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The United States crossed 30 million coronavirus cases on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as states accelerate the vaccination process by lowering age limits, Reuters reports.
Health authorities are racing to vaccinate in the face of the first uptick in new cases on a weekly basis since January. Against the advice of health experts, several states have lifted mask mandates and more infectious variants have also spread across the nation.
Vaccines prove highly protective of healthcare workers; rapid tests unreliable in asymptomatic cases. The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid, the illness caused by the virus. Vaccines highly protective for healthcare workers.
Hello and welcome to today’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic with me, Helen Sullivan.
AstraZeneca Plc is likely to release a new, modified statement about its Covid vaccine after a data and safety monitoring board expressed concern that the data in its recent public statement were outdated, US infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday.
