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Strong economic rebound will make the US the largest single contributor to global growth for the first time since 2005. In his Easter address, Pope Francis called for vaccinations to be shared with the world’s poorest countries.  In palace intrigue, former Crown Prince Hamza stands accused of fomenting dissent against the Jordanian King.

Condition Updates

A rundown of important global developments in markets, in business, and region-by-region, as well as statistical risk assessments by country and by US state. 

Vaccine Update: The Debate around Vaccine Patent Waivers

Should the intellectual property rights of pharmaceutical companies be temporarily suspended for COVID-19 vaccines? Debate around this question has been gaining steam since it emerged last week that the Biden Administration is considering support for vaccine patent waivers, putting the US at potential odds with other western vaccine powerbrokers like the EU and UK.

Country in Charts: United States

More than 165.1 million vaccine doses have been administered across the nation, meaning about 32 percent of the total US population has received at least one dose. However, the country is at risk of losing gains made over the past 10 weeks, with the current 7-day moving average of new daily cases rising 8.4 percent compared to last week.

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