Coronavirus Resurgences

Japan declared a state of emergency in and around Tokyo, after days of record coronavirus counts and a rapidly rising death toll.
Israel faces a tightened lockdown this week as officials fear that the more transmissible British variant of the virus is spreading rapidly and its vaccine supplies are running low.
The police in Thailand issued arrest warrants for a husband and wife who helped smuggle 19 illegal immigrants from Myanmar, including seven who tested positive for the coronavirus.
In France, officials vowed to speed up their vaccination campaign, but warned that restrictions and curfews would remain in place in order to halt a rise in infections and hospitalizations.

Here’s a roundup of restrictions in all 50 states.
What else we’re following

Dr. Anthony Fauci predicted that the daily death toll from the coronavirus would continue to rise for weeks, and asked for patience with the slow pace of the vaccination program gearing up across the nation.
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that infection rates were sharply higher in counties where universities held classes in person.
U.S. state and federal officials are warning consumers about potential fraud involving the coronavirus stimulus payments that are now being distributed by check and direct deposit.
A new study shows that convalescent plasma treatment for Covid-19 works — but only when given early in an infection.
Jury trials in the U.S. are being suspended again because of the virus surge.
The virus killed half the residents at a nursing home in Britain over Christmas, raising fears that the more contagious variant of the virus is beginning to penetrate nursing homes in the country, The Guardian reports.
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