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Asia-Pacific economies are likely to prove resilient to continuing COVID-19 outbreaks, per a new Deutsche Bank report. New COVID-19 cases surged 70 percent this past week in the US. Record flooding in Germany kills hundreds. Analysis: Back-to-School: Immediate Risks and Long-term Impacts from COVID-19.

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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. [Flashpoint Daily Situation Reports]

Back-to-School: Immediate Risks and Long-term Impacts from COVID-19

In about one month, many of K-12 schools across the United States will reopen and face new challenges of balancing new COVID-19 policies, changing politics around pandemic restrictions, and ongoing threats from new coronavirus variants. 

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