Brazil Reports Record Deaths; N.Y. Eases Limits: Virus Update

For the second consecutive day, Brazil reported a record number of deaths from the coronavirus. AstraZeneca Plc’s and Pfizer Inc.’s vaccines protected the elderly after a single dose in a new study that validates giving both shots to older people and spacing out injections.

U.S. health officials called on Texas and Mississippi residents to keep wearing masks as governors there lift Covid-19 restrictions, saying it’s premature to abandon mitigation efforts. Michigan lowered its vaccine eligibility age to 50 from 65, becoming one of the first states to do so.