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Coronavirus Disease Weekly News 18April 2021
The news posted last week for the coronavirus 2019-nCoV (aka SARS-CoV-2), which produces COVID-19 disease, has been surveyed and some important articles are summarized here. The articles are more or less organized with general virus news and anecdotes first, then stories from around the US, followed by an increased number of items from other countries around the globe. Economic news related to COVID-19 is found here.
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Summary:
New US cases of the coronavirus continued to inch a bit higher this week, while deaths attributed to the virus continued to fall. New Covid infections during the week ending April 17th were 2.2% higher than during the week ending April 10th, and up 26.5% from the 7 days ending March 16th (a six month low), but still down 72.6% from the early January peak. US Covid deaths were down 2.5% from the prior week, and down 78.7%
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Hollywood is awakening from the pandemic.
TV and film production crews are again taking over parking lots, yellow signs telling workers where to go. Movie theaters are open and actually starting to show big films. Prop houses and other local businesses dependent on the film and television industry are returning to life.
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With vaccinations rolling out across the country and Gov. Gavin Newsom setting a target to reopen the state’s economy by June 15, there’s a growing sense in the entertainment industry that
things are finally on the mend, write my colleagues Ryan Faughnder and Anousha Sakoui.
That should come as a relief for the state’s economy, of which entertainment jobs are a key driver.
Editorial Roundup: Alabama
Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers:
The Decatur Daily on the COVID-19 vaccine and the variant viruses:
The race against the new coronavirus is a race against time. The longer it takes to vaccinate people and the longer it takes for populations to reach herd immunity, the more time the virus that causes COVID-19 has to mutate.
The COVID variants are deadlier and more readily spread than the original version at the start of the pandemic a year ago. These variants are the main reason for the deadly surge now sweeping much of Europe (but not the United Kingdom) and South America.