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| | Coronavirus Briefing: As More Americans Get Vaccinated, Biden Administration Looks to Ease Covid-19 Restriction Guidance |
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| Good afternoon. Biden administration officials said that the U.S. is entering a new phase of the pandemic in which many vaccinated Americans can begin returning to normal activities and signaled that the federal government will further relax mask-wearing recommendations as more people get shots. Also in today's edition: Alabama drafts Nick Saban to champion the vaccine. If someone forwarded today's briefing, we invite you to sign up here. |
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| | ✔️ Today's Main Takeaways |
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- Biden administration looks to ease restriction guidance
- Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause stoked hesitancy
- Vaccines draw foreigners looking for shots and shops
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| Biden administration officials are looking to update guidelines for social distancing and mask usage as more of the American public gets vaccinated. (full story) The 10-day halt in administering J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine has made it harder to inoculate the hard-to-reach and hesitant, health officials said. (full story) Tourism from Texas to Florida is getting a boost as tens of thousands from Mexico and elsewhere arrive looking for Covid-19 vaccines. (full story) |
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| Remote Kindergarten Could Affect Children ‘for Their Lifetime’: Of all the students who suffered learning loss during the pandemic, one grade level has educators very concerned: kindergartners. |
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| Most of Israel Is Getting Back to Pre-Covid-19 Life. Not This Town. Pardes Hanna had the country’s worst coronavirus outbreak in weeks after school parents split over whether to get vaccinated. |
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| Roll Vax! Alabama Drafts Nick Saban to Champion the Vaccine: With one of the nation’s lowest Covid-19 vaccination rates, Alabama has called on the state’s leading influencer to offer a powerful incentive: full football stadiums. |
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| 257,347,205 | vaccine doses given so far in the U.S. |
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| 34,493 | new U.S. cases recorded yesterday |
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| 617 | deaths in the U.S. recorded yesterday |
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| 581,536 | total U.S. deaths |
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| 32,688,366 | total confirmed cases in the U.S. |
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| 157,789,328 | confirmed cases world-wide, and 3,285,256 deaths |
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| Sources: Johns Hopkins University as of 11:30 a.m. ET; Vaccination figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
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| AstraZeneca Weighs Seeking Full U.S. Approval for Covid Shot: The drugmaker could skip asking the FDA for emergency-use authorization for its vaccine—and instead pursue the more time-intensive application for a full-fledged license to sell the shot. |
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| Pfizer Lifts Covid-19 Vaccine Production Targets for 2021, 2022: The company raised its goals, saying it could produce hundreds of millions of extra doses it would send to developing countries. |
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| A Full-Body Workout to Shake Up Your Exercise Routine at Home: Did your fitness regimen fall into a winter rut? A Mayo Clinic expert offers spring fitness ideas for the upper body, lower body, core and cardio. |
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