At least 1 million people have been screened by the Transportation Security Administration every day since Thursday as air travel gets a boost from rising Covid-19 vaccinations and the relaxation of business capacity limits. Health officials have warned the U.S. still has a dangerously high baseline of daily coronavirus cases and the number of infections could rise again if Americans traveling for spring break ignore social distancing recommendations.
Here are some of the biggest developments Tuesday:
- Moderna begins study of Covid vaccine in kids
- Suspending AstraZeneca vaccine could damage an already lagging EU immunization program, analysts say
- Ohio governor opens vaccine eligibility to all adults beginning March 29
- Apple adds vaccination sites to Apple Maps and Siri
- Montana opening vaccines to ages 16 and older starting April 1
The U.S. is recording at least 55,300 new Covid-19 cases and at least 1,300 virus-related deaths each day, based on a seven-day average calculated by CNBC using Johns Hopkins University data.
The following data was compiled by Johns Hopkins University:
- Global cases: More than 120.53 million
- Global deaths: At least 2.66 million
- U.S. cases: More than 29.54 million
- U.S. deaths: At least 536,639