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(Bloomberg) -- Norway now leads a pack of European nations that have leaped ahead of the U.S. in Bloombergâs latest Covid Resilience Ranking.
(Bloomberg) -- Norway now leads a pack of European nations that have leaped ahead of the U.S. in Bloombergâs latest Covid Resilience Ranking.
The U.S.âs reign at the top of the list was short-lived as vaccinations slowed and the delta variant fueled cases.
South Korea and Thailand both announced record daily infections. Sydneyâs month-long lockdown will be extended by at least another four weeks.
Malaysia extended the nationwide lockdown by two weeks as the number of daily cases remains elevated, Defense Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said. The first phase of the lockdown, due to end on June 14, will continue until June 28. The decision to extend was made as new infections continue to exceed 5,000 daily.
U.K. infections continued to rise, posing a dilemma for Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of a crunch decision Monday on whether to proceed with the final stage of reopening the economy later this month. Data released Friday showed an estimated 1 in 560 people in England had the virus in the week to June 4, up from 1 in 640 a week earlier and 1 in 1,340 in the week through May 8.
U.K. infections continued to rise, posing a dilemma for Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of a crunch decision Monday on whether to proceed with the final stage of reopening the economy later this month. Data released Friday showed an estimated 1 in 560 people in England had the virus in the week to June 4, up from 1 in 640 a week earlier and 1 in 1,340 in the week through May 8.
U.S. President Joe Biden is preparing to join other Group of Seven leaders in a campaign to end the pandemic by distributing shots worldwide. The group will pledge to deliver at least 1 billion extra doses of vaccines over the next year to help cover 80% of the world’s adult population, according to a draft communique seen by Bloomberg News.
U.S. President Joe Biden is preparing to join other Group of Seven leaders in a campaign to end the Covid-19 pandemic by distributing at least 1 billion extra shots to poorer nations by late next year. Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE will provide 500 million doses at no profit.
U.S. Cases Hit Pandemic Low; China Denies Lab Link: Virus Update
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New coronavirus infections in the U.S. rose at the slowest pace of the pandemic in the past week, a sign the nation’s vaccination campaign is cutting down on the spread of the deadly pathogen.
China accused the U.S. of promoting theories that the coronavirus escaped from a high-security lab in Wuhan, as a fresh report about sick workers at the facility prompted Beijing to reaffirm denials.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that under-vaccinated areas in the U.S. could become hot spots for a mutation of the coronavirus first detected in India and is increasing surveillance of the more-transmissible variant.
The U.S. said Americans should avoid traveling to Japan, with the country under a state of emergency that has sown doubts about Tokyo’s plans to host the Olympics in less than two months.
New coronavirus infections in the U.S. rose at the slowest pace of the pandemic in the past week, a sign the nation’s vaccination campaign is cutting down on the spread of the deadly pathogen.
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