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“Sixty-eitht percent versus 70 percent doesn’t matter,” said Andy Slavitt, who served as a senior adviser to the White House coronavirus response before stepping down last week. “What matters is 50 percent in Arkansas versus 90 percent in Vermont.” https://t.co/lktCQyAQPk

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) June 19, 2021

You can use CDC’s Nowcast to predict variants of the virus that causes #COVID19 in the United States. Use this data tool to see the estimated proportions of different variants in each region: https://t.co/Oymzenmv0N. pic.twitter.com/XcIOM5LzwJ

— CDC (@CDCgov) June 18, 2021

Traveling this summer? Here’s what you should know about the delta variant. It’s the most contagious form of the coronavirus so far, about 60% more transmissible https://t.co/akbY7RSIw2

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) June 19, 2021

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#UPDATES China has administered more than a billion doses of Covid vaccines, the country's health authority says
The number of doses administered globally surpassed 2.5 billion on Friday, according to an @AFP count from official sources pic.twitter.com/g6NAUiZpds

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 20, 2021

EXCLUSIVE U.S. triples vaccines for Taiwan with 2.5 million-dose shipment | Reuters https://t.co/UrNZxCBMDr

— Laura Rosenberger (@rosenbergerlm) June 19, 2021

India posts lowest daily rise in coronavirus cases in nearly 3 months https://t.co/XXoCRUMxKF pic.twitter.com/XQQPzHlEMp

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 20, 2021

A few weeks ago, New Delhi's crematoriums were operating around the clock dealing with Covid-19 victims

Now the Indian capital's shopping malls and markets are buzzing again, but doctors are worried https://t.co/voTWR7qyTS pic.twitter.com/WHLnF9mOxU

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 20, 2021

An Indian health official says the country wants to resume exports of coronavirus doses, but can’t do so until its domestic needs are met. India restricted vaccine exports in April as it battled a ferocious surge in infections. https://t.co/oYdb2ahqS4

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 18, 2021

Getting vaccines into a remote region of Nepal in the midst of a monsoon https://t.co/TmPymmpbaB

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) June 19, 2021

It begins…

A member of the Uganda Olympic team tests positive for coronavirus on arrival in Japan, just over a month before the pandemic-postponed Games, officials say #AFPsports https://t.co/JzICwJ7LU6 pic.twitter.com/SnDJOVd3dF

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 20, 2021

S.Korea to mix-and-match COVID-19 vaccine doses for 760,000 people https://t.co/KrBblT2D7I pic.twitter.com/qBrtPpnwsR

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 18, 2021

Philippines signs deal for 40 mln Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 doses https://t.co/iv5CUWAQZO pic.twitter.com/Kxi8deTZqt

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 20, 2021

Small COVID-19 outbreaks keep plaguing Australia https://t.co/ShkSFoyLkc pic.twitter.com/Ys4XzUc9o8

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 20, 2021

Health officials say Afghanistan is running out of oxygen as a deadly third surge of COVID-19 worsens. https://t.co/sFSzqmx7tE

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 19, 2021

Russia reports 17,611 new COVID-19 cases, 450 deaths https://t.co/J6lIRjc225 pic.twitter.com/DfhkTtoRRd

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 20, 2021

Moscow records pandemic high for Covid cases for second day running. Cases are surging across Russia, many from delta variant https://t.co/TUCv6tAmxo and https://t.co/di7CyXeWZb pic.twitter.com/8sCiLX7ObO

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) June 19, 2021

From 0 to 100 Covid policy:

Moscow hospitals will only do planned surgeries/procedures on patients who have been vaccinated – apart from cancer treatments, blood diseases, ppl who can't have vaccine

Vaccine status to be checked before treatment (previously it was pcr tests) https://t.co/9tuHDzGGHJ

— Sarah Rainsford (@sarahrainsford) June 18, 2021

As cases are set to surge to a record high, Moscow is both one of the world's most unvaccinated and least restricted cities in the world. Here's Yandex/Apple mobility data – Moscow is at 92% of its pre-covid mobility levels this week, even with a forced public vacation in place pic.twitter.com/bQNYKH359t

— Jake Cordell (@JakeCordell) June 18, 2021

Third wave of Covid ‘definitely under way’ in UK, says expert https://t.co/0I1KNNWPXg

— Crawford Kilian (@Crof) June 19, 2021

Swiss to start inoculating youngsters against COVID-19 as early as next week https://t.co/DXRjwkBGr3 pic.twitter.com/kBb3mq4dW7

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 20, 2021

Brazil on Saturday crossed the grim threshold of 500,000 coronavirus deaths, the country's health minister said, trailing only the United States in lives lost to Covid-19 https://t.co/V63GmOK8uz

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 19, 2021

"Get out Bolsonaro, genocidal." Protesters have taken to the streets in cities across Brazil as the nation's confirmed COVID-19 death toll soared past half a million, a tragedy many critics blame on President Jair Bolsonaro's attempt to minimize the virus. https://t.co/QgbXOkb1G2

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 19, 2021

Mexico to vaccinate migrants in Baja California under new border initiative https://t.co/KfLdZhyiyv pic.twitter.com/lDzhQ0bWXh

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 19, 2021

Judge blocks the CDC from enforcing coronavirus rules for cruise ships in Florida https://t.co/uInHwKdRMf

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) June 19, 2021

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BioNTech shots have stronger antibody response than Sinovac, Hong Kong study shows – SCMP https://t.co/yf8WDDxKGJ pic.twitter.com/fC2lKxIQRH

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 19, 2021

VIDEO: Five hospitals in the UK install new machines which melt items made of polypropylene, such as face masks, separating out impurities to make plastic blocks recycled into chairs, buckets or 3D-printed items pic.twitter.com/Ly13JIRAnD

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 20, 2021

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Still, 34% of Americans think restrictions in their area have been lifted too quickly, while somewhat fewer — 27% — say they were not lifted quickly enough. About 4 in 10 rate the pace of reopening about right. https://t.co/QkSxLx6cW6

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 18, 2021

State-level vaccination rates can obscure pockets of under-vaccination at the community level, & communities are the scale at which disease transmission occurs—among our colleagues, our loved ones, & our neighbors, in the communities where we live & work: https://t.co/JKhnKmHkSb

— Dr. Maia Majumder (@maiamajumder) June 17, 2021

Scientists find the highly transmissible delta variant in New York state. Univ at Buffalo scientists who are doing genomic sequencing of SARSCoV2 samples report the delta variant of the coronavirus has been detected in upstate NY https://t.co/BzswlYvbeF pic.twitter.com/lfjSBhnZKd

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) June 19, 2021

On this Father's Day weekend, many families are frustrated that COVID-19 restrictions remain at nursing homes, where 75% of residents are vaccinated and deaths have plummeted. Visits are limited, and hugs and kisses are sometimes discouraged or banned. https://t.co/N1UKsnxrys

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 19, 2021

when people tell you to get vaccinated it means “I don’t want you to die & hurt the people around you”. when people tell you not to it means “I’m insecure in my death cult and want you to join me in hurting others for my own reassurance”

— kilgore trout, dna harvester (@KT_So_It_Goes) June 19, 2021

62.1% of qualified Americans (age 12 and over) have received at least one vaccine shot; 52.3% are now fully vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/LWpqtVu9V9

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) June 19, 2021

“Sixty-eitht percent versus 70 percent doesn’t matter,” said Andy Slavitt, who served as a senior adviser to the White House coronavirus response before stepping down last week. “What matters is 50 percent in Arkansas versus 90 percent in Vermont.” https://t.co/lktCQyAQPk

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) June 19, 2021

The US had +13,389 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total closer to 34.4 million. The 7-day moving average fell to 12,639 new cases per day, its lowest level since March 26, 2020. pic.twitter.com/jHjvOdN6S3

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) June 19, 2021

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Delta variant is on the move: The variant that 1st emerged in India is becoming the dominant Covid variant worldwide. That’s because of its “significantly increased transmissibility,” said Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, WHO's chief scientist https://t.co/BlPWHezTkd

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) June 19, 2021

"Within days, China will reach a staggering 1 billion doses in its Covid-19 vaccination drive — a scale and speed unrivaled by any other country in the world." Analysis by @Nectar_Gan & @lauraliuhe https://t.co/ntUsFzgFmS

— CNN International (@cnni) June 18, 2021

India reports 60,753 new coronavirus cases https://t.co/8jzq07ESMy pic.twitter.com/JQpTAIVbYO

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 19, 2021

India should brace for third COVID-19 wave by Oct, say health experts https://t.co/spc9WjGlBd pic.twitter.com/XSobiwigTt

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 18, 2021

Singapore says there are problems with the Chinese vaccine. https://t.co/6VdPQoIgpg

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) June 18, 2021

Tokyo Olympic Games staff begin receiving vaccines https://t.co/OS7wzXxfGN

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 18, 2021

Cambodia reports 20 deaths from COVID, record for single day https://t.co/Ew3QxHb34O pic.twitter.com/preuZYZSSd

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 19, 2021

The Palestinian Authority is nixing a deal that called for Israel to give it 1 million doses of soon-to-expire coronavirus vaccines in exchange for doses the Palestinians expect to receive this year. The authority said the doses are too close to expiring. https://t.co/XXHG68asBz

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 18, 2021

Officials in Russia, where vaccine hesitancy remains high, are ordering frontline workers to be vaccinated as the highly infectious Delta variant spreads.

Russia has reported a 50 percent increase in daily cases over the past two weeks https://t.co/FF2aDtal3X

— COVID19 (@V2019N) June 18, 2021

OpEd Those who had said nothing when the authorities rigged election results, shut down independent media outlets and jailed opposition members are now speaking out about their “impinging freedoms", @Vorewig writeshttps://t.co/ZyTns6n6AI

— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) June 18, 2021

… People simply don’t want to get vaccinated! Still, many have done so, including this author. Generally, the young and educated residents of Russia’s largest cities — the so-called “new middle class” — have been most willing to get the vaccine. They consider themselves world citizens, vacation in Berlin and Paris and watch Netflix and HBO. They don’t need to be convinced that vaccination is a good idea: they volunteer for it and talk their friends and co-workers into it as well…

Putin’s supporters, however, have not been getting vaccinated. These are the older Russians, generally less educated, who travel abroad only rarely, if at all…

People who had said nothing when the authorities rigged election results, forced the courts to find innocent people guilty, shut down independent media outlets, jailed opposition members and tortured prisoners have finally started speaking out. “You are impinging on our freedoms,” they cried as the authorities came after them with a syringe.

They’ll shout for a time, but they’ll stop soon enough. Some will buckle and get the vaccine, but many more will turn to the already flourishing black market for a fake certificate of vaccination. The going price for such documents has already reached $200 in Moscow. And those same people will go home satisfied that they have outsmarted the system…

Setback for EU in legal fight with AstraZeneca https://t.co/705jdfJwFp

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 18, 2021

Coronavirus infections rising exponentially in England – REACT study | Imperial News | Imperial College Londonhttps://t.co/rzemjO31gK

— Global Health Observ (@GlobalPHObserv) June 18, 2021

Italy will require people arriving from Britain to quarantine for five days and take a COVID-19 swab test, as concern grows about a soaring increase of cases in Britain involving the delta variant. https://t.co/lgY1wL7WMQ

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 18, 2021

Germany has given a vaccine shot to over half its people. But officials are still worried after seeing how the delta variant is dominating Britain and are urging soccer fans not to go to the UK. https://t.co/ckVZL3nwNM

— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) June 18, 2021

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern received her first shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, as the country steps up efforts to inoculate its population https://t.co/4h7M6dmPqg

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 18, 2021

Australia's largest state records two new local COVID-19 cases https://t.co/WRYnKienm8 pic.twitter.com/DSyXGsDoZT

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 19, 2021

🚨Africa is "in the midst of a full-blown third wave" of coronavirus, the head of @WHOAFRO has warned

Cases have risen across the continent by more than 20% and deaths have also risen by 15% in the last week@jriggers reports ~ 🧵https://t.co/CRDhqPHFWM

— Telegraph Global Health Security (@TelGlobalHealth) June 17, 2021

RT @JeremyFarrar: A silent decimation: South America’s losing battle against Covid https://t.co/7XkSnAYpZX

— Global Health Observ (@GlobalPHObserv) June 18, 2021

Brazil has 98,832 COVID cases, 2,495 deaths in 24 hours -ministry https://t.co/mviML0oU8b pic.twitter.com/upRTa6ySXl

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 19, 2021

As Brazil's official COVID-19 death toll nears 500,000, Brazil's Senate is publicly investigating how the toll got so high. It is focusing on why the president ignored opportunities to buy vaccines for months and pushed treatments shown to be ineffective. https://t.co/IN49aiTwEU

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 18, 2021

Argentine lab makes first half million doses of Russian COVID-19 vaccine https://t.co/NalOtdc5e4 pic.twitter.com/u7CkaZA5Ej

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 19, 2021

Mexico's coronavirus death toll hits 230,959 https://t.co/CiGRZaHIqj pic.twitter.com/iXICMoLJ1l

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 19, 2021

Mexico to donate 154,100 doses of AstraZeneza vaccine to Honduras https://t.co/wQE14g2jL3 pic.twitter.com/xTStxOhR6a

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 19, 2021

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Latest data on immune response to Covid reinforces the need for vaccination https://t.co/aHgdEbayME pic.twitter.com/1gtNsDMWt0

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) June 18, 2021

A new study by @YaleSPH @ChenKai_yale & team shows that SARS-CoV-2’s reproductive number is attributable to seasonal factors; temperature (3.73%), humidity (9.35%) and UV radiation (4.44%).

We need to vaccinate before the cold, dry, dark winter hits.https://t.co/s2e8kYUo6M

— Prof. Akiko Iwasaki (@VirusesImmunity) June 18, 2021

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This is particularly true for Black and Hispanic/Latinx beneficiaries: over 50% cited lack of trust in gov't as their reason for planning to decline the vaccine. For government and public health to serve all we must work to address racism and become trustworthy.

— Louisa Holaday (@louisaholaday) June 18, 2021

there has been a subset of twitter people celebrating and mocking the people that are getting severely ill or dying because they refused to get vaccinated, and i find that grotesque.

but i’m allowed to say “goddamnit save yourselves you fucking idiot assholes” and so i shall. https://t.co/sIKJAgjTac

— World Famous Art Thief (@CalmSporting) June 18, 2021

Here in several low-income Massachusetts towns (Laurence, Lowell, Fall River… ), pop-up clinics in the parking lots of local grocery chain Market Basket are offering $25 gift cards. From the TV spots I’m seen, people who hadn’t previously found the incentive to get vaxx’d have been more than happy to do so when it’s presented this way.

Maine's most effective COVID-19 vaccine incentive? A LL Bean gift card, the state's CDC director Nirav Shah tells reporters.

— Ariel Cohen (@ArielCohen37) June 16, 2021