• During a virtual summit with Brazilian, Indian, Russian, and South African leaders, China’s President Xi Jinping announces that the nation will donate 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to developing countries by the end of 2021. Source

• Australia reports a record-breaking daily total of 2,077 new coronavirus infections. Source

• In the US, coronavirus vaccination rates are lagging; they have fallen to the second lowest among the G-7 countries, after Britain, Canada, France, Germany, and Italy.  Source

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