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The Latest: Spain detects 11 cases of variant found in India The Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 30 1of30Customers wearing face masks wait to buy meat at a market in downtown Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, May 5, 2021.Emilio Morenatti/APShow MoreShow Less 2of30Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge, speaks as she and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announce a joint effort to increase access to COVID-19 vaccinations, Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at Community of Hope, a health center in Washington.Jacquelyn Martin/APShow MoreShow Less 3of30 4of30FILE ...

——— HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING: WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has made a Cinco de Mayo taco and enchilada run to highlight his administration’s $28.6 billion program to help eateries that lost business because of the coronavirus pandemic. Biden visited Taqueria Las Gemelas in Washington on Wednesday and ordered lunch. The restaurant is owned in part by Mexican immigrants and was a beneficiary of a pilot version of the restaurant relief program. Biden says the restaurant industry was “badly hurt” by the pandemic. The aid for eateries is part of the...

——— HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING: WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island —CVS Health is now accepting walk-in customers for COVID-19 vaccinations at all 8,300 of its stores that are doling out shots. The drugstore chain started accepting customers with no appointments this week. It also is offering same-day day appointments, which Walgreens started on Wednesday. Walgreens is also accepting walk-ins and expects to offer vaccines at all 9,200 of its U.S. stores by this weekend. CVS Health is giving out vaccines at stores in 49 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. The company, wh...

The Latest: Fiji locks down hospital over coronavirus death The Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 18 1of18People wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus walk past an advertising poster in Hong Kong, Wednesday, May 5, 2021.Vincent Yu/APShow MoreShow Less 2of18Relatives of a person who died of COVID-19 mourn outside a field hospital in Mumbai, India, Monday, May. 3, 2021..Rafiq Maqbool/APShow MoreShow Less 3of18 4of18FILE - In this May 4, 2021, file photo, lunch hour customers are seen in an outdoor seating area of a restaurant in the Greenwich Village neighb...

The Latest: US virus toll projected to drop by end of July NEW YORK — Health experts are projecting the coronavirus toll in the U.S. will wane dramatically by the end of July. That’s according to research released by the government Wednesday. But health experts also warn a “substantial increase” in hospitalizations and deaths is possible if unvaccinated people don’t follow basic public health guidelines, such as wearing a mask and social distancing. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention paper included projections from six different research groups. CDC Director Dr. Rochell...