Resurgences

Facing a deluge of cases, California has turned baseball stadiums into vaccination sites. New York is setting up a mass vaccination site at the Mets’ home stadium in Queens that will be open around the clock, seven days a week.
In Malaysia, the king declared a national state of emergency to stem a surge in coronavirus cases, suspending Parliament, closing nonessential businesses and locking down several states and territories, including the largest city, Kuala Lumpur.
Because of high infection numbers, Berlin residents will be restricted from traveling more than about nine miles outside the city.
Taiwan reported two locally transmitted infections. They are the country’s first cases since Dec. 22, when it reported its first case since April.

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

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President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, wrote about her plans for the agency in a column for The New York Times Opinion section.
As cases of the coronavirus continue to surge, some people are wearing two masks — a move that researchers say is increasingly being backed up by data.
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In Sherbrooke, Quebec, residents are excluded from a nightly curfew if they are walking their dogs. A couple who were out walking on Saturday night told the police that they were in compliance because the wife was walking her crawling husband on a leash like a dog, CTV News reports.
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