Quick Glance: JN.1 Variant: Latest on Covid Developments
- The JN.1 variant may be more transmissible, but does not cause more severe Covid cases.
- Covid cases are on the rise, driven by the JN.1 variant, according to Dr. Mandy Cohen of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- JN.1 accounts for about 21% of Covid cases in the US, up from 8% just two weeks ago, according to the CDC.
- The World Health Organization has designated JN.1 as a 'variant of interest', indicating genetic changes that could enhance its spread.
Quick Glance: China's Deadly Fires Fuel Protests Against Xi's Covid Policies
- Travel restrictions and government restrictions on international journalists make it impossible to report on the protests.
- "We want freedom," they declared.
- For the most part, since Covid spread from Wuhan about three years ago, many Chinese have accepted severe regulations, including extensive travel restrictions, as a price for avoiding the widespread illness and death that the United States and other countries experienced.
- The Chinese authorities is likely to be concerned that photographs and footage of the Shanghai protests may spread over online control, inciting further upheaval.
Quick Glance: The world's oldest person has died at the age of 118.
- Sister André was born when the Tour de France had only been staged once, and she witnessed 27 French heads of state.
- Sister André was believed to get along well with her brothers.
- Sister André was born into a Protestant family but converted to Catholicism before being baptized at the age of 26.
- Jeanne Louise Calment, also of France, is thought to have been the oldest person ever to live, having been born on 21 February 1875 and living to the age of 122 years and 164 days.
Quick Glance: "I"m feeling great": President Biden tests negative for COVID-19 and is no longer isolated
- WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden was released from seclusion on Wednesday after testing negative for COVID-19 twice, praising immunizations and medical treatment in remarks from the White House Rose Garden.
- He stated that Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday night and again on Wednesday morning, and that he may lift his severe isolation restrictions.
- The White House went the additional mile by waiting until Biden had a negative antigen test result.
- Officials said they expected Biden to test positive and had a plan in place to deal with it.
China’s population spent $288bn on international travel in 2018, nearly one-quarter of the global spending on tourism https://aje.io/4sl19g
Quick Glance: Crist and Fried criticize DeSantis and lay out priorities at Florida media forum
- ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA — Charlie Crist and Nikki Fried each made their case for why Florida Democrats should vote for them in the Aug. 23 primary to challenge Gov. Rick Scott.
- Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nikki Fried, left, and Orlando Sentinel writer Jeffrey Schweers speak during a Democratic Candidates for Governor Forum in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022.
- "We certainly are in a difficult time," Crist admitted.
- Crist brandished what he said was the veto pen he used as governor as he talked.
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