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People wearing face masks pass by a banner displaying precautions against the coronavirus on a street in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, April 5, 2021. The banner reads We can overcome Corona 19. Ahn Young-joon
People work out in a fitness studio in Saarbruecken, Germany, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. As of today, German federal state Saarland will lift some measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic and people with a daily negative coronavirus test are allowed to exercise in gyms. Oliver Dietze
Allegheny Health Network hosts a vaccine clinic for those in the 1A and 1B phases at DICK S Sporting Goods Corporate Office, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Coraopolis, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Allegheny Health Network vaccinated over 6,500 people, making it their biggest clinic yet.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. â Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is joining other Republican governors who are speaking against so-called coronavirus vaccine passports, which are being developed in some areas to let inoculated people travel, shop and dine more freely.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Lee said: âI think vaccine passports are a bad idea. I do not believe that government should impose vaccine requirements or mandates in any way.â
The governor is urging Tennesseeâs General Assembly to advance legislation this year to prohibit such requirements.
Pennsylvania, New Jersey Among 5 States Accounting For 43% Of United Sates’ New COVID-19 Cases In Last Week
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS/CNN) Just five states have accounted for about 43% of new coronavirus cases over the last week, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Florida had for more than 196,400 of the country’s 453,360 cases reported in the last week, according to data available Wednesday morning.
Those states are home to just 22% of the US population, according to estimates from the US Census Bureau.
Case rates have risen especially in Michigan lately, averaging more than 6,600 cases a day over a week now against 1,350 daily cases five weeks ago. And elected officials and health experts have said highly contagious variants such as B.1.1.7 have helped spur increases there and in other parts of the country.
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Half of US adults could have a COVID-19 vaccine dose by the weekend, but experts say it s too soon to declare victory Share Updated: 12:51 AM PDT Apr 7, 2021 Madeline Holcombe, CNN Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images A group of teenagers serving as Covid-19 Student Ambassadors joined Governor Gretchen Whitmer to receive a dose of the Pfizer Covid vaccine at Ford Field during an event to promote and encourage Michigan residents to go and get their vaccines on April 6, 2021 in Detroit, Michigan. SOURCE: Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images
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Half of US adults could have a COVID-19 vaccine dose by the weekend, but experts say it s too soon to declare victory