Covid-19 Pandemic
 Here’s the latest news from the global pandemic. Online shopping leads recovery in U.K. consumer spending Democrats may pare virus stimulus plan and ask for more laterHong Kong’s virus cases drop to pre-surge levels as wave eases A Success Story That’s Just a Story “Declare victory and move on” can be a useful mantra when a crisis has concluded, for better or for worse, and it’s time to confront new challenges. White House senior adviser Jared Kushner tried to take that approach in a recent interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, where he defended a response that’s left the U.S. with about a quarter of the world’s coronavirus deaths. “We’re making great progress,” the presidential son-in-law told Blitzer, citing vaccine development, identification of drugs like remdesivir and a falling case-fatality rate. “We’ve done our best.”  Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser Photographer: Oliver Contreras/Sipa But it’s a failure to acknowledge the many opportunities the Trump administration missed over the past eight months since the disease emerged. Looser, shorter curbs on movement and interaction factored into the pandemic’s U.S. expansion, according to Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease specialist. Spain and Italy, for example, gained control over the virus after long periods when trips to parks, public spaces, grocery stores and pharmacies were curtailed, he told a meeting of the American Society for Microbiology on Monday. Meanwhile, lower levels of public activity ultimately made Europe safer. Likewise, U.S. workplaces never shuttered as fully as they did in Italy and Spain, said Fauci. “They shut down dramatically; we did not.” Overall, the U.S approach is one of the reasons why cases shot up as high as 70,000 a day after the lockdowns, while those in Europe tumbled, he said. Even Deborah Birx, the White House’s coronavirus response coordinator, now says the U.S. should have closed down longer and deeper. “I wish that when we went into lockdown, we looked like Italy,” she told reporters this week. Some European countries, including Spain, are starting to see small resurgences in coronavirus. Those pockets still don’t approach the tens of thousands of daily cases that have become routine in the U.S. Most other societies are wearing masks and continuing to social-distance without much fuss. In the U.S., face coverings have become a political badge, one that has its origins in Trump’s original spurning of them, and his initial reassurance that wearing one is up to individual choice. Since then, local governments and industries that insist on mask use have encountered resistance, without much backup from the administration. None of these—the dissension, the denialism and, most of all, the 170,000 U.S. deaths—are the characteristics of a success story. They’re a case study that cries out for reform. We can’t declare victory when the coronavirus is still winning on the field.—John Lauerman Track the virus U.S. Recovery Still Fragile Even as Labor Market Improves Our weekly dashboard of high-frequency, alternative and market-based data track the economy’s plunge into recession and eventual recovery. See the latest trends here.  Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Sponsored Content by Siemens America’s factories, power plants, transportation and hospitals all need technology and our technology is only as powerful as the people deploying and maintaining it. Keeping America moving takes more than technology alone. It takes a human touch. Siemens Ingenuity for life. What you should read Virus Rages in South America as Brazil Hit Hard Hodgepodge policies, poverty complicate efforts to slow Covid spread. Sweden Mask Debate Heats Up on Case Warning Masks are latest example of its outlier status in handling the pandemic. The Race to Make a Better Brand of Home Office Co-living firm wants housing and office project to capture remote workers. Travel Rule Changes Cause Chaos for Tourists New rules a setback to airlines, some passengers left with cost of changes. New Zealand Boosts Military Presence at Border Move comes amid new outbreak and attempt to prevent security breaches. Know someone else who would like this newsletter? Have them sign up here. Have any questions, concerns, or news tips on Covid-19 news? Get in touch or help us cover the story. Like this newsletter? Subscribe for unlimited access to trusted, data-based journalism in 120 countries around the world and gain expert analysis from exclusive daily newsletters, The Bloomberg Open and The Bloomberg Close. Follow Us Get the newsletter You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg’s Coronavirus Daily newsletter. Unsubscribe | Bloomberg.com | Contact Us Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022 |
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