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U.K. Cases Surge; BofA Sets Office Return Plan: Virus Update

WATCH: Johns Hopkins Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Lauren Sauer discusses what comes next in the fight against Covid-19.(Source: Bloomberg)
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Bank of America Corp. expects all of its vaccinated employees to return to the office after Labor Day in early September, and will then focus on developing plans for returning unvaccinated workers. BlackRock Inc. will allow only fully-vaccinated workers to come back to work starting next month.

The U.K. recorded the most cases in a day since mid-February, amid warnings the current wave of infections driven by the highly transmissible delta variant may still be weeks from peaking. Portugal is limiting weekend travel to and from Lisbon because of a surge in cases, also apparently driven by the variant.