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(Bloomberg) -- The Biden administration has assembled a group that will prepare new countermeasures for the emergence of future Covid-19 variants and other threats. Meantime, he faced calls from Democrats to improve his administration’s pandemic response, including access to at-home tests.

Covid-19 cases in Karnataka jumped by 130 per cent in the course of last week, data from the government shows. Two weeks ago, the state had recorded 2,160 cases. However, between December 27 and 2 January, the state recorded 4,970 cases, out of which 76 per cent originated from Bengaluru Urban.

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Singapore Chefs Vent; St. Louis Mandates Masks: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago © Bloomberg Trump Country Rejects Vaccines Despite Growing Delta Threat (Bloomberg) -- Some of Singapore’s top chefs say they’re fed up with the government’s on-again, off-again measures to stop the spread of Covid-19, which include a temporary shutdown of in-person dining. The Olympics opening ceremony took place in a nearly empty stadium in Tokyo, in the midst of more new infections linked to the Games....

Australia Protest Clash; NY Nursing Home Deaths: Virus Update Bloomberg 48 mins ago Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) -- Thousands of people joined demonstrations against lockdown measures in Australia’s biggest cities, some clashing with police and many defying orders to wear masks outdoors. Singapore’s top chefs say they’re fed up with the government’s on-again, off-again measures to stop the spread of Covid-19, which include a temporary shutdown of in-person dining. The U....

U.S. Count Eases; India Reports Record Death Toll: Virus Update Bloomberg 24 mins ago The U.S. looks set for its first week since mid-September in which daily coronavirus cases have not exceeded 50,000. India reported more than 4,000 daily deaths, a record, as the pandemic intensifies in the world’s worst-hit nation. The European Union approved a contract with Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE for as many as 1.8 billion vaccine doses as the region bulks up its vaccination campaign through 2023. K...

N.Y. Hospitalizations Fall; U.S. Shots Go Unused: Virus Update Bloomberg 4 hrs ago Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) -- Many U.S. states and cities have a growing surplus of Covid-19 vaccines, a sign that in some places demand is slowing before a large percentage of the population has been inoculated, according to a Bloomberg analysis. New York state hospitalizations dropped below 4,000 for the first time since Dec. 1. New Hampshire became the latest state to lift its mask mandate. T...

N.Y. Hospitalizations Fall; U.S. Shots Go Unused: Virus Update Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) -- Many U.S. states and cities have a growing surplus of Covid-19 vaccines, a sign that in some places demand is slowing before a large percentage of the population has been inoculated, according to a Bloomberg analysis. New York state hospitalizations dropped below 4,000 for the first time since Dec. 1. New Hampshire became the latest state to lift its mask mandate. T...

WHO Sees Pandemic on Wrong Path; U.S. Vaccine Pace: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago Bloomberg News © Bloomberg A sign requiring protective face masks in Campus Martius in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., on Sunday, March 21, 2021. After seeing declines in Covid-19 case numbers and hospitalizations in January and February, Michigans coronavirus curve is rocketing skyward yet again as restrictions have relaxed, the Detroit Free Press reports. (Bloomberg) -- The pandemic is on the wro...