N.Y. Offers Lottery Tickets; EU Backs Certificates: Virus Update Bloomberg 20 mins ago Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) New York state will offer $20 scratch-off lottery tickets as a vaccine incentive, with a maximum payout of $5 million. A European Union-wide plan for vaccination certificates advanced, boosting chances of a summer tourism rebound.
Moderna Inc. has begun exporting U.S.-produced Covid-19 vaccines to other countries as domestic demand wanes.
Unvaccinated people in the U.S. should keep wearing masks in public, said Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s top health adviser. There’s “understandable confusion” after health authorities relaxed rules on masks for fully vaccinated people, he said.