Coronavirus Resurgences
Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain, who had a bad case of Covid-19 in April, is in quarantine after coming into contact with a lawmaker later found to be infected.
The Navajo Nation reinstated a stay-at-home order for the next three weeks after health officials warned of “uncontrolled spread” of the virus across the vast reservation.
Sweden will reduce the limit on public gatherings to eight people from 300, as part of a new approach that runs counter to the country’s previously lax virus restrictions.
India will fly doctors into the region around New Delhi, double the number of tests it carries out and ensure that people wear masks, in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus in the capital, Reuters reports.
Here’s a roundup of restrictions in all 50 states.
What else we’re following
About a half-dozen states have planned their own reviews of vaccines. But many public health experts say the state reviews could create inconsistency and sow doubt about the shots.
Doctors are calling it quits. Thousands of medical practices in the U.S. are closing, as health care workers decide to retire early or shift to less intense jobs.
In the Minnesota section of the The Minneapolis Star-Tribune on Sunday, two-thirds of the 16 pages were filled with obituaries.
Representative Don Young of Alaska, the oldest member of the House, tweeted that he “is alive” after being hospitalized for the virus.
New York City’s tourism industry will need at least four years to recover from the free-fall prompted by the pandemic.
The N.C.A.A. will hold its men’s basketball tournament in just one city in 2021, citing pandemic concerns.
In an online video, the German government praised the country’s heroic couch potatoes who, “lazy as raccoons,” fight the virus by staying home, Deutsche Welle reports.
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