U.S. Cases Ease; Johnson Optimistic on Reopening: Virus Update Bloomberg 2/13/2021
(Bloomberg)
The coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. continued to ease as the average daily increase dropped about 20% from the week before. The White House issued its strongest criticism yet of the World Health Organization’s handling of the investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 virus and China’s involvement in the probe’s findings.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he is optimistic the government will be able to start announcing the relaxing of restrictions later this month.
France has the fastest pace of immunization against the Covid-19 virus among the four most populous European Union countries, according to the latest snapshot by Bloomberg’s vaccination data tracker.