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| Coronavirus Briefing: Some Americans Wait, Without Pay, for Covid-19 Test Results |
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Good afternoon. For many people, particularly essential workers who can’t do their jobs from home, long waits for Covid-19 test results can mean weeks with no income. Also in today's edition, lessons from five small businesses that survived 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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Some Americans wait, without pay, for test results Russia aims to begin mass vaccinations against Covid-19 in October Consumers, flush with stimulus money, shun credit card debt |
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The growing wait times for coronavirus test results have created financial hardship for many U.S. workers who must stay at home without pay until they get a result. (full story) Russia plans to roll out a Covid-19 vaccine to the general population starting in October, hoping to be the first country to start mass vaccinations against the virus. (full story) Rather than rising as expected when unemployment soared amid lockdowns, credit-card debt in the U.S. and other advanced economies has dropped. (full story) |
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Coronavirus Cases Rise in Europe as Youth Hit Beaches and Bars: Young people are letting loose across Europe, fueling a surge in infections that is imperiling hard-won gains against the pathogen. |
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Covid-19 Shuttered More Than 1 Million Small Businesses. Here Is How Five Survived: Should you pivot to get through the crisis or stay the course? Here are five lessons from small businesses roiled by the pandemic. |
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Airlines Go Back to Congress for Money to Preserve Jobs: Some carriers are joining their unions behind the scenes to push for another six months' worth of funding that would allow them to avoid job cuts until March 2021 without further risk to their own fragile finances. |
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17,831,162 | confirmed cases world-wide, and 679,407 deaths |
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58,406 | new U.S. cases recorded yesterday |
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4,620,502 | total confirmed cases in the U.S. |
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1,133 | deaths in the U.S. recorded yesterday |
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154,578 | total U.S. deaths |
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56,086,260 | tests conducted in the U.S. |
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Source: Johns Hopkins University as of 11:10 a.m. ET. |
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| ⚕️ Health and Health Care |
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Covid Stress Derailed Your Workouts? Here’s How to Get Back on Track: Remember those lofty goals you had for getting fit at the beginning of lockdown? Here’s how to regain your motivation. |
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NIH Awards Grants to Medical Companies to Boost Coronavirus Test Production: The National Institutes of Health awarded $249 million in grants to seven companies making new coronavirus diagnostic technology in a move aimed at producing millions more tests per week. |
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One-Room Schoolhouses Make a Comeback—in Backyards and Garages: Remote-learning plans by schools have parents crafting ways to get children out of the house. "We’re calling it dome school," said one enterprising mother who erected a geodesic polyhedron in her backyard. |
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Today’s newsletter was curated and edited by Todd Olmstead in London. Let us know what you think by replying to this email. |
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