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The US and China agree to cooperate to combat climate change. The UK is investigating a new Indian COVID-19 variant for being vaccine “evasive.” A group of investors managing $11 trillion in assets called on banks to set tougher emissions targets. Analysis: Vaccine Update: What to do with Excess Doses; Country in Charts: United States.

Condition Updates

A rundown of important global developments in markets, in business, and region-by-region, as well as statistical risk assessments by country and by US state.

Vaccine Update: What to do with Excess Doses

As inequality continues to mark the global vaccine rollout, the buildup of excess vaccine doses in a few rich countries is drawing increased scrutiny and prompting pressure to donate or sell on the shots to those in need.

Country in Charts: United States

More than 209.4 million vaccine doses have been administered across the nation. About 39.5 percent of the total US population have received 1 or more doses. Once again, the weekly average of new cases increased this past week, with the current 7-day moving average of daily new cases (69,577) increasing 8.1% compared with the previous 7 days.

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