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Two Olympic Athletes Have Covid; N.Y. Cases Rise: Virus Update Bloomberg 19 mins ago (Bloomberg) -- Two athletes tested positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo’s Olympic Village, less than a week before the opening ceremony of the games. Southeast Asia continues to reel from a wave of infections that has made the region an epicenter of the virus. Thailand reported a record 11,397 new infections, while Indonesian President Joko Widodo urged his ministers to adopt a “sense of crisis” as the country overtook Brazil in daily cases to become the worst in the world. In the U.K., Health Secretary Sa...

Tokyo Athletes Have Covid; Johnson’s Swift Reverse: Virus Update Bloomberg 2 hrs ago (Bloomberg) -- Two athletes tested positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo’s Olympic Village, less than a week before the opening ceremony of the games. Southeast Asia continues to reel from a wave of infections, with Thailand reporting a record 11,397 new cases on Sunday. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson quickly reversed a decision not to go into full self-isolation following contact with Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday. France will not require Covid “health passes...

Two Olympic Athletes Have Covid; N.Y. Cases Rise: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago (Bloomberg) -- Two athletes tested positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo’s Olympic Village, less than a week before the opening ceremony of the games. Southeast Asia continues to reel from a wave of infections that has made the region an epicenter of the virus. Thailand reported a record 11,397 new infections, while Indonesian President Joko Widodo urged his ministers to adopt a “sense of crisis” as the country overtook Brazil with the most new daily infections in the world. In the U.K., Health Secretary Sajid...

U.K.’s Javid Has Covid; Vaccine Protests in France: Virus Update Bloomberg 57 mins ago (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Health Secretary Sajid Javid tested positive, two days before England lifts almost all Covid-19 curbs. In France, thousands took to the streets to protest President Emmanuel Macron’s move to pressure people into getting Covid-19 vaccinations. The Tokyo Olympics registered its first case at the athletes’ village, less than a week before the opening ceremony. Sydney authorities tightened lockdown measures to contain the delta variant. Singapore is temporarily closing hundreds of n...

L.A. Orders Masks Indoors; Abu Dhabi Curbs Moves: Virus Update Bloomberg 3 hrs ago © Bloomberg Indonesia Races to Meet Vaccine Goal as Delta Spurs Record Case (Bloomberg) -- Los Angeles County told its residents they must wear masks indoors -- even the vaccinated -- following a surge in Covid-19 cases and the spread of the delta variant. Most vaccinated Americans are unlikely to need Covid-19 booster shots for months, or even years, despite the rise of highly infectious variants and the continued spread of the virus, according to top scientists. Singapore is weighing new restrictions as ...