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From: Morris, Max Sent: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 9:30 PM To: Morris, Max Subject: 05/05/2021 Coronavirus Daily Recap

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Need to find a vaccine? Here are a few good sites and resources we have come across that may help:  White House Vaccine Resource - Website to make it easier for people to find information, https://www.vaccines.gov/, and people can also text their zip code to 438829 to find out information about vaccination sites.  CDC Vaccine Finder – https://vaccinefinder.org/ [Free government website where users can search for pharmacies and providers that offer vaccinations, currently limited number of states but expanding]  Dr. B Standby list for COVID vaccines - https://hidrb.com/ [Sign-up website that connects eligible adults with leftover vaccines at risk of expiring]  NBC News Plan Your Vaccine – https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/plan-your-vaccine/ [Website that walks you through eligibility, a timeline for when you can get vaccinated and where you can get a vaccine]  Apple Maps App [Use the app to find vaccination location data from the US CDC's Vaccine Finder by searching or asking Siri, “Where can I get a Covid-19 vaccination?]  Facebook Locator Tool [Access the social media’s Covid Information Center to see when and where to get vaccinated and get a link to make an appointment]

Good Wednesday evening Everyone! And a very happy Cinco de Mayo. Fiesta! In honor, tonight the Morris News Network family celebrated with some really great tacos (at home of course). And I’m not a big avocado fan, but National Today reports that Americans can consume up to 87.3 million pounds of avocados in celebration. Boy, that’s a lot of dip. But enough about food. Following is our Daily Recap of major Headlines, the “Good Stuff”, US Snapshots, US Vaccinations, US Variant Cases, key Highlights, as well as key Statistics, Vaccine and Treatment information, US Restrictions and the Back to Normal Index related to the novel coronavirus . Tonight, we leave you with the inspirational words of Gordon B. Hinckley, who said: Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others. Making a difference for others. Bringing a smile to someone. Offering a kind word. Finding the time for a simple how are you. Hmmmm. Where have we heard those ideas before. It’s definitely something we have talked about many times over the past year. Such little things that go such a long ways. And no matter what we do in life, no matter how successful we are or whatever our accomplishments may be, the important thing is looking out for and helping each other. Never more than what we have all been facing with daily struggles, challenges and hardships. So, let’s keep making that difference. Keep making sure we let others lean on us. Keep giving our loved ones, friends and co-workers

1 that reason to keep moving forward. Because it is one of the greatest gifts we can offer with nothing more than a simple act of kindness and caring .

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Headlines  Covid-19 cases will likely surge again in the US, peaking in May before sharply declining by July, according to new data released Wednesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with the rise in expected as states relax pandemic prevention strategies for businesses, large-scale gatherings and schools, and the B.1.1.7 variant first reported in the United Kingdom spreads more rapidly throughout the country.  President Joe Biden's new benchmark in the fight against COVID-19 - ensuring 70% of American adults to get at least one shot by July 4 - seems to be a tacit acknowledgement of what scientists have been saying now for months that eradicating the virus might not be possible but if enough Americans get some protection, it'll become manageable, an approach being embraced by scientists and politicians alike as considerably more pragmatic than the idea of waiting on "herd immunity," especially considering that a fourth of Americans might never accept the vaccine.  Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Wednesday that 12- to 15-year-olds could be getting vaccinated against Covid-19 in less than two weeks.  One dose of a coronavirus vaccine has been found to be more than effective in preventing infections among people over 60, according to a large study from South Korea’s Disease Control and Prevention Agency, with data released Wednesday based on more than 3.5 million people in the country finding that two weeks after being administered one dose of Pfizer, the vaccine was 89.7 percent effective in preventing , and AstraZeneca’s vaccine was found to be 86 percent effective.  The B.1.526 Covid-19 variant, which was first identified in New York City in November, is not associated with more severe infection or a greater risk of reinfection, according to new research from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  A booster shot of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine revs up the immune response against two worrying coronavirus variants from South Africa and Brazil, the company reported Wednesday, and additionally, a booster dose formulated specifically to match the African B.1.351 strain was even more effective.  The pace of immunization against coronavirus has slowed by about 20% in the US, according to data published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with nearly 250 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine having now been administered.  Americans can expect guidance on mask wearing to “continue to be updated” and “changed” when asked about the new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation to have children wear masks at summer camp, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday.  , the World Health Organization’s technical lead for Covid-19. said today that while there are virus hotspots in all regions, there have also been positive signs in all of them, with several reasons for the increased transmission in some parts of the world, including virus variants, an uneven and unequitable global rollout of vaccines and a lot of fatigue, with governments wanting to open societies.  India accounted for 25% of the world's Covid-19 deaths reported in the past week, according to the World Health Organization’s weekly Covid-19 report released Wednesday, and the country recorded 382,315 new cases and a further 3,780 Covid-19 related deaths in the past twenty-four hours, according to health ministry figures.  India has approved Roche/Regeneron’s antibody cocktail for emergency use to treat Covid-19, as essential medical supplies run low in the country amid a devastating second wave of infections.  Canada announced Wednesday that it has authorized the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 15, with the company saying clinical trial results showed its efficacy is 100% and well tolerated in youths ages 12 to 15, and the most commonly reported side effects were temporary and mild, like a sore arm, chills or fever.  More than 10 climbers have been evacuated from Nepal’s Dhaulagiri mountain - the seventh highest peak in the Himalayas - following reports of a coronavirus outbreak at the base camp, emergency airlifts that come as Mount Everest is also grappling with infections among trekkers at its often crowded base camp, sparking controversy about whether the mountaineering season should be open to visitors as cases rise to record levels for the first time since October. 2  In a ruling that could have a tremendous impact on millions of Americans, a federal judge in Washington D.C. on Wednesday ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overstepped its legal authority when it issued a nationwide eviction moratorium, with District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich’s 20-page order saying that the protection, first put in place during the coronavirus pandemic under the Trump administration and now set to run out on June 30, goes too far.  In two days, President Biden said 186,200 restaurants and other food industry businesses applied for federal relief funding allocated by the $1.9 billion American Rescue Plan, with applications coming from establishments in all 50 states and about 97,000 businesses owned by women, veterans and socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals.  The Small Business Administration said Wednesday that the Paycheck Protection Program has been exhausted, and as of Sunday, the PPP had given out nearly 10.8 million loans worth more than $780 billion since April of last year.  If you receive Social Security or Supplemental Security Income benefits and are still waiting on a stimulus check, you should file a tax return as soon as possible in order to get your money, the Social Security Administration said Wednesday.  Cruise ship operators may begin simulated voyages with volunteer passengers, per an order from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, guidelines that are a new phase in the agency’s Framework for Conditional Sailing Order released in October, with instructions that include eligibility and requirements for conducting a trial voyage, which would help for future restricted passenger voyages and guide cruise ship inspection on those voyages.  The New York Stock Exchange is loosening Covid-19 protocol and will allow fully vaccinated people on the trading floor to go unmasked when socially distanced beginning next Monday.  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that Broadway shows will be "ready to open September 14 at 100% capacity," with tickets going on sale tomorrow and the logistics regarding how theaters will reopen still being ironed out.  Just weeks until the Tokyo Olympics, Covid-19 cases in Japan are on the rise, with Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Hyogo all under state of emergencies set to expire on May 11.

The Good Stuff: One evening in late April, as the coronavirus was surging in India, Prarthana Sannamani, a Microsoft software engineer in Seattle, was growing increasingly worried about her parents, who live near the southern Indian city of Bangalore. “Gosh, I’m so far away. What if my family gets sick and needs help?” she recalled thinking. Ms. Sannamani, who is in her 20s and has lived in the US for four years, began scouring the internet and compiling a document with phone numbers for ambulances and hospitals for her parents, in case they fell ill. “But the list kept growing because I just started finding so much information, and then I thought, hey, I really want this to reach more people,” she said. Ms. Sannamani planned to share the list on Twitter, until she realized that only a small fraction of India’s 1.3 billion people used the social network, she said. One night, she came up with the idea of building a website. By the time she went to bed six hours later, at 4AM, Ms. Sannamani had created covidresourcesindia.com, with contact information for hospitals and emergency services in Bangalore. The next morning, she shared the website with her co-workers and asked her social media followers to contribute information. But, feeling that she needed to do more, Ms. Sannamani took the day off from work and spent the next 14 hours tracking down additional resources. She has since expanded the site to include emergency help lines and databases of available hospital beds, oxygen, medical treatments and other Covid-19 assistance in 12 cities and nine regions across India. “The purpose is when something happens, you’re not in that mental state to go to Google and do that research,” Ms. Sannamani said. “What you really need is one place to go and at least have something to start with. India is just such a huge country, so those specific resources help save a lot of time if you know where to look.”

US Snapshots Trending Stats Data compiled daily from John Hopkins CSSE Tracking

Trends as of Wed Daily Average Daily Average May 5 Case Increase Death Increase Positivity Rate Total Tests This Week 46,771 706 8.21% 417,198,041 Last Week 52,731 706 8.30% 408,303,472

3 Change -5,960 0 -0.09% 8,894,569 % -11.30% 0.00% -1.08% 2.18% As of May 4 -11.43% 2.14% -1.08% 2.05% As of May 3 -9.99% -2.26% -1.20% 2.01% As of May 2 -15.70% -3.50% -0.60% 0.90% As of May 1 -18.03% -6.40% -0.72% 1.21% As of Apr 30 -15.03% -4.34% -0.72% 1.29% As of Apr 29 -14.62% -0.57% -0.84% 1.36%

Data compiled irregularly but normally at least weekly from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Inpatient Bed Inpatient Bed ICU Bed Use Weekly Trending Use Use (COVID-19) ICU Bed Use (COVID-19) As of May 1 70.74% 6.27% 68.27% 11.27% As of Apr 30 70.72% 6.33% 68.26% 11.35% Change 0.02% -0.06% 0.01% -0.08% % 0.03% -0.95% 0.01% -0.70% As of Apr 24 70.39% 6.57% 68.11% 11.05% As of Apr 17 70.43% 6.52% 67.68% 10.56% As of Apr 15 69.03% 6.41% 67.37% 10.34% As of Apr 13 51.19% 3.84% 61.74% 9.66% As of Apr 5 50.39% 3.69% 62.65% 9.15%

Trending Charts Charts compiled from Sunknighty CVOB web site via Johns Hopkins University data, updated daily from the previous day’s numbers

US Vaccinations Total Doses Data compiled by The Washington Post, updated May 5 4 Almost 149 million people have received one or more doses of the vaccine, more than 107 million people have been fully vaccinated and over 321 million doses have been distributed.

Reported doses administered by day Data compiled by The Washington Post from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,, updated May 5 In the last week, an average of 2.19 million doses per day were administered, a 19% decrease over the week before.

State Doses Data compiled by The Washington Post, share of population fully vaccinated, updated May 5

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SARS-CoV-2 Variants

Variant Listing - Published from The New York Times Variant Tracker

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Estimates of US Prevalence Data compiled by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The data below shows the estimated biweekly prevalence of the most common SARS-CoV-2 lineages circulating in the United States, based on >40,000 sequences collected through CDC’s national genomic surveillance since Dec 20, 2020 and grouped in 2-week intervals. Data are subject to change over time and will be updated as more data become available. Variant proportions are adjusted using statistical weighting to correct for the non-random sampling of sequencing data over time and across states and to provide more representative national estimates.

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8 Proportions in the table above are only shown for states for which CDC has at least 300 sequences from specimens collected during this timeframe. Proportions are calculated using empirical (unweighted) data, which are subject to change over time and will be updated as more data become available. Proportions of variants do not represent the total number that may be circulating in the United States and may not match cases reported by states, territories, tribes, and local officials. For states and jurisdictions not listed, CDC has insufficient genomic surveillance data for the specified time period.

Variant Lineage - Table taken from Wikipedia’s Variants of SARS-CoV-2 page

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Key news and updates - Published from The New York Times Variant Tracker

Highlights Vaccine Rollout - US 1. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday that 249,566,820 total doses have been administered, about 78% of the 321,549,335 delivered, and about 1.8 million more reported since Tuesday, dropping the seven-day average down to about 2.1 million per day. 2. About 45% of the population - nearly 149 million people - have received at least one dose of vaccine, and about 32% - more than 107 million - are fully vaccinated. 3. New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows 51.7% of Americans in their 40s have had at least one vaccine shot, 44.9% of people in their 30s and 35.6% of people 18 to 29 are at least partially vaccinated. 10 4. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Housing and Urban Development are joining forces to boost access to vaccinations, a joint effort that directs community health centers, public housing providers and others to take steps to increase testing and vaccinations, with a focus on those experiencing or at risk of homelessness. 5. White House senior Covid-19 adviser Andy Slavitt outlined steps the administration will take to hit the ground running if the US Food and Drug Administration grants an emergency use authorization for the Pfizer vaccine in adolescents 12 to 15 years old, efforts that will be threefold and include:  The administration, as well as states and localities, will use “existing infrastructure for the distribution”  There will be efforts to use “infrastructure that has been deployed historically to pediatricians offices to provide childhood vaccinations”  There will be a push to “(engage) directly with people who our parents will want to talk to to understand about understand these vaccines” 6. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that “we have to reach the people where they are,” with efforts that include getting vaccines into more pharmacies, expanding outreach in rural areas and providing resources to community organizations, adding “We knew that we would have a lot of supply by the end of April, early May, but we also knew this would be the time that we had people who were more hesitant, that people wouldn't be rushing to get the vaccine.” 7. Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, said Wednesday he’s hopeful the US Food and Drug Administration will greenlight vaccines for 12- to 15-year-olds and it will be important to start vaccinating high school-age people well in advance of the fall. 8. CVS said Wednesday it is now offering walk-in vaccinations at over 8,300 pharmacy locations in the US, administering shots without requiring an appointment, and that same-day scheduling is also available through its vaccine appointment system. 9. Maryland residents can now get vaccinated without an appointment at any of the state's 13 mass vaccination sites as part of the state's “No Arm Left Behind” initiative, Governor Larry Hogan announced late Tuesday, with the state now having administered nearly 5 million total vaccinations. 10. New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Wednesday that baseball fans who have been fully vaccinated will soon be able to enjoy seating arrangements without social distancing at Yankee Stadium and Citi Field, and that spectators who get vaccinated at either stadium during a game will get a free ticket. 11. The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will support waiving intellectual property patent protections for vaccines, which could increase their global supply, and will move forward with international negotiations to do so, arguing that the global health crisis calls for extraordinary measures. Vaccine Rollout - Global 1. A model from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington from May 1 expects 674 million people in India will be vaccinated by August 1, and that 91,100 lives will be saved by vaccination. 2. Qatar has reported breakthrough infections in 1,616 people who were fully vaccinated, including two deaths, out of 265,000 fully vaccinated people. 3. Canada is considering allowing patients to receive two different types of vaccines as the country deals with shortages of shots from AstraZeneca and Moderna. 4. Canadians, facing third-wave lockdowns, are flying south to the US to get inoculated, perhaps months earlier than they would be able to at home. 5. Peru President Francisco Sagasti announced on Wednesday a fresh deal with Pfizer and BioNTech to purchase an additional 12 million doses of their vaccine that will be delivered by year’s end. 6. World Bank President David Malpass on Wednesday urged wealthy countries to quickly free up excess vaccines for developing economies that are now facing greater needs, by exporting stockpiled doses and giving up options for future deliveries. 7. Countries like the US with ample vaccine resources are obligated to aid the rest of the world in vaccination programs, Dr. , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Wednesday, explaining that we have a moral obligation “to make sure that the rest of the world does not suffer and die, as it were, from something we can help them with and help them prevent.” US Outbreak

11 1. Researchers observed a “sharp” increase in the New York B.1.526 variant prevalence over the course of a study released today, increasing from just 3% of samples taken in mid-January to 40% of samples taken by April 5, suggesting a possibility the variant has greater transmissibility than other strains, but authors noted that the secondary attack rate was not elevated with the mutation. 2. An ensemble forecast published Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now projects there will be 586,000 to 600,000 total coronavirus deaths by May 29, compared to the previous forecast published on April 28 of 595,0000 by May 22, with the number expected to decrease over the next 4 weeks, with 1,400 to 5,500 likely reported in the week ending May 29. 3. Colorado children between 0 to 19 account for 26.4% of all cases reported the week of April 25, according to state data, and overall children make up 16.57% of all infections in the state since the start of the pandemic, with new infections bolstered by the spread of more-contagious variants and in-person school activities. 4. New York lawmakers passed legislation that establishes minimum staffing levels for hospitals and nursing homes, asserting understaffing practices at some facilities contributed to infections and deaths. US Restrictions & Schools 1. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky responded to criticism over the latest CDC guidance on outdoor mask-wearing for fully vaccinated individuals, saying its recommendations have to cover a wide swath of the population, with guidance for individuals, populations and all regions of the country, whether they have high or low rates of vaccination. 2. It's too soon to say whether school districts might require students to be vaccinated to return to classrooms this fall, Andy Slavitt, a senior adviser to the White House's Covid response team, said Tuesday night, adding that such a decision would be made locally and might require full approval of the vaccines from the Food and Drug Administration. 3. Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Wednesday that vaccinated individuals in that age group will be able to remove their masks outdoors at camps, remarks that came after criticism that the agency’s recently issued guidance for campers was needlessly strict. 4. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Wednesday that US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on summer camps, which says everyone in the facility should wear a mask at all times and keep at least 3 feet of distance between campers, are conservative, but they will likely be reevaluated in real time. 5. New US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance for cruise ships released today states that simulated voyages must have at least 10% of the maximum number of passengers permitted on board a ship, they must all be at least 18 years old and confirm in writing that they're participating in a simulation voyage, the volunteer passengers must be able to furnish proof of vaccination or provide a letter from a that they are not in a high-risk category for Covid-19, and all volunteers must also be willing to get a test three to five days after the voyage is over. Global Outbreak India 1. A third wave of the pandemic is "inevitable" in India given the higher levels of circulating virus but it is not clear on what time scale this phase three will occur," K. VijayRaghavan, the principal scientific adviser to the government warned on Wednesday, asking authorities to be prepared for new waves. 2. India could see more than 403,000 Covid-19 total deaths and nearly 50 million total cases by June 11 this year, according to a projection model from the Indian Institute of Science, but in the event that the government imposes a 15-day lockdown the number of deaths would drop to fewer than 300,000 in the same time frame, and a total of fewer than 30 million cases since the pandemic started. 3. India’s western state of Maharashtra, home to the country's financial capital Mumbai, on Wednesday posted 920 new deaths related to Covid-19 - the highest death toll reported in a day in the state since the start of the pandemic, and additionally a total of 57,640 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours. 4. Over the past two weeks, India has received huge quantities of foreign aid to help battle the devastating second wave of Covid-19 that has consumed hundreds of lives, ranging from entire oxygen producing plants to N-95 masks, as the Indian government has slowly distributed it to hospitals across the country, but even as it continues to receive assistance the country is focused on bridging the yawning gap that is currently resulting in a severe shortage of basic medical supplies.

12 5. India’s top court ruled Wednesday that the government, which is under growing pressure to impose tighter restrictions, must present a plan to meet the oxygen needs of significantly overburdened hospitals in the capital of New Delhi within a day. The World 1. Colombia is experiencing its third surge, with nearly 500 deaths a day on average over the past week, a higher per- capita rate than India’s. 2. Brazil’s mortality rates have doubled among those younger than 39, quadrupled among those in their 40s and tripled for those in their 50s since December, and Chile’s hospitalization rates among those under 39 years have increased by more than 70%. 3. Canada continues to report significant jumps in infections in highly populated provinces such as Ontario as well as in less populated territories of the North and Yukon, home to remote and indigenous communities. 4. Puerto Rico and Cuba remain significant drivers of cases in the Caribbean, which is facing a new surge of the virus. 5. Guyanas, Argentina and Colombia are seeing cases rapidly accelerate, with weekly infection counts five times higher today than they were this time last year and hospitals reaching capacity in large Colombian cities. 6. ’s new community cases have increased to 64 in the past week – up from 11 the week before – and the country is facing its biggest local outbreak of infections in months, but the situation could improve in the coming weeks, according to , chair of the World Health Organization Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network. 7. Sri Lanka reported 1,914 new infections in the past 24 hours, and has imposed lockdowns across areas in four more districts after seeing a significant increase in cases, with several areas and villages put under new restrictions on Wednesday in Colombo, Gampaha, Ratnapura, and Vavuniya districts. 8. Nepal authorities have identified an outbreak at massively overcrowded prison in the country's western Sudurpashchim province, authorities said. 9. Japan’s prefecture of Osaka has nearly reached capacity for Covid-19 patients with serious symptoms – 98.9% as of Tuesday, forcing authorities to open waiting centers for patients who cannot find bed space, the government said on its website. 10. Britain’s Office of National Statistics said on Wednesday that more than one in five adults experienced some form of depression in the first months of this year during a strict lockdown, figures were more than double the number of adults who experienced depression before the pandemic, which was 10 percent. 11. Nepal has told its retired military medical staff to be ready to be recalled for duty to help manage the growing Covid- 19 crisis in the country after the army had already been drafted to help build the necessary infrastructure for isolation facilities and coordinated the management of the remains of Covid-19 victims. 12. Malaysia tightened restrictions on movements from May 7 to May 20 in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur to defuse a fresh wave of infections, a day after it imposed similar curbs in the nation’s richest state of Selangor, with dining at restaurants prohibited and curbs on inter-state travel to remain. 13. Hong Kong said that regular flights from Britain would resume beginning on Friday, allowing hundreds of residents stranded there since December to return home. 14. Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg announced Wednesday that the country will launch verifiable vaccine certificates in early June that will allow holders to gain entry to events and that European Union-compliant certificates could happen by late June. 15. Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi urged potential tourists looking for a sunny break to book their holidays in the country as it prepares for the introduction of Covid passports, which would allow people to travel freely. 16. Maria van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s technical lead for Covid-19, said today that while it’s hard to say whether the state of the pandemic has improved, the world has a shot at controlling Covid-19 if it uses all the tools as available, explaining “We can do this,” but adding “We just have to collectively come together from the political level all the way to the individual level to do that.” Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment 1. A study in Denmark and Norway has found slightly increased rates of vein blood clots among people who have had a first dose of AstraZeneca's vaccine, including clots in the brain, compared with expected rates in the general population, but researchers who conducted the study stressed that such side effects are extremely rare, and the benefits of the vaccine still outweigh the risks in most situations.

13 2. A new report in the New England Journal of from a team in the Gulf state of Qatar indicates Pfizer/BioNTech’s vaccine can protect people against some of the worrying variants of the virus, with the estimated effectiveness against infection with the United Kingdom B.1.1.7 variant 89.5% at 14 or more days after the second dose, 75% against the South African 8.1.351 strain, and more than 97% effective in preventing severe disease or death. 3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention modeling data released today suggests that that the current vaccines provide protection against the main variants circulating in the US. 4. Novavax said initial primary analysis of Phase 2B results for its vaccine showed efficacy against a South African variant, and among healthy adults without HIV, the vaccine showed efficacy of 60% in the initial analysis and 55% in the subsequent complete analysis. Economy and Business 1. Montana is ending its expansion of unemployment benefits - including a $300 weekly increase in aid - more than two months early on June 27, and some fear that other states will take similar measures before the labor market recovers. 2. A group of 7-Eleven franchise owners is pleading with its corporate backers to reverse a recent order to resume 24- hour operations, saying their inability to recruit labor at current wages makes longer hours impossible and unsafe. 3. Indian banking shares jumped on Wednesday, with the Nifty Bank Index up 1.36%, after the central bank introduced measures to boost lending as the coronavirus crisis continues to take its toll on the country. 4. The Reserve Bank of India will monitor the economic impact of India’s second wave of infections and deploy all resources possible to ease the economic stress, governor Shaktikanta Das said Wednesday during an unscheduled speech. 5. Thailand is planning to spend billions of dollars for financial relief to low-income groups to cope with the economic hit from the biggest outbreak sweeping the nation since the pandemic began, with the cabinet on Wednesday approving in principle fiscal stimulus measures, including extension of two cash handout programs by a month at a cost of 85.5 billion baht ($2.8 billion), and also proposing 140 billion baht of spending for co-payment and e-voucher programs and more cash handouts to welfare cardholders and special groups to stimulate consumption. Other Stories 1. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data on Wednesday that shows the US birthrate in 2020 dropped for the sixth consecutive year to its lowest point since the government began tracking it. 2. Pandemic disruptions severely hampered US regulators’ ability to inspect drug and device makers’ manufacturing plants, delaying at least 68 applications for approval to market new products, seven of which were mission-critical, meaning they represented a medical advancement, according to a Food and Drug Administration review. 3. The United Kingdom insisted a meeting of top Group of Seven diplomats in London should go ahead after India’s foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said he would self-isolate over possible exposure to coronavirus. 4. Rogue virus variants, the global vaccine rollout and international travel restrictions are being closely monitored as Expo 2020 Dubai draws close, with the in-person mega event, likely the largest ever staged in the Arab world costing billions and taking more than a decade to plan, now scheduled to go ahead on October 1, a year after it was postponed by the pandemic.

Outbreak Statistics Numbers from John Hopkins CSSE Tracking are pulled daily at 7:00PM and changes reflect the past 24 hours Global Numbers Date Cases Deaths Recovered

5 May Wed 154,658,670 (+839,416) 3,233,784 (+14,878) - 2.09% 91,206,413 (+686,314) 4 May Tue 153,819,254 (+695,764) 3,218,906 (+11,091) - 2.09% 90,520,099 (+692,996) 3 May Mon 153,123,490 (+709,528) 3,207,815 (+11,441) - 2.09% 89,827,103 (+584,501)

2 May Sun 152,413,962 (+693,961) 3,196,374 (+8,996) - 2.1% 89,242,602 (-312,911) 1 May Sat 151,720,001 (+871,518) 3,187,378 (+15,482) - 2.1% 89,555,513 (+1,690,341) 30 Apr Fri 150,848,483 (+902,819) 3,171,896 (+15,488) - 2.1% 87,865,172 (+735,863)

29 Apr Thu 149,945,664 (+787,143) 3,156,408 (+11,169) - 2.11% 87,129,309 (+601,744)

14 Top 15 Global Country Counts  Daily case change (total): India: +382,315 (20,665,148), Brazil: +77,359 (14,856,888), Argentina: +50,317 (3,071,496), US: +45,295 (32,552,408), Turkey: +26,476 (4,955,594), France: +26,006 (5,767,537), Germany: +20,953 (3,471,616), Iran: +15,872 (2,591,609), Iraq: +11,956 (1,091,954), Italy: +10,579 (4,070,400), Canada: +9,666 (1,265,663), Nepal: +8,605 (359,610), Russia: +7,857 (4,792,354), Netherlands: +7,329 (1,558,548), Sweden: +7,041 (995,595)  Daily death change (total): India: +3,780 (226,188), Brazil: +2,966 (411,588), Argentina: +1,073 (65,865), US: +906 (579,225), Mexico: +395 (217,740), Turkey: +356 (41,883), Russia: +352 (110,022), Poland: +349 (68,482), Iran: +349 (73,568), Peru: +299 (62,674), Germany: +270 (83,981), Italy: +267 (122,005), France: +244 (105,792), Indonesia: +212 (46,349), Philippines: +178 (17,800) US Numbers Date Cases Deaths 5 May Wed 32,552,256 (+45,295) 579,222 (+906) - 1.78%

4 May Tue 32,506,961 (+43,464) 578,316 (+855) - 1.78% 3 May Mon 32,463,497 (+43,680) 577,461 (+446) - 1.78% 2 May Sun 32,419,817 (+37,428) 577,015 (+402) - 1.78%

1 May Sat 32,382,389 (+40,863) 576,613 (+740) - 1.78% 30 Apr Fri 32,341,526 (+61,664) 575,873 (+852) - 1.78% 29 Apr Thu 32,279,862 (+55,002) 575,021 (+744) - 1.78% US State and Territory Counts  Cases by daily change (totals): Florida: +4,394 (2,253,929), Michigan: +3,047 (951,899), Ohio: +2,735 (1,078,734), New Jersey: +2,528 (1,004,525), Illinois: +2,419 (1,346,294), New York: +2,402 (2,061,887), Pennsylvania: +2,370 (1,164,827), Texas: +2,330 (2,906,010), California: +2,190 (3,750,296), Colorado: +1,607 (517,851), North Carolina: +1,468 (976,768), Washington: +1,416 (408,607), Minnesota: +1,241 (582,576), Indiana: +1,139 (725,353), Georgia: +1,018 (1,105,855), Tennessee: +907 (850,885), Virginia: +842 (663,538), Wisconsin: +775 (663,668), Oregon: +733 (187,611), Kentucky: +708 (446,929), Maryland: +679 (450,689), Alabama: +662 (529,446), South Carolina: +614 (581,835), Missouri: +613 (594,950), Connecticut: +609 (341,571), Kansas: +494 (311,602), Utah: +480 (398,979), Louisiana: +466 (460,803), Iowa: +440 (366,566), West Virginia: +405 (154,956), New Hampshire: +375 (95,881), Nevada: +373 (317,088), Maine: +348 (62,858), Arkansas: +298 (336,760), Rhode Island: +268 (149,197), Nebraska: +239 (220,720), Idaho: +209 (188,233), New Mexico: +205 (198,781), Puerto Rico: +198 (133,705), Delaware: +197 (105,401), North Dakota: +169 (108,081), Alaska: +148 (68,666), Montana: +140 (109,455), Mississippi: +104 (312,712), South Dakota: +99 (123,073), Wyoming: +71 (58,438), Vermont: +56 (23,247), District of Columbia: +55 (48,041), Guam: +12 (8,016), Arizona: +0 (865,280), Massachusetts: +0 (692,589), Oklahoma: +0 (449,041), Hawaii: +0 (34,234), Virgin Islands: +0 (3,152), Northern Mariana Islands: +0 (168), American Samoa: +0 (0)  Deaths by daily change (totals): Texas: +91 (50,471), Florida: +79 (35,478), California: +78 (62,063), Ohio: +60 (19,344), New York: +55 (52,538), Pennsylvania: +50 (26,349), New Jersey: +49 (25,707), Michigan: +45 (19,100), Oklahoma: +44 (6,832), Illinois: +33 (24,443), Georgia: +32 (20,273), North Carolina: +21 (12,721), Virginia: +21 (10,844), Washington: +21 (5,528), Minnesota: +17 (7,284), Alabama: +17 (10,930), Wisconsin: +14 (7,596), Colorado: +14 (6,337), Kansas: +14 (5,000), Puerto Rico: +14 (2,337), Louisiana: +13 (10,418), South Carolina: +12 (9,536), West Virginia: +12 (2,707), Tennessee: +11 (12,228), Indiana: +10 (13,373), Missouri: +10 (9,215), Maryland: +10 (8,813), Kentucky: +10 (6,542), Connecticut: +7 (8,124), Nevada: +7 (5,487), Oregon: +6 (2,508), South Dakota: +3 (1,976), North Dakota: +3 (1,528), New Hampshire: +3 (1,308), District of Columbia: +3 (1,109), Utah: +2 (2,219), Iowa: +2 (5,962), Arkansas: +2 (5,754), Mississippi: +2 (7,223), New Mexico: +2 (4,085), Delaware: +2 (1,628), Nebraska: +1 (2,245), Rhode Island: +1 (2,682), Montana: +1 (1,578), Maine: +1 (791), Guam: +1 (138), Arizona: +0 (17,355), Massachusetts: +0 (17,644), Idaho: +0 (2,052), Alaska: +0 (348), Wyoming: +0 (710), Hawaii: +0 (484), Vermont: +0 (248), Virgin Islands: +0 (27), Northern Mariana Islands: +0 (2), American Samoa: +0 (0)  Hospital bed utilization rate: Rhode Island: 90.06%, Massachusetts: 83.05%, Pennsylvania: 81.72%, Michigan: 81.3%, Maryland: 81.24%, Connecticut: 81.06%, Missouri: 80.4%, Florida: 79.28%, Georgia: 78.79%, Minnesota: 77.36%, District of Columbia: 77.31%, North Carolina: 77.26%, South Carolina: 76.89%, West Virginia: 76.65%, New York: 74.64%, Oregon: 74.45%, California: 74.41%, Virginia: 73.79%, North Dakota: 73.6%, Alabama: 73.54%, Delaware:

15 73.05%, Washington: 73.01%, Ohio: 72.6%, Texas: 72.34%, New Hampshire: 71.9%, New Jersey: 71.48%, Arkansas: 71.39%, Hawaii: 71.26%, Illinois: 71.2%, New Mexico: 70.8%, Nevada: 70.59%, Oklahoma: 70.49%, Maine: 70.03%, Colorado: 69.91%, Arizona: 69.61%, Tennessee: 69.51%, Nebraska: 67.95%, Louisiana: 66.53%, Vermont: 66.49%, Wisconsin: 66.04%, Indiana: 65.89%, Mississippi: 64.97%, Alaska: 64.11%, Montana: 63.97%, Iowa: 63.51%, Kentucky: 61.44%, South Dakota: 60.72%, Kansas: 59.17%, Utah: 58.55%, Idaho: 58.54%, Wyoming: 45.14%

Vaccinations – US Current Doses Data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, updated daily, individual data will not always add up to totals due to reporting irregularities, % of Total Population is calculated from 2020 US Census Data

Total Doses % of Total Total Doses % of Total Date Distributed Change Population Administered Change Population 5/5/2021 321,549,335 3,075,300 97.01% 249,566,820 1,797,771 75.30%

5/4/2021 318,474,035 5,964,460 96.09% 247,769,049 988,846 74.75%

5/3/2021 312,509,575 0 94.29% 246,780,203 1,188,734 74.45% 5/2/2021 312,509,575 1,370 94.29% 245,591,469 2,127,998 74.10% 5/1/2021 312,508,205 3,734,050 94.29% 243,463,471 3,303,794 73.45%

4/30/2021 308,774,155 3,295,660 93.16% 240,159,677 2,799,184 72.46%

4/29/2021 305,478,495 3,620,610 92.16% 237,360,493 2,721,079 71.61%

Number of People Number of Receiving 1 or % of Total People Fully % of Total Date more Doses Change Population Vaccinated Change Population 5/5/2021 148,562,891 668,220 44.82% 107,346,533 1,177,945 32.4% 5/4/2021 147,894,671 376,937 44.62% 106,168,588 645,068 32.0% 5/3/2021 147,517,734 470,722 44.51% 105,523,520 750,868 31.8% 5/2/2021 147,047,012 807,804 44.36% 104,772,652 1,350,097 31.6% 5/1/2021 146,239,208 1,344,622 44.12% 103,422,555 2,015,237 31.2% 4/30/2021 144,894,586 1,101,021 43.72% 101,407,318 1,738,373 30.6% 4/29/2021 143,793,565 1,100,578 43.38% 99,668,945 1,624,524 30.1%

Vaccine Administered

Pfizer- Johnson & Date BioNTech Moderna Johnson Not Identified 5/5/2021 132,721,153 108,142,826 8,516,437 186,404

5/4/2021 131,657,484 107,477,821 8,449,067 184,677 5/3/2021 131,030,537 107,155,797 8,409,505 184,364 5/2/2021 130,252,779 106,780,082 8,374,395 184,213

5/1/2021 129,013,657 105,947,940 8,318,546 183,328 4/30/2021 127,133,399 104,613,893 8,231,139 181,246

4/29/2021 125,540,172 103,474,188 8,166,410 179,723  Total doses distributed are cumulative counts of vaccine doses recorded as shipped in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vaccine Tracking System.  Doses distributed are for both Moderna and Pfizer BioNTech vaccine; administered doses are for Pfizer BioNTech vaccine only at this time

16 US Testing Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

% of Positive Negative Positive Date New Tests Tests Tests Total Tests Tests 5 May Wed 1,888,207 34,236,953 382,961,088 417,198,041 8.21%

4 May Tue 2,065,455 34,177,654 381,132,180 415,309,834 8.23% 3 May Mon 757,386 34,066,154 379,178,225 413,244,379 8.24% 2 May Sun 0 34,037,899 378,449,094 412,486,993 8.25%

1 May Sat 1,006,415 34,037,899 378,449,094 412,486,993 8.25% 30 Apr Fri 1,500,048 33,988,750 377,491,828 411,480,578 8.26% 29 Apr Thu 1,677,058 33,923,180 376,057,350 409,980,530 8.27% New Tests (past week): California: 1,277,895, New York: 969,562, Massachusetts: 557,819, Florida: 519,855, Illinois: 440,919, Texas: 395,190, Pennsylvania: 310,188, Minnesota: 297,901, Michigan: 296,034, New Jersey: 264,429, Ohio: 233,552, Maryland: 210,542, Connecticut: 195,687, North Carolina: 183,942, Colorado: 165,610, Wisconsin: 144,042, Washington: 143,762, Indiana: 124,361, Virginia: 122,545, Georgia: 114,307, Arizona: 105,873, South Carolina: 93,702, Rhode Island: 86,775, Oregon: 81,115, Tennessee: 72,168, Kentucky: 71,721, Missouri: 65,947, Maine: 65,105, Louisiana: 59,182, Vermont: 53,632, Utah: 52,985, New Hampshire: 45,798, Iowa: 45,793, Alaska: 40,268, District of Columbia: 38,748, Alabama: 38,636, West Virginia: 38,194, Delaware: 37,378, Kansas: 35,046, Hawaii: 34,461, Nevada: 32,018, New Mexico: 30,869, Nebraska: 23,997, Arkansas: 23,430, Idaho: 23,010, Oklahoma: 20,742, North Dakota: 16,233, Montana: 15,278, Mississippi: 12,679, Wyoming: 9,790, South Dakota: 9,488

Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment Tracker data is consolidated from The New York Times and US CDC, (#) is change from last update, see Reference detail in Compiled Information following Vaccine Tracker (last updated May 5) PRECLINICAL PHASE I PHASE II PHASE III EARLY/LIMITED APPROVED

~150+ 48 36 27 6 8

Vaccine candidates Vaccines testing Vaccines in expanded Vaccines in large- Vaccines approved for Vaccines approved being evaluated safety and dosage safety trials scale efficacy tests early or limited use for full use

Early/Limited Use (in country): CanSinoBIO Biologics (), Gamaleya Research Institute (Russia), Sinovac Biotech (China), Sinopharm - Wuhan (China), Vector Institute (Russia), Chumakov (Russia), Anhui Zhifei Longcom (China), QazVac (Kazakhstan) Emergency Use (in country): Pfizer-BioNTech (US and elsewhere), Moderna (US), AstraZeneca/University of Oxford (Britain, Canada and elsewhere), Bharat Biotech (India), Sinopharm-Beijing (China, UAE, Bahrain), Johnson & Johnson (US, Bahrain, Canada) Approved (in country): Pfizer-BioNTech (multiple countries), Moderna (Canada and multiple countries), Sputnik V (Mexico), Sinovac (China), Beijing Institute of Biological Products-Sinopharm (China), Sinopharm-Wuhan (China), Oxford/AstraZeneca (Brazil), EpiVacCorona (Turkmenistan) New additions and recent updates: • Denmark announces it will no longer use Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine – May 3 • Baltimore-based Elixirgen Therapeutics enters Phase 1/2 - May 1 • Turkey’s Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey enters Phase 1 – Apr 30 • A third vaccine from China’s Sinopharm enters Phase 1/2 – Apr 28 • Kazakhstan begins public use of its QazVac vaccine – Apr 28 • A vaccine from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital moves to Phase 3 – Apr 26 • The European Commission is preparing a legal case against AstraZeneca for failing to deliver enough doses – Apr 23 • France’s Valneva moves to Phase 3 – Apr 23 • China’s Shenzhen Kangtai moves to Phase 3 – Apr 21 • Iran’s Shafa Pharmed Pars moves to Phase 3 – Apr 20 17 • Iran’s Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute moves to Phase 2 – Apr 20 • E.U. regulators say Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine should carry a warning for possible rare blood clots – Apr 20 • Pfizer says people may need an additional shot of the vaccine within a year – Apr 16 • Denmark permanently stops use of the AstraZeneca vaccine – Apr 15

Drug and Treatment Tracker (last updated April 20)

3 (2) 2 3 12 4 3 FDA Approved Tentative or mixed Pseudoscience or Widely used Promising evidence Not promising (Emergency) evidence fraud

FDA Approved: Remdesivir, Monoclonal antibodies – /Etesevimab/REGN-COV2 (emergency use), Regeneron (emergency use) Widely Used: Prone positioning, ventilators and other respiratory support devices Promising: and Other Corticosteroids, Cytokine Inhibitors, Azithromycin Pseudoscience or fraud: Drinking or injecting bleach and disinfectants, UV light, Silver New additions and recent updates:  Trial data shows that the antiviral molnupiravir is unlikely to help hospitalized patients – Apr 19  Added treatments – Mar 22  Moved oleandrin from “mixed evidence” to “not promising” – Mar 5  The F.D.A. warns consumers not to use ivermectin to treat or prevent Covid-19 – Mar 5  The WHO strongly warns against the use of hydroxychloroquine in all patients – Mar 2  Added azithromycin, an antibody used to fight bacterial infections – Feb 10  Added colchicine, an anti-inflammatory used to treat gout – Jan 31  A large trial finds no mortality benefit among hospitalized patients receiving convalescent plasma – Jan 15  The National Institutes of Health finds insufficient data to recommend for or against the use of ivermectin – Jan 14

US Restrictions Data compiled by the Kaiser Family Foundation, updated normally weekly, Table available at CVOB website for sorting US Restrictions and Policy Actions - May 3 (previous update April 26) Status of Reopening Reopened (27: +1); Easing Restrictions (23: -1); New Restrictions Imposed (1) Stay at Home Order Stay at Home Order Lifted (43); New Stay at Home Order in Place (2); No Action (6)

Mandatory Quarantine for Travelers Traveler Quarantine Mandate in Place (6); Traveler Quarantine Mandate Lifted (26); No Action (19) Non-Essential Business Closures All Non-Essential Businesses Open (29: +1); Some or All Non-Essential Businesses Open with Limits (22: -1) Large Gatherings Ban All Gatherings Prohibited (1); >10 Prohibited (11); >25 Prohibited (2); >50 Prohibited (5: -1); Limit > 50 (4); No Limit (28: +1)

Restaurant Limits Open (33: +1); Open with Service Limits (18: -1), Closed to Indoor Service (0) Bar Closures Open (32: +1); Open with Service Limits (15); Open for Outdoor Service Only (2: +1); Closed (2: -2) Face Covering Requirement Yes (27); No (24)

Emergency Declaration Yes (47: -2); No (4: +2)

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Back-to-Normal Index The Moody’s Analytics and CNN Business US Back-to-Normal Index is comprised of 37 national and seven state-level indicators, ranges from 0% - representing no economic activity, to 100% - representing the economy returning to its pre- pandemic level in March, and is updated weekly on Fridays for Wednesday numbers (see FAQ following for methodology) As of Wednesday, April 28, the Index was 88.0% (+1%), with 35 (+9) states showing improvement since the previous week Recent Historical Trending 6-Jan 7-Apr 3-Feb 3-Mar 27-Jan 27-Jan 20-Jan 13-Jan 28-Apr 21-Apr 14-Apr 24-Feb 17-Feb 10-Feb 30-Dec 23-Dec 31-Mar 24-Mar 17-Mar 10-Mar

88.0% 87.0% 88.0% 86.0% 87.0% 86.0% 86.0% 83.0% 83.0% 78.0% 82.0% 80.0% 82.0% 81.0% 82.0% 81.0% 74.0% 75.3% 81.7%

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