In the U.S., Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is a leading liberal light, with success in passing gun restrictions and handling Covid. But in New Zealand, her polling numbers have reached new lows, as issues of inflation and gang violence rise. nyti.ms
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WTO nations reached a deal making it easier to manufacture and export patented Covid vaccines in developing countries without consent from the patent holder on.wsj.com
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Heard on the Street: Hong Kong’s Covid-19 strategy is unraveling and the city is likely to witness significant fatalities soon. How the city reached this point says a lot about its changing politics—and future as a business hub. on.wsj.com
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Japan is ending its state-of-emergency measures on Thursday amid a fall in the number of new daily coronavirus cases and a vaccine rollout that has reached nearly 60 percent of the population, hoping that the move helps to revive the country’s economy. nyti.ms
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How do we know when England has reached a peak in Covid infections? | Graham Medley theguardian.com
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Coming by taxi and by car, many from hours away, many diamond hunters dreamed of a turn of luck in a nation whose persistent struggles with joblessness have reached new heights amid the coronavirus pandemic. nyti.ms
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Number of billionaires in UK reached new record during Covid pandemic theguardian.com
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U.S. production of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine is set to increase after the drugmaker reached a deal with contract manufacturer Catalent to boost output on.wsj.com
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The Biden administration has reached a $230 million deal with Australian company Ellume to produce at-home, over-the-counter Covid-19 tests on.wsj.com
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Senate leaders reached a deal over the Fed's emergency lending powers, clearing the last major hurdle for a $900 billion coronavirus aid package on.wsj.com
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The U.S. reported more than 166,000 new coronavirus cases while hospitalizations reached a fresh record on.wsj.com
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Test and trace sinks to 60% of Covid-19 contacts reached in England theguardian.com
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Covid vaccines have reached a crossroads: The current shots don’t protect for long enough, but new ones may take too long to develop. on.wsj.com
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South Korea is considering downgrading the way it categorizes Covid as an infectious disease, while Singapore is steadily dropping restrictions. “Our fight against Covid-19 has reached a major turning point.” on.wsj.com
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Heard on the Street: Hong Kong’s Covid-19 strategy is unraveling and the city is likely to witness significant fatalities soon. How the city reached this point says a lot about its changing politics—and future as a business hub. on.wsj.com
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The EU and AstraZeneca reached an agreement in a legal battle over the delayed delivery of hundreds of millions of Covid vaccine doses. The drugmaker is obliged to provide a total of 300 million doses by the end of March 2022 under the settlement. nyti.ms
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Breaking News: Pfizer and BioNTech reached a deal with a South African vaccine maker to bottle Covid shots. The doses would be sent exclusively to African nations. nyti.ms
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After Tanzania spent a year denying the pandemic had reached the country, its government has asked the WHO for a shipment of Covid-19 vaccines on.wsj.com
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Covid-19 task force didn’t meet for months. His health minister assured the public in March that India had reached the pandemic’s “endgame.” Now, a second wave has made India the worst-hit country in the world. nyti.ms
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Covid outbreak has reached my hospital in Papua New Guinea. People could soon be dying in the parking lot | Glen Mola theguardian.com
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Prioritizing vaccines for elderly people has an important consequence: By trying to protect the people most vulnerable to the coronavirus rather than working-age people, restrictions could last many months before herd-immunity thresholds are reached on.wsj.com
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New York City restaurants must halt indoor dining on Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, as the number of Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations reached levels not seen since the spring on.wsj.com
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New coronavirus cases in the U.S. climbed past 144,000 on Wednesday, topping 100,000 new infections for the ninth day in a row, as the number of Covid-19 patients in ICUs reached a high not seen since May 5 on.wsj.com
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The U.S. reported 91,530 new Covid-19 cases on Election Day, the second-highest daily count on record, while hospitalizations reached their highest levels since early August on.wsj.com
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Covid vaccines have reached a crossroads: The current shots don’t protect for long enough, but new ones may take too long to develop. on.wsj.com
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A group of countries have reached an agreement that would allow developing countries to manufacture Covid-19 vaccines without the permission of the holder of the intellectual-property rights.The deal now has to be put to the membership of the WTO. on.wsj.com
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Hong Kong’s Covid-19 strategy is unraveling and the city is likely to witness a significant death toll soon. How the city reached this point says a lot about its changing politics-and future. on.wsj.com
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Walt Disney reached a deal with unions representing workers at Disney World in Florida that will require workers to show proof of Covid-19 vaccinations on.wsj.com
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Ursula von der Leyen says EU has reached Covid vaccine target theguardian.com
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Australians have been forgiving of the government’s Covid response, but we may have reached our limit | Peter Lewis theguardian.com
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Covid-19 didn’t upend CEO pay. Median pay for CEOs of more than 300 of the biggest U.S. public companies reached $13.7 million last year, according to a WSJ analysis. on.wsj.com
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The pope encouraged Iraq’s Christian minority and reached out to its Muslim majority on his first foreign tour since the Covid-19 pandemic began on.wsj.com
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Covid-19 has finally reached Antarctica, making it the last continent to be affected by the pandemic on.wsj.com
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered New York hospitals to increase the number of beds they have available and identify additional staff as the number of Covid-19 hospitalizations reached a level not seen since May on.wsj.com
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New coronavirus cases reached another single-day record in the U.S., as several states reported all-time highs on.wsj.com
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The average number of new coronavirus cases reported daily over the past week reached an all-time high of 68,767 on Monday, another indication that the U.S. is experiencing a fresh surge of infections as the weather turns cooler on.wsj.com
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WTO nations reached a deal making it easier to manufacture and export patented Covid vaccines in developing countries without consent from the patent holder on.wsj.com
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Saying the U.S. has “reached a new moment in the fight against Covid-19,” President Biden announced a “Test to Treat” initiative so people can get tested at a pharmacy, and if they’re positive, receive antiviral pills on the spot #SOTU (corrects link) on.wsj.com
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U.S. data showed daily average deaths from Covid-19 exceeding the peak reached during the surge driven by Delta, while more signs emerged that the Omicron wave is taking a less serious human toll in Europe than earlier phases of the pandemic on.wsj.com
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Covid-19 hospitalizations in Florida have reached a record high, federal data show, as the state battles a surge in cases brought on by the highly contagious Delta variant on.wsj.com
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With Johnson driving, it doesn’t feel like we’ve reached the end of the Covid line | Marina Hyde theguardian.com
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Pubs and restaurants haven’t reached the post-Covid champagne moment yet | Kate Nicholls theguardian.com
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U.S. production of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine is set to increase after the drugmaker reached a deal with contract manufacturer Catalent to boost output on.wsj.com
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Thousands of clinically vulnerable not reached at start of Covid crisis, watchdog finds theguardian.com
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Breaking: Lawmakers reached a final agreement on $900 billion in coronavirus relief, moving Congress close to approval of a fresh infusion of pandemic aid on.wsj.com
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UK coronavirus live: Gove to chair four-nation Christmas talks as no agreement reached yet theguardian.com
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The share of New York City residents who tested positive for Covid-19 over the last week reached 2.31%, the highest percentage since June on.wsj.com
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Boris Johnson says he will intervene in Greater Manchester if Covid agreement not reached – video theguardian.com