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Sao Paulo, Jun 30 (EFE).- Brazilians have become accustomed to seeing 2,000 of their fellow citizens die every day from Covid-19 and will not submit to additional lockdowns or restriction aimed at containing the pandemic, one of the country's top public health officials said Wednesday.(CAMERA: Wallace Carvalho)
Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Los Angeles County is now testing for a new and more transmissible strain of the coronavirus, the Los Angeles Times reported. The county has seen a massive surge in cases in recent weeks. The new strain was first discovered in the UK. Experts said there hasn't been any indication that the new strain could cause more severe illness. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. As coronavirus cases surge in Los Angeles County, officials are now working to test samples for the new and more transmissible strain of coronavirus, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch has publicly thanked workers of Britain's National Health Service for vaccinating him against COVID-19. This, as Fox News personality Tucker Carlson urged his audience to look at the vaccine with skepticism. According to Business Insider, Carlson said on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' Thursday, the vaccine 'feels false, because it is. It's too slick' Meanwhile, Murdoch, 89, and his wife Jerry Hall Murdoch, have been isolating at their home in Oxfordshire, England, for most of the pandemic. I strongly encourage people around the world to get the vaccine as it becomes available. Rupert Murdoch Owner, Fox News
On Monday, US stocks rose. AstraZeneca said its COVID-19 vaccine candidate demonstrated an average efficacy rate of 70%. This is the third COVID-19 vaccine said to have surpassed the Food and Drug Administration's requirement of 50% effectiveness. S&P 500: 3,580.82, up 0.7% Dow Jones industrial average: 29,473.41, up 0.7% (210 points) Nasdaq composite: 11,929.04, up 0.6%
The tone on a panel for Fox Business Network show 'Outnumbered' took a decidedly harsh tone on Wednesday. According to Business Insider, some guests began trading memes and mocking banter about COVID-19 restrictions in some states. But then, former State Department spokeswoman and Democratic operative Marie Harf brought them up short. It's not a joke, first of all. A bunch of people are dying every day in this country from coronavirus. Marie Harf Former State Department spokeswoman Weekend 'Fox & Friends' co-host Pete Hegseth wasn't having it, calling social distancing restrictions 'absolute garbage.' When the rules are so ridiculous, they go out the window. People ignore them, as they should. Pete Hegseth Co-host, 'Fox & Friends' weekend edition