Just a few weeks ago, much of the world seemed poised to leave COVID-19 behind.
U.S. President Joe Biden declared the U.S. close to independence from the virus. Britons hit the dance floor to celebrate ¡°Freedom Day.¡± Singapore¡¯s legendarily strict government signaled it would begin to loosen its zero-cases approach and make life and travel more manageable.
But if those places were ready to be done with COVID-19, the virus wasn¡¯t done with them.
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