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    • Indonesia downloads data from flight recorder of downed Sriwijaya Air jet
      Reuters

      Indonesia downloads data from flight recorder of downed Sriwijaya Air jet

      Indonesian investigators have successfully downloaded information from the flight data recorder (FDR) of the Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea last week, its transport safety agency said on Friday. The recorder "has 330 parameters and all are in good conditions," the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) said in a statement, referring to the available data. KNKT said the FDR data confirmed that both of the plane's engines had been operating when the plane hit the water, as it had earlier stated based on the wreckage.

    • What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
      Reuters

      What you need to know about the coronavirus right now

      Japan missed opportunities to coordinate coronavirus testing and secure hospital beds in the months before the latest wave of infections, health officials, doctors and experts say, missteps that hampered its response as winter set in. More than a dozen doctors, experts and health officials told Reuters authorities were slow to expand testing and said officials still lack real-time data on testing numbers. Japan will also suspend exemptions allowing foreign athletes to train in the country ahead of the Summer Olympics, Kyodo 遞四方香港查詢 reported, as it closes its borders to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases six months before the Games.

    • In coronavirus vaccine drive, Deep South falls behind
      Associated Press

      In coronavirus vaccine drive, Deep South falls behind

      The coronavirus vaccines have been rolled out unevenly across the U.S., but four states in the Deep South have had particularly dismal inoculation rates that have alarmed health experts and frustrated residents. In Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina, less than 2% of the population had received its first dose of a vaccine at the start of the week, according to data from the states and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As in other parts of the country, states in the South face a number of challenges: limited vaccine supplies, health care workers who refuse to get inoculated and bureaucratic systems that are not equipped to schedule the huge number of appointments being sought.

    • 9 injured after NY passenger bus drives off overpass in the Bronx, is left hanging
      ABC 遞四方香港查詢

      9 injured after NY passenger bus drives off overpass in the Bronx, is left hanging

      Various people were injured after a passenger bus veered off the road and was left hanging off an overpass in New York City's Bronx. The New York Police Department told WABC that the incident happened at 11:10 p.m. Thursday on the Cross Bronx Expressway at University Avenue. The New York City Fire Department tweeted Friday night that there were nine total injuries.