highest prices at Christmas and other holidays when kids are off school, but few ships are sailing this season. Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian and Disney have all cancelled U.S. sailings through Feb. 28. Voyages in other parts of the world have mostly been delayed.

Florida, which relies heavily on winter tourism, is also taking a big hit. The two-week period around Christmas is normally the busiest time of year for Walt Disney World in Orlando, says Len Testa, the president of TouringPlans.com, which forecasts park attendance. But this year, the Magic Kingdom has capped park attendance at 35%, so Testa only expects around 32,000 people on those days.

Testa also expects crowd levels to be lower than usual from January through March, with many visitors rescheduling their trips to May or later.

"Many families will put off their Spring Break trips until they're vaccinated," he said.

Tara Kelley had planned to drive seven hours from her home in Milligan, Florida, to Orange City, Florida, to visit her mother and stepfather for Christmas. But Kelley's wife recently had surgery and spent a day at a hospital where there was a risk of exposure to the coronavirus, so they called off the trip.

"We had literally been planning this since February," Kelley said. "It's a blow."

Theresa Medina, a 55-year-old retiree from South Boston, is still deciding whether she and her husband will visit his mother in the Dominican Republic this winter. She's 80% sure they will, and she's already packing a box to ship ahead of their arrival. But the couple plans to discuss it with her husband's doctor in January.

If they go, Medina said they will get coronavirus tests and wear protective gear, including face shields and masks.

"We may look silly on the plane, but precautions are precautions," she said.

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Lisa Rathke in Montpelier, Vermont and Wilson Ring in Stowe, Vermont contributed to this report.

David Koenig can be reached at www.twitter.com/airlinewriter

Dee-Ann Durbin can be reached at www.twitter.com/deeanndurbin-ap

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A German scientist from the World Health Organization put togethet a 10-person team to try and figure out how the corona virus started and eventually spread to humans. The goal of the team is to discover exactly how the virus started so other outbreaks in the future can be prevented.

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A scientist taking part in the World Health Organization's mission track down the origins of the coronavirus says they plan to sift through samples and medical data from China to help determine where the bug came from

The search for the source of the new coronavirus has sparked claims of cover-ups and fueled political tensions, particularly between the U.S. administration of President Donald Trump and Beijing. Most researchers think that the virus, also known as SARS-CoV-2, originated in animals in China, probably bats, and the WHO has put together a 10-person team to examine the science.

Mission member Fabian Leendertz, a biologist at Germany's Robert Koch Institute who specializes in emerging diseases, said that the goal is to gather data to be better prepared for possible future outbreaks.

"It's really not about finding a guilty country," Leendertz said. "It's about trying to understand what happened and then see if based on those data, we can try to reduce the risk in the future."

In an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press, Leendertz said the team has already begun discussions with scientists in China and expects to travel to the country next month. They will likely start in Wuhan, where the outbreak was first reported, though a precise itinerary hasn't yet been set.

Leendertz, who was part of a previous mission to track down the origins of an Ebola outbreak in West Africa, said that while he "would love that to be an Indiana Jones mission" with scientists conducting groundbreaking field work, "it's more (...) a team effort with Chinese colleagues to help identify the necessary next steps and how to continue."

One of the difficulties is that those who contract COVID-19 can display a wide range of symptoms similar to flu or other diseases, or even no symptoms at all. This makes tracking the chain of infection much harder than with Ebola, which has clear and dramatic symptoms that people remember.

Leendertz said scientists would be looking to see whether stored medical samples from before the first known case provide evidence that the virus was circulating earlier than previously thought.

"Then to see where that track leads us, if it's another city or if it stays in Wuhan or where that goes," he said.

Another line of inquiry will be to examine the famous market in Wuhan that was pinpointed early on as a possible location for the leap from animal to human.

"It may also be that it was just the first mega spreading event or one of the first," he said.

Tracking down the animal in which the virus emerged will be key, and for this the group will need to take samples of further bat species and other animals that might harbor it.

Leendertz said the team has not been informed of any restrictions on their work in China beyond the two-week quarantine all travelers currently face. In total, the mission is expected to last four to five weeks, he said.

"There will be a report from that mission, but I'm pretty sure that (it) will not give the full answer," he said, adding that further research will likely be necessary.

Leendertz expressed confidence in China's "excellent researchers" and said data collected by the country's extensive disease surveillance system would likely prove valuable.

"Also X-rays from the hospitals - we now know quite well what COVID-19 patients look like. ... So that could also be a hint," he said.

"The big scope is to try to find out what happened," said Leendertz. "How the virus jumped from which animal to perhaps an intermediate host and then to humans. To reconstruct the scenario."

"The more you know about why these spillover events happen, the better you can also check if there are countermeasures you can take to prevent such transmissions in the future."

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