After months of sheltering in place. But many are not practicing social distancing and there have been shocking scenes of people gathered very closely together and without masks. Its raising serious new concerns about a potential new spread of the virus. A top official with the World Health Organization is now warning we could be facing a second peak. He says its dangerous to assume that the next real danger point in the pandemic wont come until the fall. Lets begin this hour with our Senior National correspondent kyung lah joining us from los angeles. Kyung, less than three months ago, march 5, there were just 11 known coronavirus deaths here in the United States. And now less than three months later, were approaching 100,000. Reporter certainly a very grim marker. And this bears repeating, wolf. The administration expects that the numbers are still anticipated between 100,000 deaths and 240,000 deaths here in the United States. So what does it look like on this memorial day . Im here
An updated COVID-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant became available in Japan on Sept. 20 ahead of an expected surge in infections around the year-end holidays.
Japan's health ministry has approved a coronavirus vaccine produced by Daiichi Sankyo Co., according to the company, the first time the country has authorized a domestically developed vaccine for COVID-19.
Japan is set to approve the first domestically developed coronavirus vaccine after a health ministry panel of experts on Monday endorsed Daiichi Sankyo Co.'s plan to manufacture and sell the drug.
Japanese drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo Co. has applied with the health ministry for approval of a new coronavirus vaccine, aiming to be the first in the nation to put a domestically developed messenger RNA vaccine into use.