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| | Coronavirus Briefing: Expat Americans Fly Home to Get Their Shots | | |
| Good afternoon. The rapid U.S. vaccine rollout has some expat Americans flying back home for their Covid-19 shots and engaging in some soul-searching. Also in today's edition: Scientists are asking why more women than men were affected by a rare clotting disorder seen in some recipients of Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines. If someone forwarded today's briefing, we invite you to sign up here. | |
| | ✔️ Today's Main Takeaways | | |
- J&J privately asked rival vaccine makers to probe clotting risks
- Global Covid-19 death toll surpasses three million
- Manufacturing issues force Moderna to cut supplies to U.K., Canada
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| Johnson & Johnson reached out to Covid-19 vaccine rivals to ask them to join an effort to study the risks of blood clots and speak with one voice about safety, but Pfizer and Moderna declined. (full story) The global death toll from Covid-19 surpassed three million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. (full story) Moderna expects a shortfall in Covid-19 vaccine doses it will deliver to countries outside the U.S., including Canada and the U.K., citing issues with its European supply chain. (full story) | |
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| | 📖 Top Reads on the Virus | | |
| Expat Americans Fly Home for Covid-19 Vaccination Shots: Frustrated by slow and uncertain vaccination drives around the world, some of the nine million Americans living abroad are coming home to get their shots. | | |
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| Covid-19 Cases Rise in Maine Amid Variants, More Travel: Newly reported infections have been on the upswing in the New England state since mid-February, even as roughly 48% of the eligible population has received a first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. | | |
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| 205,871,913 | vaccine doses given so far in the U.S. | | |
| 60,865 | new U.S. cases recorded yesterday | | |
| 682 | deaths in the U.S. recorded yesterday | | |
| 556,970 | total U.S. deaths | | |
| 31,636,941 | total confirmed cases in the U.S. | | |
| 140,858,072 | confirmed cases world-wide, and 3,013,280 deaths | | |
| 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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| Vaccines and Blood Clots: Are Women at Greater Risk? Scientists are trying to understand why women appear to be more vulnerable than men to a potentially deadly blood-clotting condition reported among a tiny number of recipients of J&J's Covid-19 vaccine. | | |
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| | 🎬 K-Pop Reinvents Virtual Concerts During Covid-19 | | |
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| Global music tours came to a halt during the pandemic, forcing some artists to live-stream for free. WSJ goes to a SHINee concert in Seoul to see how K-pop bands are creating virtual spectacles that fans around the world are paying to watch from home. | |
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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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