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| Coronavirus Briefing: Rare ‘Black Fungus’ Infects Thousands of Covid-19 Survivors in India |
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Good afternoon. Doctors in India are running out of an antifungal drug used to treat a rare infection that is afflicting Covid-19 survivors. Also in today's edition: how minor-league baseball players side-hustled through the pandemic. 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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'Black fungus' infects Indian Covid-19 survivors Aid to concert halls, theaters set to be distributed Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccines protect against Indian variant, study finds |
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A rare but often deadly fungal infection, known as mucormyosis, is afflicting thousands of Covid-19 survivors in India. (full story) The Small Business Administration is aiming to start awarding aid to live-entertainment venues this week, ending a long wait that has become a sore point for the industry. (full story) Two leading vaccines offer reduced but still significant protection against a variant of coronavirus first identified in India, according to a U.K. study. (full story) |
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Grand Reopening to Test Consumers’ Appetite to Keep Spending: Western consumers are starting to indulge in services that were off limits during the lockdown. Businesses, economists and policy makers are trying to discern whether that shift will mean a cutback in spending on goods. |
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Shifting Face-Mask Rules Divide Ohio City: Masks, for many, symbolized anxieties dividing friends and neighbors during the pandemic—and now, as guidance shifts, enforcing mask rules has become more difficult for business owners. |
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Food Supply Chains Are Stretched as Americans Head Back to Restaurants: As Covid-19 restrictions ease, distributors are facing shortages of ingredients, as well as difficulty in finding workers and surging transportation costs. |
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283,941,223 | vaccine doses given so far in the U.S. |
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19,778 | new U.S. cases recorded yesterday |
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481 | deaths in the U.S. recorded yesterday |
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589,730 | total U.S. deaths |
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33,105,595 | total confirmed cases in the U.S. |
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166,770,399 | confirmed cases world-wide, and 3,455,423 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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How Minor-League Baseball Players Side Hustled Through the Pandemic: Being an athlete may be a dream, but it’s also a job. Here’s how these ballplayers made it through when their game shut down. |
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