Covid-19 cases and deaths in the U.S. continue to plunge, despite the slowed pace of vaccinations. The U.S. recorded almost 28,600 new cases on Friday, with the seven-day average roughly half the level of a month ago, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg.
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(Bloomberg) President Joe Biden said Friday that the U.S. could produce up to 1 billion vaccine doses by as early as the end of the year. Singapore reported its first school-based transmission, while the number of new cases in India reached a five-week low.
Hong Kong is considering a partial opening of its border with mainland China as early as next month and Osaka is seeking an extension of its state of emergency, according to media reports.
Europeans and some foreign visitors can firm up their summer plans in the region, after EU negotiators agreed to introduce vaccine certificates. The EU’s drug regulator issued a warning against using AstraZeneca’s vaccine in some cases.
Covid-19 cases and deaths in the U.S. continue to plunge, despite the slowed pace of vaccinations. The U.S. recorded almost 28,600 new cases on Friday, with the seven-day average roughly half the level of a month ago, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg.
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Only 15 days into May, Osaka Prefecture reported a record 487 deaths from COVID-19 for any month.
Surging numbers of novel coronavirus infection have stretched the prefecture s health care system to the limit and few rooms are available for new patients.
An Asahi Shimbun tally shows that the death toll in the prefecture accounts for more than 20 percent of the nation’s overall fatalities since March. The prefecture has been in the grip of a fourth wave of infections that started in March, local authorities say.
From April, accumulative deaths in the prefecture represented more than 30 percent of all fatalities across the nation.