Germany’s contagion rate fell further below a key threshold on Saturday, making it more likely that pandemic restrictions will ease in coming days as a third wave of the coronavirus recedes.
U.S. Cases Slip; Disney World Eases Mask Rules: Virus Update
Bloomberg 1 hr ago
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Average weekly cases fell or were even in all U.S. states and territories except Wyoming, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
U.S. businesses from Walt Disney Co.’s theme park in Florida to Walmart Inc. have loosened their mask requirements following new guidance from the CDC on Thursday.
Covid has killed more than 1,000 bank employees in India, which has declared banking services essential even as the variant known as B.1.617 ravages the country, a key industry body said.
Disney World Eases Mask Rules; U.S. Outbreak Slows: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago
(Bloomberg)
U.S. businesses from Walt Disney Co.’s theme park in Florida to Walmart Inc. have loosened their mask requirements following new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.
Average weekly cases fell or were even in all U.S. states and territories except Wyoming, according to the CDC’s latest data. Governor Andrew Cuomo said that more than half of New Yorkers 18 years and older are now fully vaccinated.
Covid has killed more than 1,000 bank employees in India, which has declared banking services essential even as the disease ravages the country, a key industry body said.
Online petition author requests Tokyo governor to cancel Olympics
May 14, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Kenji Utsunomiya, a former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, attends a press conference at the metropolitan government headquarters in Tokyo on May 14, 2021, after submitting a petition calling for the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics that has received over 350,000 signatures. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) A Japanese lawyer who launched a popular online petition calling for the cancelation of this summer s Olympics on Friday urged the Tokyo metropolitan government to call off the games, saying protecting people s lives from the coronavirus must be the top priority. Kenji Utsunomiya, who on May 5 launched the online campaign that has gathered over 350,000 signatures, said Japan and the rest of the world are not ready to stage the Olympics and Paralympics due to the global health crisis.