Here are some significant developments:
- After weeks of protests, France saw little drama on Monday as it expanded its national experiment with coronavirus mandates and began to require that people show a health pass to sit at cafes, eat at restaurants and access many other venues.
- The CDC and the State Department and on Monday announced a slew of new travel warnings — some of them for countries previously praised for their response to the coronavirus. Thailand, Iceland, France, French Polynesia, Eswatini and Aruba were all added to a “do not travel” list citing high levels of covid-19.
- Florida and Louisiana reported covid-19 hospitalizations at all-time highs on Sunday, as current virus hospitalizations nationwide have soared past 68,000 — well past the peak of last summer’s Sun Belt surge.
- Dallas city school officialssaid they will require students and staff to wear masks in school buildings, defying an executive order by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) barring local governments from issuing mask or vaccine mandates.
- Washington state, where infections are rising, will require most state employees and all nursing home staff to get vaccinated against the coronavirus by October, Gov. Jay Inslee (D) said Monday. Other states have made similar moves.
