Coronavirus Disease Weekly News 28February 2021
The news posted last week for the coronavirus 2019-nCoV (aka SARS-CoV-2), which produces COVID-19 disease, has been surveyed and some important articles are summarized here. The articles are more or less organized with general virus news and anecdotes first, then stories from around the US, followed by an increased number of items from other countries around the globe. Economic news related to COVID-19 is found here.
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Summary:
It appears that new Covid cases and Covid deaths have stopped going down in the US; I say appears because it s possible that the apparent uptick early this week might have been due to underreporting of cases last week, when there were widespread power outages in Texas and other states in the wake of an unprecedented cold wave. For the 7 days ending Saturday, reported new cases were only down 0.3% from the prior week
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TOKYO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Japan confirmed a new variant of COVID-19, and an infection cluster emerged at a Tokyo immigration facility, presenting new challenges as the country tries to overcome a third wave of the pandemic.
The new variant has been found in 91 cases in the Kanto area of eastern Japan and in 2 cases at airports, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told reporters on Friday. The government is raising surveillance against mutant varieties as they may be more resistant to vaccines, which Japan started to distribute this week. It may be more contagious than conventional strains, and if it continues to spread domestically, it could lead to a rapid rise in cases, Kato said.
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