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TGIF! Yes, it’s here. We made it. Our week is officially done. Time for a happy dance. A good evening Everyone! Hope you are doing well and are ready for a longer than usual holiday weekend ahead. Thank you to the smarter Mr. Morris for taking care of our update for us yesterday. I always know I leave us in good hands and he will continue to not miss a beat and keep us well informed. Following is our Daily Recap of major Headlines, the “Good Stuff”, US Snapshots, US Vaccinations, US Variant Cases, Highlights, as well as key Statistics, Vaccine and Treatment information, US Restrictions and the Back to Normal Index related to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Tonight, we leave you with inspiration about hope and faith – two important words - from Robert Breault, who said: At the point where hope would otherwise become hopefulness, it becomes faith. Faith is raising the sail of our little boat until it is caught up in the soft winds above and picks up speed, not from anything within itself, but from the vast resources of the universe around us. Hope. Something that I’m sure most if not all of us at times over the past 16 months at times struggled to find. And in wanting to have that hope, we kept talking about faith. Faith that we would get through this, with an inner strength that we found in ourselves and together with each other. Faith that helped us face the tough days and kept us moving forward. We all needed the wind for our sailboats at times to keep blowing us toward the horizon and a brighter day ahead. And as we return to at least a closer normal that we have been able to experience in a long time, let’s be sure to be thankful. For our family, our friends, the frontline workers and everyone who in our daily lives kept our hopes alive and restored our faith over and over. Looking ahead to our country’s celebration this Sunday, Josh and I hope that all of you get the chance to get out, grill out and of course … rest, relax and recharge. Be safe, be careful, and have fun until we talk to you again Monday .

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Headlines  The Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine provides immunity that lasts at least eight months, and it appears to provide adequate protection against the worrying Delta variant, the company said in a statement Thursday night, adding that one dose elicits both a lasting antibody response and generates immune cells called T-cells that last eight months, also.  Germany has issued what appears to be the strongest recommendation anywhere for the mixing of Covid-19 vaccines on efficacy grounds, with the country’s Standing Committee on Vaccination saying Thursday that people who receive a first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine "should get an mRNA vaccine as their second dose, regardless of their age."  People can celebrate the Fourth of July as long as they take the appropriate precautions, Dr. said Thursday, while urging people to "get vaccinated," and asked whether it was appropriate to hold a mass gathering and fireworks display on the National Mall in Washington, DC, as the pandemic continues, White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients said “It's an appropriate time to step back and celebrate the progress we've made."  Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former Food and Drug Administration commissioner said Friday that most Americans should feel comfortable safely gathering over Independence Day weekend, citing high Covid vaccination rates and low virus levels in many parts of the country, however warned that there are certain places where people should be more careful.  Local US officials are sounding the alarm over an increase in Covid-19 just as the nation prepares to celebrate a Fourth of July holiday that many hoped would mark the start of the resumption of normal life, and in Arkansas, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the nation, cases are surging, with officials in Los Angeles County, where the vaccination rate is slightly above the national average, warning about a possible new wave of infections, especially given the rapid spread of the Delta variant.  Arkansas, bracing for a 3rd surge as vaccination rate slows, reported 686 new probable and confirmed COVID-19 cases Wednesday - the largest one-day increase in more than four months, as the state's COVID-19 hospitalizations rose by 19 to 325.  With just a few days to go, there is no longer much doubt that the US will fall just short of President Biden’s goal to have 70 percent of adults at least partly vaccinated against the coronavirus by Independence Day, but twenty states, Washington, D.C., and two territories have exceeded the 70 percent threshold by Thursday, three days ahead of the target date, with twelve in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region.  The White House is deploying Covid-19 response teams across the US focused on combatting the highly contagious Delta variant, the Biden administration announced Thursday, with the teams, comprised of officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal agencies, working with communities at higher risk of experiencing outbreaks and will focus on increasing the rate of Covid-19 vaccinations.  After 16 months of US coronavirus-related restrictions and requirements - mask mandates, , extensive state of emergencies - nearly every jurisdiction in the country has now moved to ease up or, for some, completely lift virus-related orders, a move that comes as many communities attempt to begin to return to some sense of pre-pandemic normalcy, following a 95% drop in the number of cases since the beginning of the year when infections peaked at more than 250,000 cases a day.  The World Health Organization warned that Europe was risking a new wave in August due to the relaxation of restrictions, the spread of an infectious Covid-19 variant and low vaccination coverage, with Hans Kluge, Regional Director, saying Thursday that “Last week, the number of cases rose by 10%, driven by increased mixing, travel, gatherings and easing of social restrictions," and that the Delta mutation would be dominant in the region by the end of the summer.  India’s official coronavirus death toll surpassed 400,000 on Friday, as the nation continued to grapple with the fallout of a devastating spring surge in cases, an outbreak that was driven in part by the more contagious delta variant now gaining ground in the US and around the world, and while the outbreak appears to have peaked - with 853 deaths recorded over the past 24 hours - the more virulent variant that spurred its spring wave is now seeding new virus clusters from Moscow to Jakarta to rural Missouri.

2  South Africa is leading the new surge in Africa, where case numbers are doubling every three weeks, according to the World Health Organization, with the delta variant, now reported in 16 African countries, dominant and accounting for more than half of the new cases, including 97% of samples sequenced in Uganda and in 79% of samples sequenced in Congo detecting the mutation.  The World Health Organization said on Thursday that the postponed Euro 2020 soccer tournament was driving the current rise in coronavirus infections in Europe, with a 10-week decline in new cases across the continent coming to an end and a new wave of infections inevitable if football fans and others let their guard down, as new cases in host cities climbing by 10% last week as crowds mixed following the easing of travel and social restrictions.  The Tokyo Olympics should go ahead as there’s no major health risk, according to Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics and a member of the International Olympic Committee, said Thursday, even as Covid cases continue to rise in Japan and many other countries, with approximately 10,500 athletes preparing to travel to take part in the Games this summer.  Friday’s report that 850,000 US jobs were added in June was better than expected, however the unemployment rate missed expectations after rising by 0.1 percentage points to 5.9%, with economists expecting the rate to fall to 5.6% and the report not seen as strong enough to encourage the Fed to step away sooner from its easy policies but it was, however, seen as a positive - yet largely incomplete - picture of the labor market.  In a year when the S&P 500 hit all-time highs every four days, Friday’s elevation looked like nothing special, but it marked a seventh straight session of records, a feat not seen since 1997, and the benchmark index extending its longest rally since last August as data showed that US job growth surged the most in 10 months, while the unemployment rate edged up to 5.9%.  For the first time, air screening numbers in the US have surpassed pre-pandemic levels, with the Transportation Security Administration checking 2,147,090 people on Thursday, and AAA expecting air travel this weekend to surge to 164% of its level during the same period in 2020.  Many more Americans - roughly 43 million people - are expected to travel by car this weekend, which would mark a July 4th record, according to AAA, but motorists should for high prices at the pump, which are up 90 cents per gallon compared to last year, and are expected to keep climbing.

The Good Stuff: After more than two decades beating the odds to obtain medical care for children injured in war and crises around the world, Elissa Montanti’s Global Medical Relief Fund was thwarted by COVID-19. The Dare to Dream House, the typically bustling boarding house her nonprofit maintains a few doors down from her Staten Island home, fell silent. “I was in a dark unknown,” she said. “My fear was, what’s going to happen to the charity? These poor kids, are they going to have no place to come and be helped to get arms, or legs to walk?” The pandemic put a hold on international travel, and on the services she has facilitated for the more than 450 kids who have passed through her care. Prosthetics needed fitting. Surgeries required scheduling. From her converted walk-in closet office, Montanti wondered if she would ever again see her children, as she regards them. Now, Montanti is bringing her charity back to life. As restrictions have begun lifting across the country, Montanti faces a new set of hurdles unique to a post- pandemic world. In addition to “knocking on doors” to recruit volunteers and professionals to her cause, disease prevention protocols have become critical. In June, outside the entrance of Richmond University Medical Center, she served as counselor to four recent arrivals from Tanzania who were nervous before receiving their COVID-19 vaccinations. The four have albinism - a lack of color in the skin, hair and eyes. All had lost limbs to machete attacks; in their homeland, some believe that the bodies of albinos contain a mystical energy, and unscrupulous shamans use them to make potions that are sold at exorbitant prices. Now Pendo Sengerema, 20, was afraid of the shot. After 15 minutes of gentle coaxing, Montanti calmed her, and they entered the hospital hand in hand. “They live in a safe house right now. They cannot go back to their villages” for fear of more attacks, Montanti said. She held the youngest of the four, 12-year-old Baraka Cosmas, on her lap as he received the first round of his vaccination. His tears turned to smiles after he received a well-timed cookie. The next day they would travel to a Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia for their prosthetic fittings. During their brief stay, they roomed at the Dare to Dream House, studying together and eating ice cream outside on the stoop. In the afternoons, they took walks in the open air and visited parks to kick around a soccer ball, safe from the dangers of home. Since the founding of her charity in 1997 in the wake of the sudden deaths of her grandmother, mother and childhood sweetheart, Montanti has shown uncanny skill in rallying support. She has lobbied at the United Nations, written a memoir and built a sprawling network of charitable doctors and professionals. Her charity says it has taken in children from 50 countries, mostly from Central and South America, Africa,

3 the Middle East and Central Asia. With the world reopening, she is cautiously optimistic that her charity will again take up its mission unabated. “When the kids are in that house, it brings me so much joy,” Montanti said while walking her dog down the street to visit her Tanzanian charges. “There, they are not numbers.” [Story from New York News]

US Snapshots Trending Stats Data compiled daily from John Hopkins CSSE Tracking Seven-Day Trending as of Fri Daily Average Daily Average July 2 Case Increase Death Increase Positivity Rate Total Tests This Week 12,781 255 7.62% 468,881,197 Last Week 12,026 325 7.67% 464,459,720 Change 755 -70 -0.05% 4,421,477 % 6.28% -21.54% -0.65% 0.95% As of June 1 8.23% -14.33% -0.65% 0.93% As of June 30 11.39% -10.75% -0.65% 0.95% As of June 29 11.92% -9.21% -0.65% 0.93% As of June 28 6.68% -1.34% -0.65% 0.94% As of June 27 5.57% 4.78% -0.78% 0.95% As of June 26 30.65% -6.10% -0.65% 0.95%

Data compiled normally weekly from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inpatient Bed Inpatient Bed Use (COVID- ICU Bed Use Weekly Trending Use 19) ICU Bed Use (COVID-19) As of June 30 69.00% 3.23% 64.73% 5.20% As of June 26 70.80% 2.92% 65.77% 5.24% Change -1.80% 0.31% -1.04% -0.04% As of June 19 70.69% 3.22% 66.08% 5.56% As of June 12 71.00% 3.50% 66.91% 6.22% As of June 5 69.05% 3.99% 65.26% 7.12% As of May 29 70.51% 4.43% 66.15% 7.98% As of May 22 70.55% 4.69% 66.95% 8.52%

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

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US Vaccinations Data compiled daily by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, updated July 2 At Least One Fully People Vaccinated Dose Vaccinated

Total 181,650,678 156,255,896 % of Total Population 54.7% 47.1% Population = > 12 Years of Age 181,429,637 156,129,152 % of Population = > 12 Years of Age 64.0% 55.1% Population = > 18 Years of Age 172,549,399 149,404,857 % of Population = > 18 Years of Age 66.8% 57.9% Population = > 65 Years of Age 48,259,211 42,889,958 % of Population = > 65 Years of Age 88.2% 78.4%

Reported doses administered by day Data compiled daily by The Washington Post from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, updated July 2 In the last week, an average of 1.09 million doses per day were administered, a 48% increase over the week before.

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State Doses Data compiled daily by The Washington Post, share of population fully vaccinated, updated July 2

US Variant Prevalence Data compiled by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention every two weeks and released approximately two weeks after collection Estimated Proportions of SARS-CoV-2 Lineages. 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.

Nowcast Collection date, two weeks ending CDC Lineage Name Country first seen Designation 19-Jun-21 05-Jun-21 22-May-21 08-May-21 24-Apr-21 10-Apr-21 27-Mar-21 13-Mar-21 B.1.1.7 Alpha UK VoC 52.2% 60.3% 69.2% 69.9% 66.0% 59.0% 44.3% 26.7% B.1.617.2 Delta India VoC 20.6% 9.5% 2.5% 1.3% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% P.1 Gamma Brazil VoC 16.4% 11.2% 8.1% 6.2% 4.8% 3.3% 1.5% 0.5% B.1.526 Iota New York VoI 5.6% 9.3% 4.7% 6.0% 7.4% 8.2% 8.4% 4.7%

6 B.1 China 0.4% 1.9% 1.8% 1.4% 1.6% 1.4% 1.9% 2.4% B.1.351 Beta South Africa VoC 0.3% 0.4% 0.6% 0.7% 0.7% 0.9% 0.8% 0.5% B.1.1.519 0.2% 0.5% 0.9% 1.2% 2.1% 2.9% 4.5% 5.2% B.1.429 Epsilon California VoC 0.1% 0.3% 0.7% 1.3% 2.3% 4.3% 6.6% 9.1% B.1.427 Epsilon California VoC 0.1% 0.3% 0.4% 0.7% 1.0% 1.7% 2.8% 4.1% B.1.525 Eta New York VoI 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 0.2% B.1.617.1 Kappa India VoI 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% B.1.2 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.8% 1.3% 3.9% 10.6% 22.0% B.1.617 VoI 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% B.1.617.3 VoI 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% P.2 Zeta Brazil VoI 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2% 0.4% 0.6% Other 4.0% 6.2% 5.6% 4.9% 5.6% 7.3% 12.0% 20.5% 0.0% represents fewer than 10 observations of this variant during the selected time/location context Other represents >200 additional lineages, which are each circulating at <1% of viruses Nowcast is weighted estimates that predict proportions for more recent time intervals

Highlights Vaccine Rollout - US 1. Nearly 15 million people - or more than one in 10 of those eligible in the US - have missed their second dose of vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with data that shows as of June 16, nearly 11 percent of people who had sufficient time to get the second dose missed their ideal window – a number that has increased from 8 percent earlier in the year, but the agency said the rise was “not unexpected.” 2. Geographic gaps in US vaccination coverage exist, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky saying Thursday that roughly 1,000 counties, most of which are located in the Southeast and Midwest, have less than 30% of residents vaccinated. 3. Rhode Island has become the fifth state to fully vaccinate 70% of its eligible adult population against the coronavirus. 4. Arkansas, with just 34% of the population fully vaccinated, on Wednesday recorded more than 10,000 shots in a single day, the highest the state has seen since May. 5. The US military is struggling to fully vaccinate more troops across all service branches, and while the Army and Navy are outpacing the civilian population in vaccine uptake, the Air Force and the Marine Corps have faced greater challenges, with about 68 percent of active-duty members having received at least one dose of a vaccine. 6. Federal regulators on Friday cleared a batch of vaccine that could furnish up to 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot dose, deciding they can be safely distributed despite production failures at the vaccine-making factory that ruined 75 million other doses. 7. Animal health company Zoetis said on Friday it had donated over 11,000 doses of its experimental vaccine to nearly 70 zoos across the US, a shot that has been authorized for experimental use on a case-by-case basis by the Department of Agriculture and respective state veterinarians. Vaccine Rollout - Global 1. The Seychelles, one of the world’s most vaccinated nations, said that six fully inoculated people have died of the virus, five of who received an Indian-made version of the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot, while one was administered Sinopharm shots. 2. Ireland will give 18- to 34-year-olds the option of receiving a vaccine one to two months earlier than scheduled in a bid to slow the spread of the Delta variant of the disease and resume a delayed reopening of the economy. 3. Vaccination campaigns in several Middle East nations raced ahead of the rest of the world at the beginning of 2021, with Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain topping the list when it came to doses administered per 100 people at the start of the year, but six months later all three are still among the top 10 most vaccinated countries - but charts show their infection trends have varied greatly. 4. Bahrain reported that 8% of its population was fully vaccinated as of June 29, and 59.7% of Israel’s residents had received both doses by that day, with the United Arab Emirates data on fully vaccinated individuals, last updated on April 20, showing a figure that stood at 38.8%.

7 5. Indonesia has administered 43 million shots to around 28 million people, representing slightly over 10% of the population of around 276 million, with a vaccination rate that has been steady at around 1 million doses per day this week. 6. Slovakia will launch a lottery with weekly prizes of up to 2 million euros for vaccinated people and offer bonuses to those who convince others to get shots to boost interest under a plan approved by parliament on Friday. 7. Pakistan has received 2.5 million doses of Moderna’s vaccine from the US, the Foreign Ministry and the US embassy in Islamabad said on Friday. 8. The US will send 1.5 million doses of Moderna's vaccine to El Salvador on Sunday, the White House said Friday. 9. Brazilian municipalities on Friday denied a newspaper report that said health ministry data showed cities administered at least 26,000 expired AstraZeneca vaccine shots. 10. CureVac said it plans to continue work on its vaccine despite disappointing results this week that showed the shot is just 48% effective, with the company’s CFO Pierre Kemula defending the vaccine Thursday, saying the clinical trials had been conducted at a time when multiple new strains of the virus were spreading across the world. US Outbreak 1. Nationally, the seven-day average of new cases has been going up for six straight days, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, and as of Thursday, the average - just more than 12,700 per day - was up 9.08% compared to the week prior. 2. US deaths remain in decline, with the seven-day average of new Covid deaths at 249, down 19% from one week prior, according to Johns Hopkins data. 3. The Delta variant now makes up more than 26% of new cases in the US and has been detected in all 50 states, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after just a month ago accounting for only 3% of new infections. 4. New York is seeing signs that more people are testing positive, a contrast from weeks of declining rates of new positive tests, with state data reporting an average of 365 people each day over the seven day period ending Thursday, up 17% from 312 as of a week ago. 5. The District of Columbia, as of Friday, has had no coronavirus-related deaths reported since June 19 and just 10 intensive care unit beds occupied by covid-19 patients. 6. Maryland and Virginia have seen declines in hospitalizations and deaths - with Maryland on Friday reporting that there were fewer than 100 people hospitalized, the lowest recorded level since the pandemic began. 7. Arkansas has more than 90% of active cases in people who have not been vaccinated, Governor Asa Hutchinson said this week, with the state seeing 988 Covid-19 deaths since late January - 99.6% in people who were not vaccinated, and in the same time period more than 98% of those hospitalized were not vaccinated. 8. New York City has seen the highly contagious Delta variant gain ground in recent weeks, though overall case counts remain low, according to a recent analysis by the city’s Health Department, and since mid-June, there has been a steady daily average of about 200 new cases detected, the lowest since the early days of the pandemic and an indication that there is relatively little virus circulating there. 9. The Navajo Nation on Thursday reported four new cases, but no additional deaths, marking the fourth time in the last five days that no deaths have been recorded on the vast reservation that covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. 10. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey on Friday rescinded a series of executive orders issued during the coronavirus pandemic, saying most of them are no longer needed because the Legislature put them into law in the session that ended this week. 11. The District of Columbia government doesn’t plan to bring back mask requirements, city leaders said at a meeting Friday, even as the delta variant raises concerns about unvaccinated people’s vulnerability to the coronavirus. 12. Connecticut’s Department of Heath said that workers across the state who were hired during the pandemic must be terminated if they aren't fingerprinted for state-mandated background checks before July 20. Global Outbreak 1. England’s public health authority said Friday that new delta cases had risen 46 percent over the past week, with the variant accounting for about 95 percent of infections across Britain. 2. France warned on Friday that the Delta variant now accounted for a third of all new cases, with Olivier Véran, the country’s health minister, saying that while the virus was under control, the decline in new cases has slowed, and that the variant was a “real threat” that could “ruin” summer holidays.

8 3. Italy’s National Health Institute said on Friday that the highly contagious Delta variant is gaining ground in the country, releasing data showing it accounted for some 22.7% of cases as of June 22 compared to the previous data from May 18 when it represented just 1% of cases. 4. Russia registered a record number of daily COVID-19-related deaths on Friday amid a surge in cases across the world's largest country that the authorities blame on the infectious Delta variant, with 23,218 new infections reported in the last 24 hours, including 6,893 in Moscow. 5. Indonesia reported a record number of 24,836 cases and a new high number of deaths on Thursday, with the government adding hospital bed capacity in preparation for a post-holiday increase in infections, but parts of the country are still running out of beds. 6. South Africa registered more than 24,000 cases on Friday, its highest tally of new infections since the pandemic began, as a third wave of the virus spread through a population in which just 5% have been vaccinated, with the surge in cases in Africa's most industrialized nation having overwhelmed hospitals, especially in the main city of Johannesburg, and left overworked healthcare personnel struggling to find enough beds for critically ill patients. 7. Spain reported 12,563 new infections on Friday, up from 12,345 cases Thursday, as cases continue to spike mainly due to the more contagious Delta variant, with health ministry data showing daily increases this week are at their highest level since mid-April. 8. Portugal reimposed a nighttime curfew on several “high-risk” cities including Lisbon and Porto, and the country reported over 2,400 new cases on Thursday, many of which were among unvaccinated young people. 9. The United Arab Emirates has seen cases fall from the record highs reported in January, and temporarily dipped to the mid-1,000 level in May, but have otherwise mostly stayed around the same region, but infections now remain higher than the average daily cases of about 1,200 reported in the fourth quarter of 2020. 10. South Korea reported 826 new infections on Friday - its highest daily caseload in almost a half-year, and after an exponential increase in vaccinations through mid-June, the pace has started slowing, with the country recently relaxing a mask mandate for partially inoculated people. 11. Israel’s new daily cases plummeted as its vaccination program ploughed on, and data showed that infections remained largely in the low double-digits for more than a month since the end of April until a resurgence emerged in late June, and while caseloads are a fraction of previous peaks, they have risen rapidly in recent days. 12. The Philippines saw thousands of people evacuated from villages around a rumbling volcano near the capital Friday, but officials said they faced another dilemma of ensuring emergency shelters will not turn into epicenters of infections. 13. Australia, facing outbreaks of the contagious delta variant and a floundering vaccination campaign, moved Friday to further seal itself off from the world as its earlier success in tackling the coronavirus continued to unravel. 14. Turkey eased nearly all pandemic restrictions on businesses and events Thursday, and lifted nighttime and Sunday curfews as new infections remain steadily below recent record high levels. 15. Taiwan will postpone four referendums due late next month because of fears about the spread of COVID-19, the election commission said on Friday, as the government raced to contain a new outbreak at a Taipei wholesale food market. Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment 1. In the rare cases of COVID-19 that occur after vaccination, patients are likely to be sick for less time and have milder symptoms than if they were unvaccinated, according to a US study of nearly 4,000 healthcare personnel, first responders, and other frontline workers. 2. While a variety of side effects after receiving an mRNA vaccine may be a sign of the immune system kicking into high gear, a lack of such reactions does not mean it has failed to respond, researchers reported on Friday in a paper posted on medRxiv ahead of peer review. 3. In 20% of households where humans had COVID-19 or had recovered from it, cats and dogs also had antibodies to the virus, researchers from The Netherlands found, with no evidence that pets were passing the infection to each other and owners reporting no or mild symptoms in the infected animals. 4. A United Nations-backed scientific research center has teamed up with an Italian tech firm to explore whether laser light can be used to kill coronavirus particles suspended in the air and help keep indoor spaces safe. Economy and Business 1. The quiet holiday week ahead could hold some fireworks for investors if the Federal Reserve reveals its thinking on its bond buying program, and the four-day trading week could see stocks drift along the record levels reached

9 recently, with the closely watched 10-year Treasury yield holding under 1.5%, a positive for tech which outperformed with a more than 2.9% gain for the week. 2. A US Bureau of Labor Statistics report on the first stimulus checks showed that couples with children still qualified for payments at higher income thresholds compared to those who did not have dependents, and while the formula is complicated, the analysis showed that the bigger the family, the more dependent pay they are potentially eligible for, even those payments still phase out for everyone at the same rate. 3. Figures from the IRS show who has received money from the third stimulus checks for up to $1,400 per person - and there are some surprises, with some people with adjusted gross incomes above $200,000 receiving a cut as the agency reported 127,751 payments went to taxpayers in that category, for a total of $392.3 million. 4. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper vetoed legislation Friday that would have ended additional federal benefits created during the pandemic for the state’s unemployed before the program expires nationwide. 5. New Mexico residents who find a job in the coming weeks and stop receiving unemployment insurance benefits will get back-to-work bonuses of $1,000 using federal relief funds. 6. Chicago expects Friday to be the busiest day of travel at O'Hare and Midway International Airports since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the city's Department of Aviation, with more than 220,000 passengers expected to pass through O'Hare and 41,000 passengers at Midway on Friday. 7. Georgia's Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is expected to see its busiest travel surges since the pandemic began, an airport spokesperson said, and during the period from Wednesday through Monday, the airport expects over 1.7 million passengers. 8. Ryanair is seeing a "huge uptick" in air travel across Europe, with the exception of Ireland and parts of the British market, Group Chief Executive Michael O'Leary said on Friday, with the carrier flying 5.3 million passengers in June, up from just 400,000 in the same month a year ago when the industry was shut down but far below the 14.2 million flown in June 2019, and expecting to carry more than 8 million passengers in July with a load factor of around 75%. Other Stories 1. As the World Health Organization draws up plans for the next phase of its probe into how the coronavirus pandemic started, an increasing number of scientists say it isn’t up to the task and that the United Nation’s health agency shouldn’t even be the one to investigate. 2. A bipartisan proposal in the US House would ban the farming of mink fur in the country in an effort to stem possible mutations of the coronavirus, something researchers have said can be accelerated when the virus spreads among animals. 3. President Joe Biden praised the ability of sports and athletes to bring a nation together in a time of crisis as he hosted the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers at the White House on Friday, the first team to be honored at the White House since the onset of 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 2 July Fri 182,973,312 (+533,937) 3,961,775 (+11,193) - 2.17% 120,195,054 (+446,611)

1 July Thu 182,439,375 (+417,445) 3,950,582 (+8,867) - 2.17% 119,748,443 (+301,083) 30 June Wed 182,021,930 (+418,110) 3,941,715 (+8,726) - 2.17% 119,447,360 (+287,437) 29 June Tue 181,603,820 (+288,178) 3,932,989 (+6,011) - 2.17% 119,159,923 (+286,520)

28 June Mon 181,315,642 (+332,074) 3,926,978 (+6,227) - 2.17% 118,873,403 (+334,425) 27 June Sun 180,983,568 (+401,911) 3,920,751 (+8,331) - 2.17% 118,538,978 (+246,584) 26 June Sat 180,581,657 (+314,269) 3,912,420 (+6,530) - 2.17% 118,292,394 (+317,472) Top 15 Global Country Counts  Daily case change (total): Brazil: +130,328 (18,687,469), Colombia: +56,320 (4,297,302), India: +46,617 (30,458,251), United Kingdom: +26,863 (4,871,735), Indonesia: +25,830 (2,228,938), South Africa: +24,270 (2,019,826), Russia: +22,791 (5,495,513), Argentina: +21,177 (4,491,551), US: +14,646 (33,691,160), Iran: +13,836 (3,232,696), Spain:

10 +12,563 (3,833,868), Bangladesh: +8,483 (930,042), Malaysia: +6,982 (765,949), Iraq: +6,378 (1,359,836), Philippines: +6,181 (1,424,518)  Daily death change (total): Brazil: +3,886 (521,952), Colombia: +1,179 (107,723), India: +853 (400,312), Russia: +669 (134,302), Indonesia: +539 (59,534), Argentina: +468 (94,772), Peru: +356 (192,687), US: +305 (605,301), South Africa: +303 (61,332), Chile: +221 (32,809), Mexico: +201 (233,248), Philippines: +176 (24,973), Bangladesh: +132 (14,778), Iran: +127 (84,516), Paraguay: +122 (13,017) US Numbers Date Cases Deaths

2 July Fri 33,691,008 (+14,646) 605,298 (+305) - 1.8% 1 July Thu 33,676,362 (+13,013) 604,993 (+307) - 1.8% 30 June Wed 33,663,349 (+13,034) 604,686 (+266) - 1.8%

29 June Tue 33,650,315 (+11,699) 604,420 (+311) - 1.8% 28 June Mon 33,638,616 (+14,335) 604,109 (+147) - 1.8% 27 June Sun 33,624,281 (+15,772) 603,962 (+312) - 1.8%

26 June Sat 33,608,509 (+6,969) 603,650 (+137) - 1.8% US State and Territory Counts  Cases by daily change (totals): Texas: +1,619 (3,003,124), Arkansas: +1,194 (350,579), California: +1,193 (3,818,353), Missouri: +1,164 (628,225), Arizona: +526 (895,873), Louisiana: +525 (482,560), Nevada: +508 (334,763), New York: +503 (2,115,880), Colorado: +497 (558,824), Washington: +477 (452,072), Georgia: +433 (1,135,526), Utah: +431 (416,110), Indiana: +407 (754,724), Kansas: +392 (319,541), North Carolina: +374 (1,014,359), Illinois: +356 (1,392,552), Alabama: +315 (551,298), New Jersey: +310 (1,023,923), Oklahoma: +303 (458,483), Tennessee: +250 (867,407), Mississippi: +242 (322,186), South Carolina: +240 (597,261), Oregon: +196 (208,836), Ohio: +185 (1,112,088), Virginia: +180 (680,744), Michigan: +179 (1,000,420), Kentucky: +160 (465,490), Pennsylvania: +150 (1,217,115), Wisconsin: +119 (677,859), Alaska: +109 (71,384), Minnesota: +101 (605,549), Iowa: +94 (374,054), Wyoming: +92 (62,445), Idaho: +91 (195,089), Massachusetts: +89 (710,138), Connecticut: +89 (349,476), New Mexico: +86 (205,715), Maryland: +85 (462,439), West Virginia: +52 (164,149), Montana: +52 (113,873), Delaware: +50 (109,820), Hawaii: +49 (37,807), Puerto Rico: +48 (140,106), New Hampshire: +28 (99,555), Rhode Island: +25 (152,643), South Dakota: +22 (124,592), District of Columbia: +16 (49,378), Maine: +15 (69,070), North Dakota: +11 (110,729), Vermont: +7 (24,419), Guam: +7 (8,373), Florida: +0 (2,365,464), Nebraska: +0 (224,488), Virgin Islands: +0 (3,895), Northern Mariana Islands: +0 (183), American Samoa: +0 (0)  Deaths by daily change (totals): California: +55 (63,761), Texas: +42 (52,449), Ohio: +35 (20,344), Arizona: +22 (17,961), Missouri: +16 (9,747), Georgia: +15 (21,443), Louisiana: +9 (10,757), Illinois: +8 (25,678), Pennsylvania: +8 (27,695), Indiana: +8 (13,863), Washington: +8 (5,938), Minnesota: +6 (7,698), Alabama: +6 (11,358), Kentucky: +6 (7,229), New Jersey: +5 (26,467), Nevada: +5 (5,697), Virginia: +4 (11,423), South Carolina: +4 (9,830), Colorado: +4 (6,804), Arkansas: +4 (5,913), Mississippi: +4 (7,419), Oregon: +4 (2,778), Tennessee: +3 (12,571), Utah: +3 (2,378), New York: +2 (53,692), Massachusetts: +2 (17,997), Maryland: +2 (9,746), Iowa: +2 (6,142), Kansas: +2 (5,158), Idaho: +2 (2,154), West Virginia: +2 (2,899), Wisconsin: +1 (8,135), New Mexico: +1 (4,344), Puerto Rico: +1 (2,550), Delaware: +1 (1,695), Maine: +1 (860), Hawaii: +1 (518), Vermont: +1 (258), Florida: +0 (37,772), North Carolina: +0 (13,434), Michigan: +0 (21,013), Oklahoma: +0 (7,388), Connecticut: +0 (8,279), Nebraska: +0 (2,261), Rhode Island: +0 (2,730), South Dakota: +0 (2,038), Montana: +0 (1,666), North Dakota: +0 (1,559), New Hampshire: +0 (1,372), Alaska: +0 (377), Wyoming: +0 (747), District of Columbia: +0 (1,141), Guam: +0 (140), Virgin Islands: +0 (30), Northern Mariana Islands: +0 (2), American Samoa: +0 (0)  Hospital bed utilization rate: Rhode Island: 90.32%, Massachusetts: 81.28%, Pennsylvania: 80.61%, Missouri: 80.17%, Maryland: 78.95%, Georgia: 78.02%, Florida: 77.86%, Michigan: 77.65%, Minnesota: 77.2%, South Carolina: 76.38%, West Virginia: 76.35%, District of Columbia: 76.32%, Delaware: 75.09%, Connecticut: 75.03%, California: 74.56%, North Carolina: 74.49%, Alabama: 74.03%, Texas: 73.81%, Nevada: 72.72%, New Hampshire: 72.47%, North Dakota: 71.73%, New York: 71.43%, Virginia: 71.37%, Ohio: 70.63%, Maine: 70.57%, Arkansas: 70.22%, Vermont: 70.02%, Tennessee: 69.74%, Oklahoma: 69.55%, Hawaii: 69.14%, New Mexico: 68.94%, Illinois: 67.93%, Colorado: 67.47%, Arizona: 66.88%, New Jersey: 66.82%, Louisiana: 66.7%, Nebraska: 66.34%, Oregon: 64.8%, Mississippi:

11 64.44%, Indiana: 64.07%, Wisconsin: 63.65%, Iowa: 61.14%, Idaho: 60.31%, Kentucky: 59.48%, Utah: 59.11%, Montana: 59.03%, Washington: 58.89%, Kansas: 57.24%, South Dakota: 54.92%, Alaska: 50.78%, Wyoming: 44.57%

Vaccinations – US Current Doses Data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, updated daily, individual data may not always add up to totals due to reporting irregularities

Total Doses Total Doses Date Distributed Change Administered Change 7/2/2021 382,636,520 352,530 328,809,470 657,166

7/1/2021 382,283,990 334,160 328,152,304 1,630,778 6/30/2021 381,949,830 118,000 326,521,526 1,368,679

6/29/2021 381,831,830 549,110 325,152,847 738,476 6/28/2021 381,282,720 0 324,414,371 1,087,043 6/27/2021 381,282,720 6,690 323,327,328 1,204,225

6/26/2021 381,276,030 1,053,360 322,123,103 923,724

Number of People Number of Receiving 1 or People Fully Date more Doses Change Vaccinated Change 7/2/2021 181,650,678 311,262 156,255,896 371,295

7/1/2021 181,339,416 664,677 155,884,601 999,915

6/30/2021 180,674,739 734,537 154,884,686 685,022 6/29/2021 179,940,202 325,037 154,199,664 423,546 6/28/2021 179,615,165 353,896 153,776,118 747,453

6/27/2021 179,261,269 387,453 153,028,665 844,422

6/26/2021 178,873,816 382,669 152,184,243 568,689

Vaccine Administered

Pfizer- Johnson & Date BioNTech Moderna Johnson Not Identified 7/2/2021 181,776,100 134,263,339 12,510,528 259,503

7/1/2021 181,347,436 134,076,668 12,470,439 257,761 6/30/2021 180,344,997 133,514,868 12,405,746 255,915 6/29/2021 179,486,976 133,089,082 12,322,817 253,972

6/28/2021 178,965,469 132,904,311 12,291,007 253,584 6/27/2021 178,171,003 132,647,393 12,256,008 252,924

6/26/2021 177,321,630 132,335,894 12,213,560 252,019 Total doses distributed are cumulative counts of vaccine doses recorded as shipped in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vaccine Tracking System.

US State Variants of Concern and Other Lineages Proportions Last updated June 29 - Proportions in the table below 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. 12

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

% of Positive Negative Positive Date New Tests Tests Tests Total Tests Tests 2 July Fri 813,990 35,731,875 433,149,322 468,881,197 7.62%

1 July Thu 403,248 35,700,107 432,367,100 468,067,207 7.63% 30 June Wed 1,017,734 35,686,985 431,976,974 467,663,959 7.63% 29 June Tue 438,517 35,666,533 430,979,692 466,646,225 7.64%

28 June Mon 469,331 35,657,973 430,549,735 466,207,708 7.65% 27 June Sun 594,232 35,647,136 430,091,241 465,738,377 7.65% 26 June Sat 684,425 35,632,818 429,511,327 465,144,145 7.66% New Tests (past week): New York: 481,007, Florida: 287,747, Illinois: 210,967, Massachusetts: 157,910, Texas: 150,606, New Jersey: 147,567, Pennsylvania: 110,826, Ohio: 95,634, North Carolina: 92,247, Michigan: 90,989, Maryland: 80,813, Minnesota: 77,145, Colorado: 76,218, Arizona: 67,164, Washington: 65,765, Georgia: 65,467, Connecticut: 61,032, Missouri: 59,390, Virginia: 57,590, Wisconsin: 55,627, Louisiana: 49,235, Oregon: 43,039, South Carolina: 42,451, Indiana: 42,022, Kentucky: 40,524, Utah: 34,473, Nevada: 27,180, Rhode Island: 25,655, Alabama: 24,797, Hawaii: 22,058, District of Columbia: 20,724, Kansas: 20,278, New Mexico: 20,174, Iowa: 19,914, West Virginia: 17,154, Arkansas: 17,019, New Hampshire: 17,018, Idaho: 13,443, Oklahoma: 13,027, Delaware: 11,392, Maine: 10,663,

13 Vermont: 9,215, Montana: 8,036, Nebraska: 7,753, Mississippi: 7,220, Alaska: 6,136, Wyoming: 5,348, North Dakota: 4,780, South Dakota: 3,443, California: 0, Tennessee: 0

Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment Tracker data is consolidated from The New York Times and US CDC, (#) is change from last update Vaccine Tracker (last updated June 30) PRECLINICAL PHASE I PHASE II PHASE III EARLY/LIMITED APPROVED

~150+ 50 37 32 9 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 (China), 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), Shafa Pharmed Pars (Iran), Soberana 2 (Iran) 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: • Maryland-based Altimmune abandons their Phase 1 nasal spray vaccine – June 30 • Iran authorizes Cuba’s Soberana 2 vaccine for emergency use – June 30 • Iran’s Baqiyatallah University enters Phase 1 – June 30 • Turkey’s Erciyes University moves to Phase 3 – June 22 • Iran’s Fakhravac vaccine moves to Phase 2 – June 22 • Cuba reports that its vaccine has an efficacy of 92% - June 22 • A second vaccine from Kazakhstan enters Phase 1/2 – June 17 • CureVac announces disappointing trial results, with an efficacy of 47% - June 16 • Novavax announces trial results, with an overall efficacy of 90.4% - June 14 • Iran authorizes the Shafa Pharmed Pars vaccine for emergency use – June 14 • Vietnam’s Nanogen moves to Phase 3 -June 14 • Seattle-based Icosavax enters Phase 1/2 – June 8 • Australia’s Vaxine moves to Phase 2 – June 8 • The West China Hospital of Sichuan University moves to Phase 3 – June 1 • China’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences moves to Phase 3 – June 1

Drug and Treatment Tracker (last updated June 27)

3 (2) 3 1 13 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, and Other Corticosteroids Promising: Azithromycin Pseudoscience or fraud: Drinking or injecting bleach and disinfectants, UV light, Silver New additions and recent updates:  The FDA. pauses the use of bamlanivimab and etesevimab because of the rise of Beta and Gamma coronavirus variants – June 26  The FDA. authorizes tocilizumab for emergency use in hospitalized patients – June 26  The US warns that some coronavirus variants are proving resistant to the combination of bamlanivimab and etesevimab – May 26

14  The FDA pushes back against claims that leronlimab is effective against Covid-19 – May 18  Moved blood filtration from “mixed evidence” to “not promising” – May 18  Moved cytokine inhibitors from “promising” to “mixed evidence” – May 18  Moved dexamethasone from “promising” to “widely used” – May 5 US Restrictions Data compiled by the Kaiser Family Foundation, updated normally weekly, Table available at CVOB website for sorting US Restrictions and Policy Actions - June 21 (previous update June 14) Status of Reopening Reopened (46: +2); Easing Restrictions (5: -2) Stay at Home Order Stay at Home Order Lifted (45); No Action (6) Mandatory Quarantine for Travelers Traveler Quarantine Mandate in Place (3); Traveler Quarantine Mandate Lifted (29); No Action (19)

Non-Essential Business Closures All Non-Essential Businesses Open (46: +2); Some or All Non-Essential Businesses Open with Limits (5: -2) Large Gatherings Ban All Gatherings Prohibited (0: -1); >10 Prohibited (3); >25 Prohibited (0: -1); >50 Prohibited (1: -2); Limit > 50 (2); No Limit (45: +4) Restaurant Limits Open (48: +2); Open with Service Limits (3: -2)

Bar Closures Open (48: +2); Open with Service Limits (2: -2); Closed (1) Face Covering Requirement Yes (1); Indoor Only (1); Unvaccinated People Only (9: -3); No (40: +3)

Emergency Declaration Yes (42: -3); No (9: +3)

Data compiled weekdays by The New York Times, last updated July 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 As of Wednesday, June 30, the Back-to-Normal Index was 92% (-2%), with 21 (-21) states showing an improvement since the previous week's reporting Recent Historical Trending 9-Jun 2-Jun 7-Apr 3-Mar 5-May 30-Jun 23-Jun 16-Jun 28-Apr 21-Apr 14-Apr 31-Mar 24-Mar 17-Mar 10-Mar 26-May 19-May 12-May

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Primary Statistics Sources John Hopkins University CSEE Tracking, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kaiser Family Foundation, Moody’s Analytics and CNN Business Back-to-Normal Index

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