DIARY-Political and General News Events from Jan 7 Reuters 1/7/2021
Political and General News
THURSDAY, JAN. 7 BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will make a statement on the turmoil in Washington, where hundreds of President Donald Trump s supporters stormed the Capitol – 0930 GMT. ANKARA - Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca holds talks with World Health Organisation Europe Director Hans Kluge about vaccination developments and chairs a meeting of the country s coronavirus science board – 1400 GMT. JOHANNESBURG - South Africa Health Minister Zweli Mkhize briefs parliament s health committee on the state of the country s COVID-19 epidemic and vaccine rollout plans – 0700 GMT. MADRID - Spain s Health Minister Salvador Illa holds news conference following health ministry meeting – 1000 GMT. ANKARA - Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama pays an official visit to Turkey to hold talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. The two will discuss bi
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More States Find Variant; N.Y. Cases Reach Record: Virus Update Bloomberg 1/7/2021 Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) Connecticut, Texas and Pennsylvania reported their first cases of the virus variant that helped trigger a U.K. lockdown amid concern that Covid-19 deaths in the U.S. are likely to maintain a near-record pace at least through January. Mounting hospitalizations are offsetting any positive effect from the halting start to inoculations.
New York, New Jersey, Florida and North Carolina are among states that reported daily records as Illinois became the fifth state to surpass 1 million infections. Fatalities in Arizona reached a high and those in California were just two deaths from the record set at the end of 2020.
More States Find Variant; N.Y. Cases Reach Record: Virus Update
Bloomberg 1/7/2021 Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) Connecticut, Texas and Pennsylvania reported their first cases of the virus variant that helped trigger a U.K. lockdown amid concern that Covid-19 deaths in the U.S. are likely to maintain a near-record pace at least through January. Mounting hospitalizations are offsetting any positive effect from the halting start to inoculations.
New York, New Jersey, Florida and North Carolina are among states that reported daily records as Illinois became the fifth state to surpass 1 million infections. Fatalities in Arizona reached a high and those in California were just two deaths from the record set at the end of 2020.