do not blame China or you will be in trouble (Bloomberg) -- U.S. President Joe Biden received a classified report from intelligence services that was inconclusive about the origins of the virus, the Washington Post reported. China vowed to retaliate against those questioning whether the virus escaped from its labs, days before the U.S. plans to release the findings.
Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday that the U.S. would donate an additional 1 million Pfizer Inc. vaccines to Vietnam, which will start arriving within the next 24 hours, bringing the total to 6 million so far. China reopened a terminal at its second-busiest port following a two-week Covid-related shutdown. The country is on the cusp of reaching 2 billion vaccine shots administered. Japan expanded its state of emergency to eight more prefectures.
Credit Suisse Group AG pushed back the date from which it will require all U.S. staff to return to the office, as the delta variant spreads.