Coronavirus Watch: Was the world's COVID response a 'massive global failure'?
More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of renowned experts are calling out international leaders over how they failed to prevent world's deadliest outbreak.
A Lancet Commission report published Wednesday detailed “massive global failures” that led to more than 6.9 million reported deaths and ultimately an estimated 17.2 million deaths. Findings included widespread failures in prevention, transparency, basic public health practices and international cooperation and solidarity.
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It's Thursday, and this is Coronavirus Watch from the Paste BN Network. Here's more news to know:
- The Biden administration announced an updated COVID-19 Global Response and Recovery Framework this week, aiming to end the emergency phase of the pandemic and focus on equitable access to vaccines, tests, treatments and oxygen around the world.
- A U.S. Census survey released Thursday provided the most detailed data on how life changed in the country in the first two years of the pandemic, including an increase in the number of people working from home and a higher percentage of people who spent more than a third of their income on rent.
- The head of the WHO on Wednesday said worldwide COVID deaths last week were at the lowest reported in the pandemic since March 2020, saying the "end is in sight" for stopping the worst of COVID-19.
See our COVID-19 resource guide here. See total reported cases and deaths here. On vaccinations: About 79% of people in the U.S. have received at least one vaccine shot, and about 67% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC.
– Cady Stanton, Paste BN breaking news reporter, @cady_stanton