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Lives lost to COVID-19 surpass 4 million worldwide, as the crisis becomes a race between vaccines and highly contagious variants. The death toll is about equal to the population of Los Angeles or the nation of Georgia. Even then, it is widely believed to be an undercount because of overlooked cases or deliberate concealment. The milestone comes as variants surge across the world, especially the delta variant, considered more infectious than the original strain. Ref. USAToday.

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Vaccinated teachers and students don't need to wear masks inside school buildings, CDC says
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines for teachers and students amid a national vaccination campaign in which children as young as 12 are eligible to get shots, as well as a general decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths. Source 1k.

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Biden expected to announce vaccine proof push for federal workers. President Joe Biden is expected to announce Thursday that millions of federal workers must show proof they've received a coronavirus vaccine or submit to regular testing and stringent social distancing and masking, the Associated Press reports. A source told the AP the new guidance is not a vaccine mandate for the employees and those who decide not to get vaccinated aren't at risk of being fired. The new policy amounts to a recognition by the administration that the government — the nation's biggest employer — must do more to boost sluggish vaccination rates. Biden said Tuesday his administration had been considering requiring all federal workers to get the shots amid a surge of cases caused by the highly infectious delta variant. Ref. Source 2j.

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Federal employees will be required to wear masks while on the job, President Biden announces. Biden also plans to require federal employees and contract workers to show proof of vaccination, or undergo COVID-19 tests up to twice a week. Source 1d.

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Global COVID-19 infections surpass 200 million as delta variants bring new threat to US hospitals. The highly contagious delta variants now account for more than 90% of new coronavirus infections in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the latest test for the U.S. Health care system. Source 5s.

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CDC: Half of America is now vaccinated against coronavirus. Half of Americans are now fully vaccinated, with new vaccinations up 44% over two weeks, according to U.S. Officials. Latest COVID-19 updates Source 9g.

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Supreme Court denies student effort to block university's vaccine policy in first mandate challenge of COVID-19 era. The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to block a COVID-19 vaccine mandate at Indiana University, clearing the way for school officials to require students and faculty members to be vaccinated. Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejected the request from Indiana University students to hear a challenge to the vaccine mandate. Ref. USAToday.

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‘Bam’: US blindsided by Covid’s return. Many Americans thought they had conquered Covid-19, but the virus is surging again amid fears an even deadlier mutation than Delta could emerge. Source 3e.