Coronavirus Watch: 'Pandemic Treaty' needed to vaccinate the world

The head of the World Health Organization warned Tuesday that the coronavirus is "deepening divergence in economic fortunes, and there will be negative consequences for all."

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed that access to vaccination, no longer a major problem in the U.S. but a big issue in the developing world, is key to ending the health crisis and driving a broad-based global recovery. He called for a stepped-up, coordinated strategy, bankrolled by new financing, to vaccinate the world.

"A #PandemicTreaty is a promise to future generations," he tweeted. "This is a moment for exceptional leadership, for doing the unusual and the unprecedented. We must approach the future with open eyes and open arms."

It's Tuesday, and this is the Coronavirus Watch from the Paste BN Network. Here's more news you need to know:

• Moderna has begun applying for a full license from the Food and Drug Administration for its COVID-19 vaccine. It's one of the three companies authorized to provide coronavirus vaccines to Americans on an emergency basis.
• Broadway returns: Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s “Pass Over” is set to become the first Broadway show to reopen, on Aug. 4. The show involves three actors and an intermission-less 85-minute running time.
• Hospitalizations from COVID-19 are at their lowest recorded levels in Wisconsin, a 92% drop from the peak less than seven months ago in what was once a national hot spot. Mask mandates ended Tuesday in Milwaukee.
• Italians are eating and drinking indoors at bars and restaurants for the first time in months. Until Tuesday, businesses had to either offer outdoor seating or serve only grab-and-go customers.

Today's numbers: The U.S. has more than 33.2 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 594,500 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. The global totals: Over 170.8 million cases and 3.55 million deaths. More than 135 million Americans have been fully vaccinated – 40.7% of the population, according to the CDC.

See the numbers in your area here, check out where cases are rising here, and see how many vaccines your state has received here.

– John Bacon, Paste BN rewrite chief, @realjohnbacon