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Global Weekly Covid-19 Deaths Rise for First Time Since January
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0:56Now PlayingEven as some nations progress with their Covid-19 vaccination programs, governments continue to reckon with the grim power of the pandemic as it saps the patience of exhausted populations to endure prolonged restrictions.
Chancellor Angela Merkel proposed extending Germany’s lockdown for another four weeks amid a spike in virus cases, adding to woes in Europe as the continent’s east experiences the most severe outbreaks in months and the European Union’s fight with the U.K. over vaccine exports grows increasingly bitter.
The U.K. is celebrating inoculating half its adult population and Joe Biden is well ahead of his target of 100 million vaccinations in his first 100 days as U.S. president. Still, Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces growing demands within his own party to loosen Covid restrictions faster and Biden’s under pressure to help other nations amid accusations of vaccine hoarding.
Brazil’s healthcare system is collapsing under the pressure of record infections and deaths, sending public disapproval of President Jair Bolsonaro, already on his fourth health minister of the crisis, to a new high. India and Pakistan are also experiencing surges in cases.
Even Japan, which has avoided the worst of the pandemic, has bowed to the inevitable and barred foreign visitors from the delayed Tokyo Olympics.
Three months into a year that carried the promise of escape from the trauma of 2020, it’s too early to say the Covid-19 crisis is nearing its end.
Summer’s arrival in the northern hemisphere will pose a major test for governments facing impatient and increasingly angry populations.
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