Confirmed cases in the US soared 47% in the week ending Sunday, the largest weekly rise since April 2020. The increase came as the Delta variant spreads while vaccination rates fall. Anthony Fauci, the top US virus specialist, said “ideological rigidity” is slowing use of the shots.
Federal health officials are monitoring reports of Guillain-Barré syndrome in about 100 of the 12.3 million people who received Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine. The link to the rare immune-system disorder will be discussed at an upcoming vaccine advisory committee meeting, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Elsewhere, the United Nations reported that world hunger spiked last year, outpacing population growth and probably reaching the highest since 2005, as the pandemic curbed incomes and access to food. In Europe, both France and Greece are planning to mandate shots for at least some of their citizens, while Boris Johnson, the UK’s prime minister, is set to warn people
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