South Africa registered 1,413 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative total to 1,571,348. A further 55 Covid-19-related deaths were reported, taking total deaths to 53,995.
Signs of a US post-pandemic recovery increased as jobless claims fell and airlines signalled the worst of the travel downturn is over. New York state surpassed two million Covid-19 infections, though cases have slowed to less than a third of January’s pace, while Colorado’s coronavirus hospitalisations almost doubled since mid-March.
An advisory group to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meets on Friday to decide whether the US can resume using Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is weighing an appeal from progressive Democrats to accelerate…