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Global Cases Decline; Taiwan to Get Vaccines: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago New coronavirus cases continued to decline globally, with the share of beds filled by Covid patients in the U.S. at the lowest level since March 2020. But rising cases in places from Fiji to the U.K. are a reminder that the pandemic isn’t disappearing anytime soon. Taiwan was promised 750,000 vaccine doses from the U.S., as it battles a viral surge and what it says are China’s efforts to block a deal for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Japan plans to start issuing vaccine passports as soon as this summer to those...

New infections continued to decline globally, with the share of beds filled by Covid patients in the U.S. at the lowest level since March 2020. But rising cases from Fiji to the U.K. are a reminder that the pandemic isn’t disappearing anytime soon.

BEIJING — China is hosting foreign ministers from 10 Southeast Asian nations this week amid heightened competition between Beijing and Washington for influence in the region. Chinese state media said the meeting Tuesday in the southwestern megacity of Chongqing will cover issues from restoring tourism and other economic exchanges battered by COVID-19, to more coordinated efforts in fighting the pandemic and the feasibility of creating a vaccine passport to allow freer travel among them. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is also expected to meet separately with each of his counterparts on ...

Global infections are falling dramatically, with the U.S. reporting the lowest number of daily cases since March 2020. Worldwide infections for the week ended Sunday were the least in almost three months.

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