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The US records over 100,000 new daily COVID-19 cases for the seventh consecutive day. Vaccine optimism fuels a selloff in global tech stocks and rally in hard-hit stocks like those of the travel industry.  Peru swears in a new president after the controversial impeachment of his predecessor the day before.

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.

Emerging and Existing Hotspots: Ethiopia

Since Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops to the northern region of Tigray last week, reports from the country have indicated escalating fighting may have already killed hundreds of troops. While it remains uncertain how serious the conflict will become, international observers have issued dire warnings about the humanitarian and security consequences that would stem from potential civil war and state collapse.   

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