More than half of Australia's population under COVID-19 lockdowns More than half of Australia's 25 million people were under lockdown on Tuesday after a third state adopted movement curbs to rein in the highly contagious Delta variant of coronavirus. Renju Jose, Jonathan Barrett U.S.

More than half of Australia’s 25 million people were under lockdown on Tuesday after a third state adopted movement curbs to rein in the highly contagious Delta variant of coronavirus.

US COVID-19 cases up 140% in past 2 weeks Plus, mask recommendations are returning, with a pediatrics group calling for them for schoolchildren. CIDRAP

With rising US COVID-19 cases, recommendations and mandates for masks are starting to pop up across the country, and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) today updated its recommendations for the upcoming school year, advising masks for everyone older than 2 years regardless of vaccination status.

The future of Emergency Operation Centers: Six shifts to consider from COVID-19

...In all its shapes, emergency operation centers (EOCs) have been at the core of emergency management since emergency response became a coordinated team activity. With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, health-specific and, more broadly, disaster-focused EOCs have been under pressure like never before. These EOCs assisted in delivering responses at an unprecedented scale globally, especially in the public sector, helping further validate the concept.

States are sitting on millions of surplus Covid-19 vaccine doses Public health officials fear the doses are going to go to waste even as countries around the world are desperate to secure their own doses. Olivia Goldhill STAT

Millions of unused Covid-19 vaccines are set to go to waste as demand dwindles across the United States and doses likely expire this summer, according to public health officials.