Covid 19 live updates: CDC says three feet of distance between students is adequate
Here are some significant developments:
- President Biden said that on Friday, day 58 of his administration, he will have delivered on his campaign promise of administering 100 million vaccine doses during the first 100 days of his presidency, more than 40 days early.
- Every state now has a variant, which could threaten the decrease in the number of coronavirus infections, USA Today reported.
- A new report in Science Magazine states that the first case of the novel coronavirus likely emerged in China’s Hubei province between mid-October or or Mid-November— a slightly earlier timeline than what has been previously reported.
- About 98 percent of AMC theaters will be open on Friday, with more expected to open by March 26, Associated Press reported.
- Paris and several other parts of France will enter a new lockdown Friday night, as the more transmissible coronavirus variant first identified in Britain is prompting a surge in hospitalizations.
- Xavier Becerra narrowly received Senate confirmation to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, the agency pivotal to Biden’s urgent goal of defeating the coronavirus pandemic and expanding health-care access.
- The Biden administration has agreed to supply Mexico with excess doses of a coronavirus vaccine, and the decision to send the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to Mexico, and to Canada, is expected to be announced Friday.
Source: WP
