White House Prepares for Transition to Non-Crisis Stage of COVID Pandemic

Members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team Wednesday said they are cautiously optimistic about the trajectory of COVID-19 cases in the United States and the White House is preparing for the non-crisis stage of the pandemic.

During a virtual briefing Wednesday, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said the daily average of new COVID-19 cases was down 40% over the past seven days. She said hospitalizations dropped by 28% and deaths were down 9.5%.

Walensky told reporters the CDC was gathering community health data and said its public health guidance regarding wearing masks “would be updated soon.” Last week, Walensky said COVID-19 hospitalization and death numbers weren’t yet low enough to warrant altering recommendations.

But the CDC director explained Wednesday that while case numbers have been steadily trending downward, community spread remains substantial or high in 97% of U.S. counties. She said the CDC’s most critical concern remains severity of disease, which leads to hospitalization and threats to hospital capacity.

Walensky also said the availability and access to vaccines and treatments will factor into when and whether CDC guidelines can be modified or adjusted.

She said most states and municipalities announcing plans to ease their restrictions are doing so in phases, with most saying they will begin lifting their mask rules by the end of February or early March. Walensky said she anticipates possible CDC guideline updates to “intersect.”

Meanwhile, White House COVID-19 Response Team Coordinator Jeff Zients said the White House has so far distributed 200 million free individual at-home COVID-19 tests around the country. He said the White House has another 800 million on hand for U.S. residents who want them.

Songs that Camilo has made to Evaluna at each stage of their relationship

Camilo Echeverry and Evaluna Montaner have managed to have a dream relationship for millions of people. Spouses do not hesitate to show their love.

It all started in 2014 when both were chosen to lead a shampoo event in Colombia, that day everything ended with a simple selfie and it was not until 2015 when the artists began to have a closer relationship. After a series of conversations, video calls and outings, their relationship was made official.

Over time, the singers managed to have an enviable courtship, they got married in a dream wedding and now they are expecting their first baby, Indigo. In the midst of his history, music has been a great companion and Camilo has been in charge of making a song for each stage of his relationship with Evaluna.

The different songs that Camilo has made for Evaluna throughout their love story

‘Half Moon’

This is the first song that Camilo wrote for his great love, when they had just started their courtship and were at the time of falling in love. In a video of her on her YouTube account, Evaluna said that when she introduced her to her friends, she did it as “her medialuna” of her.

“Here I am scared to death. I’m going to see you again, I don’t know what to say. I already practiced in the mirror, and I even asked for advice to make you laugh, ”Camilo’s song begins. ‘Medialuna’ was included on the album ‘For the First Time’ (2020).

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‘For the first time’

In 2018, Camilo decided to ask Evaluna to marry him. The proposal was made in a movie theater, in which they screened an animated short with the proposal.

Later, they got married in February 2020. As a result of the union of their lives, ‘For the first time’ emerged, where the story of when they got married is told and the images of the wedding are shown.

“For the first time, a beautiful sunrise”, is heard in the song.

‘Favorite’

After the dream marriage, Evaluna and Camilo lived a great honeymoon and as a result of the great trip, ‘Favorita’ was released. In the video clip of the single, the spouses show the most special moments of their most special trip.

‘rich life’

After having shared with their fans the most important moments of their relationship, the purchase of their house and moving could not be overlooked. That is why Camilo premiered his song ‘Vida de rico’, where he shows his home with Evaluna.

“I don’t have to open champagne for you, but I do have a beer on the beach. Although what I offer you is little, with pride everything I have is yours”, narrates the song.

‘Indigo’

Without a doubt, it could be said that this is one of the most special songs for the spouses, since in it they revealed that they are expecting their first child. In addition, with the name of the song they told what their baby is going to be called.

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US Stocks Stage Dramatic Intraday Recovery

WASHINGTON — 

Following the worst week for U.S. stocks since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, market volatility continued Monday — partly due to worries about Russian military movements near Ukraine.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 100 points after six consecutive days of losses. For most of Monday’s session, it appeared there would be a significant seventh day of losses, with the benchmark index in a free-fall, dropping 1,100 points (3.3%) before staging an extraordinary recovery.

It was the sharpest one-day comeback for the Dow and the S&P 500 index since October 2008.

The tech-laden Nasdaq composite closed 0.6% higher earlier in the day, trading more than 4% lower.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization announced Monday it is dispatching ships and jet fighters to eastern Europe following the increase in Russian military forces near Ukraine.

The U.S. Defense Department also announced Monday it has placed 8,500 troops on standby for possible deployment to central and eastern Europe to bolster NATO defenses. The previous day, the State Department instructed the families of U.S. diplomats in Ukraine to leave the country.

“The market already had downward momentum. Throwing in some geopolitical headlines was essentially another reason to sell,” according to Tom Essaye, president of Sevens Report Research.

Investors have been anxiously eyeing anticipated action by the Federal Reserve to stem inflation because interest rate hikes could throttle growth for the U.S. economy.

A decision on interest rates by the Fed is expected on Wednesday.

The remarkable afternoon turnaround for the stock market followed a U.S. Treasury auction of two-year notes.

“There was a lot of demand for that Treasury auction that came out at 1 p.m.,” Essaye told VOA. “People around the market looked and said, ‘Wow, maybe bond investors and traders aren’t quite as nervous about the Fed going crazy on rate hikes as everybody else is.’”

The White House brushed off concern about the market volatility.

“We focus on the trends of the economy, not any one day,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters during a routine briefing Monday.

“The market is up about 15%” compared to when Joe Biden took over from Donald Trump as U.S. president, noted Psaki, adding that “unlike his predecessor, the president does not look at the stock market as a means by which to judge the economy.”

Assange Wins First Stage in Effort to Appeal US Extradition

LONDON — 

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday won the first stage of his effort to overturn a U.K. ruling that opened the door for his extradition to U.S. to stand trial on espionage charges.

The High Court in London gave Assange permission to appeal the case to the U.K. Supreme Court. But the Supreme Court must agree to accept the case before it can move forward.

“Make no mistake, we won today in court,” Assange’s fiancee, Stella Moris, said outside the courthouse, noting that he remains in custody at Belmarsh Prison in London.

“We will fight this until Julian is free,” she added.

The Supreme Court normally takes about eight sitting weeks after an application is submitted to decide whether to accept an appeal, the court says on its website.

The decision is the latest step in Assange’s long battle to avoid a trial in the U.S. on a series of charges related to WikiLeaks’ publication of classified documents more than a decade ago.

Just over a year ago, a district court judge in London rejected a U.S. extradition request on the grounds that Assange was likely to kill himself if held under harsh U.S. prison conditions. U.S. authorities later provided assurances that the WikiLeaks founder wouldn’t face the severe treatment his lawyers said would put his physical and mental health at risk.

The High Court last month overturned the lower court’s decision, saying that the U.S. promises were enough to guarantee Assange would be treated humanely.

Those assurances were the focus of Monday’s ruling by the High Court.

Assange’s lawyers are seeking to appeal because the U.S. offered its assurances after the lower court made its ruling. But the High Court overturned the lower court ruling, saying that the judge should have given the U.S. the opportunity to offer the assurances before she made her final ruling.

The High Court gave Assange permission to appeal so the Supreme Court can decide “in what circumstances can an appellate court receive assurances from a requesting state … in extradition proceedings.”

Assange’s lawyers have argued that the U.S. government’s pledge that Assange won’t be subjected to extreme conditions is meaningless because it’s conditional and could be changed at the discretion of American authorities.

The U.S. has asked British authorities to extradite Assange so he can stand trial on 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse linked to WikiLeaks’ publication of thousands of leaked military and diplomatic documents.

Assange, 50, has been held at the high-security Belmarsh Prison since 2019, when he was arrested for skipping bail during a separate legal battle. Before that, he spent seven years holed up inside Ecuador’s Embassy in London. Assange sought protection in the embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden to face allegations of rape and sexual assault.

Sweden dropped the sex crimes investigations in November 2019 because so much time had elapsed.

American prosecutors say Assange unlawfully helped U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning steal classified diplomatic cables and military files that WikiLeaks later published, putting lives at risk.

Lawyers for Assange argue that their client shouldn’t have been charged because he was acting as a journalist and is protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution that guarantees freedom of the press. They say the documents he published exposed U.S. military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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