UUP COVID-19 Weekly Digest - Week of 10/10/21

Welcome back to our Weekly Digest! We hope you are well! This week's articles includes new information about the decline in U.S. COVID-19 cases, Brazil's high COVID-19 death toll, and a potential Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine. Read about these topics and more using the links below!

New Jersey News:

• NJ orders schools to report COVID-19 case data
• N.J. reports 20 COVID deaths, 1,566 cases. Positive tests continue trending downward

National News:

• Covid-19 has taken the parents or grandparents of 140,000 US children, and minorities were hit harder
• Covid cases dip below 100,000 a day in U.S. as nation faces colder weather and more closed-in spaces

Global News:

• Brazil passes grim milestone of 600,000 Covid-19 deaths, second only to US
• Australia's biggest city is starting to live with Covid. Asia will be watching

Vaccination News:

• Texas' ban of vaccine mandates puts businesses in a difficult position
• Moderna urges FDA to authorize a half-size booster dose of its Covid-19 vaccine for some adults

​Thank you for reading!