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| Coronavirus Morning Briefing: New York City Public Schools to Reopen to Some |
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Good afternoon. New York City public schools will reopen Dec. 7 for younger students but stay remote for older ones. The nation's largest school district will require weekly testing. Also in today's edition, what Broadway does next. 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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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announces plans to reopen schools San Francisco, Los Angeles impose new restrictions as cases surge Grocery stores are aiming to become major vaccination centers |
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New York City public schools will resume in-person learning on Dec. 7 for students in grades 3-K through 5th, but middle-school and high-school students will continue to be taught remotely for now. (full story) New limits are due to come into force on businesses and social gatherings in San Francisco, including a nightly curfew, as Covid-19 cases continue to rise. (full story) Pharmacies are adding freezers and training staff to handle a Covid-19 vaccination drive. (full story) |
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Restaurant Holdouts Defy Covid-19 Shutdown Orders: Some restaurants are rejecting a new round of shutdown orders, saying that serving customers indoors is their only way to stay in business and that they can do so safely. |
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Jobless Rates Suggest Black Workers Face Slower Recovery: Black workers have substantially higher unemployment rates at every level of educational attainment than white workers—and the disparity has widened this year during the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus. |
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After Covid-19, Broadway’s Next Comeback: Never in its 120 years has Broadway been dark this long. Producers are on Zoom calls every day, trying to figure out when and how their industry can reopen. Some producers hope to open shows this summer; others say a more likely date is early 2022. |
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62,448,117 | confirmed cases world-wide, and 1,456,009 deaths |
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155,596 | new U.S. cases recorded yesterday |
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13,262,224 | total confirmed cases in the U.S. |
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1,189 | deaths in the U.S. recorded yesterday |
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266,164 | total U.S. deaths |
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91,635 | people currently hospitalized in the U.S. |
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Sources: Johns Hopkins University as of 11:30 a.m. ET; Hospitalization figures from the Covid Tracking Project as of yesterday. |
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| ⚕️ Health and Health Care |
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More Than 15% of Americans Have Had Covid-19, CDC Estimates: Some 53 million people in the U.S. likely had had Covid-19 by the end of September, according to a modeling estimate from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
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United Begins Flying Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine: The airline began operating charter flights to position doses of the vaccine for quick distribution if the shots are approved by regulators, according to people familiar with the matter. |
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Do You Have E-Charisma on Zoom? Here’s How to Get It: With the rise of working from home, some people accustomed to using their charisma in person have learned a tough lesson: Commanding a room isn’t the same thing as commanding a Zoom. |
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Today’s newsletter was curated and edited by Joanna Sugden in London. Let us know what you think by replying to this email. |
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