The Chinese government is vowing to extend crackdown on protests. In the U.S., COVID cases are rising in 28 states, led by Missouri, where they are up 107% from two weeks ago. Here's today's Coronavirus update:
A renewed push by China to vaccinate elderly people has sparked hopes for an end to the country’s strict zero-COVID policy, but the world’s second-biggest economy is facing challenges and at least a year of hard work before the policy can end, the Associated Press reported.
The Chinese policy has come into renewed focus this week after a weekend of protests in cities including Shanghai and Beijing over lockdowns that have kept many people in their homes for months. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, said this the weekend that China’s policy did not make sense for public health and that its homegrown vaccines are not effective enough.
In the U.S., known cases of COVID are rising again, with the daily average standing at 42,451 on Tuesday, according to a New York Times tracker, up76% from two weeks ago. Cases are rising in 28 states, plus Guam and Washington, D.C., led by Missouri, where they are up 107% from two weeks ago.
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