COVID-19 Pandemic Update: Texas Suffers Record Jump In New COVID-19 Infections, Deaths Dip; Tokyo Raises COVID-19 Alert To Highest Level

Summary:

• Tokyo raises alert COVID level to highest level
• 3M, MIT working on rapid COVID test
• Texas sees record jump in new cases
• Fauci says Americans should ignore “political nonsense”
• Spain places 160,000 under lockdown
• EU drops Serbia, Montenegro from safe travel list
• Arizona sees big jump with 4,273 new cases
• North Carolina sees record hospitalized
• Alabama reports record rise in deaths
• Moderna releases latest clinical trial update
• TMC releases latest Houston numbers
• Philly bars all public events until Feb 2021
• Florida positivity rate jumps to 15%+
• Florida reports the biggest jump in deaths
• India places Bangalore back on lockdown
• US daily cases below 60k
• Global daily cases below 200k
• Hong Kong imposes new restrictions
• France makes mask-wearing mandatory in public
• Australia cases top 10k.
• Iran closes mosques, schools
• WHO warns: “there will be no return to normal”