That’s encouraging for the final races and gives us strong momentum to take forward.
The car has been performing well recently and is probably in the best place it has been all season, with the drivers confident to push it to the limit. Last time out we saw a faultless drive by Lewis in Qatar, commanding the race from start to finish, and a strong recovery for Valtteri before the unfortunate puncture took him out of contention. Both titles are wide open, and our mission is clear. We are all excited to still be in the fight at this stage in the season, it’s a privilege and a testament to our resilience when we see where we stood in the early summer. Two races to go, and two Championships still to be decided. But supplies are limited and the World Health Organization has begged rich countries to pause booster programs until more people worldwide are inoculated.Round 21 of the 2021 Formula One season takes place at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, for the inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
The White House also plans to offer booster shots providing additional protection to those who are fully vaccinated. The spread of the Delta variant has raised concerns as children head back to school, while also rattling investors, upending company return-to-office plans and tamping down hiring. The disease has killed more than 654,000 people in the United States, and deaths and hospitalizations have been rising sharply as the easily transmissible Delta variant of the virus spreads.
Still, the new demand for tests could tax already strained suppliers.Īdministration officials believe the full recovery of the U.S economy depends on blunting the spread of the virus, the key focus of the president since entering office in January. It plans as well to ramp up testing capacity for the virus.īiden will use authority under the Defense Production Act to spur industry to accelerate production of the tests, and big retailers including Walmart Inc (WMT.N), Inc and Kroger Co (KR.N)are expected to sell the tests at cost for the next three months to make them more affordable.Ĭritics have said the Biden administration has not done enough on testing during its seven months in office.
It is also multiplying the fines charged to people who fail to wear masks on airplanes, trains and buses. The administration is also calling on entertainment venues to require tests or shots and for states to adopt mandates for school employees. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) plans to take enforcement actions against private companies that do not comply with the vaccine mandate, with substantial fines of nearly $14,000 per violation. Federal workers now have 75 days to get vaccinated, or face termination unless they fall into limited exemption categories.įederal workers unions suggested on Thursday they would accept the vaccine mandate. Under Biden's plan, the administration will also require vaccinations for more than 17 million healthcare workers at hospitals and other institutions that participate in Medicare and Medicaid social programs for poor, disabled and older Americans.īiden previously required that federal employees be vaccinated or get tested. The Republican National Committee said it intends to sue the Biden administration over the vaccine mandate.
Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the senior Republican on the House of Representatives committee that oversees health policy, said Biden "is using fear, control, and mandates."