Here are some significant developments:
- The effort to feature the former presidents began in December, when Trump was still in office, said Ben Dorf, a vice president at the Ad Council.
- Congress approved a sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, which includes $1,400 for most Americans, extends enhanced unemployment benefits and offers relief for low-income families. Biden is scheduled to sign the bill into law on Thursday afternoon. The signing — originally scheduled for Friday — will now take place ahead of his prime-time address previewing a return to some normalcy.
- Speaking on “Good Morning America,” top federal infectious-disease expert Anthony S. Fauci said a year ago he did not imagine “in my mind even anything close to more than half a million people having died in this country.” He said separately on the “Today” show there is “light at the end of the tunnel. … but we’ve got to keep putting our foot to the pedal when it comes to public health measures.”
- Danish and Norwegian authorities said they have suspended the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as a precautionary measure, citing concerns over potential side effects, even as the European regulator found no evidence that the vaccine is unsafe.
- The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus has plummeted across the United States, as the nation’s vaccination effort continues ramping up. More than 62 million people have received at least one dose of a vaccine.
- More than 528,000 people have died from the coronavirus in the United States, but the weekly average of new cases has fallen 11.5 percent while daily reported deaths have fallen 23.4 percent.
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