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The Group of Seven fell short on a pledge Sunday to donate 1 billion additional vaccine doses to developing nations. President Joe Biden said the U.S. may be able to provide 1 billion more doses to the world by 2023, and again raised the possibility that the virus may have escaped from a Chinese laboratory.

The Covid-19 pandemic’s U.S. death toll approached 600,000, even as cases and fatalities slowed. New York state is nearing President Joe Biden’s vaccination goal of 70% of adults receiving at least one dose by July 4.

Biden Raises Lab Leak Theory; G-7 Falls Short: Virus Update Bloomberg 25 mins ago (Bloomberg) -- The Group of Seven fell short on a pledge Sunday to donate 1 billion additional vaccine doses to developing nations. President Joe Biden said the U.S. may be able to provide 1 billion more doses to the world by 2023, and again raised the possibility that the virus may have escaped from a Chinese laboratory. The U.S. death toll is approaching 600,000. The country added 19,675 new cases Saturday, t...

The Group of Seven fell short on a pledge Sunday to donate 1 billion additional vaccine doses to developing nations. President Joe Biden said the U.S. may be able to provide 1 billion more doses to the world by 2023, and again raised the possibility that the virus may have escaped from a Chinese laboratory.

(Bloomberg) -- Russia reported 13,510 new Covid-19 cases in the past day, the highest since Feb. 15. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said earlier the capital was opening more hospital beds to cope with the spike, but he insisted a new lockdown was unnecessary. Executives from the U.K. hospitality industry warned Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak that a delay to the country’s planned reopening on June 21 could lead to “a wave of business...

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. cases and deaths dropped further, in a week when Covid-19 vaccinations ticked up slightly after weeks of declining. At least one dose has been administered to 52% of all Americans, according to the Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he is now less optimistic about the U.K.’s pandemic outlook, suggesting restrictions may need to be kept in place beyond his target date for relaxing the rules on...

(Bloomberg) -- Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines intended for South Africa remain suspended following a U.S. ruling that ingredients for the country’s doses may have been contaminated during production in a plant in Baltimore. Saudi Arabia will only allow nationals and residents to attend the annual Hajj for the second year in a row to contain the spread of the coronavirus and its variants inside the kingdom. Executives from the U.K....

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed his Chinese counterpart in a phone call Friday to allow a new expert-led study into the origins of Covid-19. But China’s top diplomat called theories that the virus leaked from a Wuhan lab absurd, according to readouts from both sides.

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. cases and deaths dropped further, in a week when Covid-19 vaccinations ticked up slightly after weeks of declining. Daily U.S. air travelers exceeded 2 million for the first time since the pandemic began. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now less hopeful he will be able to lift England’s pandemic restrictions as planned on June 21, as cases fueled by the delta variant continue to surge. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin...

U.S. cases and deaths dropped further, in a week when vaccinations ticked up slightly after weeks of declining. New York state is nearing President Joe Biden’s vaccination goal of 70% of adults receiving at least one dose by July 4.