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Global Cases Top 150 Million; Astra Vaccine Move: Virus Update Bloomberg 20 mins ago Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) Global cases of the coronavirus topped 150 million, with India remaining at the epicenter of the pandemic after reporting record new infections Friday. Brazil’s fatalities exceeded 400,000 as the country recorded more Covid-19 deaths in the first four months of the year than in all of 2020. Popular Searches New York City is moving to fully reopen on July 1. France said it found the first cases of the variant first detected in India, while Italy administered almost 500,000 vaccine doses on Thursday, a record. Hong Kong will quarantine residents of an apartment building after a person was found with what the government called the first local untraceable infection with Covid-19 variants. Singapore’s daily community cases climbed to the highest in more than nine months on Thursday. ....
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Vaccine Hoarding May Backfire on Rich Nations as India Reels Bloomberg 4 hrs ago Bhuma Shrivastava and Chris Kay (Bloomberg) For months, developed economies have hoarded Covid-19 vaccines and the raw materials needed to make them. Now, they’re being forced to act as an explosive outbreak in India raises the risk of new virus mutations that could threaten the wider world. Popular Searches Under mounting criticism for dominating vaccine resources, the U.S. said this week that it will help India by sending items needed to manufacture vaccines as part of an aid package. European countries are also pledging help as new cases in the South Asian country smash world records. President Joe Biden’s administration is separately vowing to share its stockpile of AstraZeneca Plc vaccines which the U.S. hasn’t even approved for use and meeting with drug companies about boosting supply and waiving intellectual property protections on Covid-19 ....
U.K. Set for Reopening; N. Korea to Skip Olympics: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) Everyone in the U.K. will be urged to take a coronavirus test twice a week as a new system of Covid passports is assessed for wide-scale use under Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to reopen the economy. Johnson confirmed Monday that restaurants and shops will open next week for the first time in four months, but the ban on foreign travel may remain for longer. Popular Searches New York’s vaccination program picked up speed last week, with the most populous U.S. city reporting a record of more than a half-million doses administered. The city also stepped up its use of mobile units and pop-up sites. ....