据实时数据显示，随着新冠肺炎疫情席卷全球，全球已有超过540万人死于该疾病，其中包括超过83.7万美国人约翰·霍普金斯大学系统科学与工程中心。
根据美国疾病控制和预防中心的数据，美国大约62.5%的人口已经完全接种了新冠肺炎疫苗疾病控制和预防中心。
芝加哥的课程取消了第四天
随着城市官员和教师工会之间的谈判继续进行，芝加哥市长洛里·莱特福特周日晚上在推特上宣布，周一将取消第四天的课程。
她在推特上写道:“出于公平和对需要准备的家长的考虑，周一课程将再次取消。
莱特富特说，尽管他们一直在努力谈判，但还没有“足够的进展”来宣布重返课堂。
她写道:“我们将继续谈判到深夜，如果取得实质性进展，我们将提供最新情况。
美国第三大学区芝加哥公立学校一直在与教师工会就远程学习和新冠肺炎安全协议进行谈判。
在因omicron变种导致的新冠肺炎病例增加的情况下，芝加哥教师工会希望选择回到远程学习，大多数成员拒绝亲自授课，直到达成协议。
亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯众议员新冠肺炎检测呈阳性
她的办公室周日在一份声明中说，众议员亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯的新冠肺炎检测呈阳性，“正在出现症状”。
她正在家里康复。
她的办公室说，奥卡西奥-科尔特斯已经完全接种了疫苗，并在秋天接受了加强注射。她补充说，这位国会女议员鼓励每个人都接受加强注射，并遵循疾病控制和预防中心的指导。
州长表示，在工会陷入僵局的情况下，雅培实验室将向芝加哥学校提供35万份COVID测试
伊利诺伊州州长JB Pritzker宣布，在教师人数激增以及教师工会和学区在重返教室问题上陷入僵局之际，雅培实验室将为芝加哥公立学校提供35万次新冠肺炎测试。
“我承诺尽快让我们的孩子和老师安全地进入教室。我要感谢雅培的首席执行官罗伯特·福特，他致力于通过提供快速抗原检测来帮助孩子们重返校园，以及伊利诺伊州神盾局的团队，”普利兹克周六在一份声明中说。
“他们一起翻遍了每一块石头...我感谢他们的辛勤工作，也感谢我的工作人员，他们在幕后不遗余力地完成这项工作，”他说。
在远程学习和新冠肺炎安全措施的谈判中，芝加哥公立学校上周取消了课程。
包括市长洛里·莱特福特在内的市领导要求教师继续课堂教学，但上周芝加哥教师工会88%的领导和73%的成员投票支持远程教育。
纽约命令40家医院停止择期手术
纽约州已经通知40家医院，为了应对床位不足的情况，他们必须在接下来的两周内拒绝非必要、非紧急的择期手术。大多数医院位于纽约北部。
这一决定是在医院位置被国家卫生部列入“高风险地区”名单后做出的，因为根据七天平均水平，90%的床位被占用。
“我们将利用一切可用的工具来帮助确保医院能够管理新冠肺炎冬季激增，”代理州卫生专员玛丽·巴塞特博士在周六的一份声明中说。“我想提醒纽约人，接种疫苗和加强免疫仍然是预防来自新冠肺炎的严重疾病和住院的最好方法。疫苗接种也保护了我们的医院系统。我们不能回到疫情早期医院不堪重负的时候。”
三个地区的所有医院——莫霍克谷、手指湖和纽约市中心——都包括在这40个设施中。
COVID-19 updates: Classes in Chicago canceled for 4th day
As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 837,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled byJohns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
About 62.5% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention.
Classes in Chicago canceled for 4th day
As negotiations between city officials and the teacher’s union continue, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced on Twitter Sunday night that classes will be canceled for a fourth day, on Monday.
"Out of fairness and consideration for parents who need to prepare, classes will be canceled again Monday," she tweeted.
Lightfoot said that though they have been negotiating hard, there has not been "sufficient progress" for a return to class to be announced.
"We will continue to negotiate through the night and will provide an update if we have made substantial progress," she wrote.
Chicago Public Schools, the nation’s third-largest school district, has been in talks with the teachers’ union over remote learning and COVID-19 safety protocols.
Amid the rise in COVID-19 cases due to the omicron variant, the Chicago Teachers Union wants the option of returning to remote learning, and most members are refusing to teach in person until an agreement is reached.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tests positive for COVID-19
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has tested positive for COVID-19 and "is experiencing symptoms," her office said in a statement Sunday.
She is recovering at home.
Ocasio-Cortez is fully vaccinated and received a booster shot in the fall, her office said, adding that the congresswoman encourages everyone to get boosted and follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Abbott Labs to provide 350,000 COVID tests to Chicago schools amid union impasse, governor says
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced that Abbott Labs will provide Chicago public schools 350,000 COVID-19 tests amid the omicron surge and the impasse between the teacher's unions and the school district to return to classrooms.
"I am committed to seeing our kids and teachers safely in classrooms ASAP. I want to thank the CEO of Abbott, Robert Ford, who was committed to helping get kids back to school by providing rapid antigen tests, along with the team at SHIELD Illinois," Pritzker said in a statement Saturday.
"Together, they turned over every stone ... I appreciate their hard work, along with that of my staff who worked nonstop behind the scene to get this done," he said.
Chicago Public Schools canceled classes last week amid negotiations over remote learning and COVID-19 safety measures.
City leadership, including Mayor Lori Lightfoot, had asked teachers to continue in-classroom instruction, but 88% of the Chicago Teachers Union's leadership and 73% of its members voted last week in favor of remote education.
New York orders 40 hospitals to halt elective surgeries
The state of New York has told 40 hospitals they must turn away nonessential, nonurgent elective surgeries for the next two weeks in response to low bed capacity. Most of the hospitals are located in upstate New York.
The determination was made after the hospital locations were added to the list of "high risk regions" by the state department of health due to 90% of beds being occupied according to the seven-day average.
"We will use every available tool to help ensure that hospitals can manage the COVID-19 winter surge," acting State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett said in a statement Saturday. "I want to remind New Yorkers that getting vaccinated and boosted remain the best way to protect against serious illness and hospitalization from COVID-19. Vaccination also protects our hospital system. We cannot return to the early months of the pandemic when hospitals were overwhelmed."
All of the hospitals in three regions -- Mohawk Valley, Finger Lakes and Central New York -- are included in those 40 facilities.
