Lab leak or animal transmission? The long-awaited WHO report on the origins of SARS-CoV-2 leaves the question unsettled. (Washington Post)
And the U.S and 13 other countries expressed concern over the report’s delays and incomplete data. (Reuters)
As of Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. EDT, the unofficial COVID-19 toll stood at 30,394,188 cases and 550,988 deaths — up 61,929 and 917, respectively, since the same time Tuesday.
More than 53 million Americans are now fully vaccinated, according to the latest CDC data.
Young people are fueling upticks in coronavirus case counts, hospitalizations, and case severity in parts of the U.S. and Canada. (WJZ-TV, WTNH-TV, National Post)
