Author: THE NEW YORK TIMES

Travelers to the United States will have to quarantine, and the E.U. is tightening rules regarding its member countries.

Has the U.S. hit a peak? Experts are divided. And President Biden signed a dozen executive orders or actions related to the pandemic.

On the eve of his inauguration, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. assumes the role of mourner-in-chief at a ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial. Germany tightens its lockdown rules as a preventive measure against the highly infectious variant.

President-elect Biden proposed a major spending package to combat the virus. Americans are dying in greater numbers, and the virus is not always to blame.

More than 4,400 people in the country died of the coronavirus on Tuesday, the day before lawmakers were set to charge President Trump with inciting last week’s violence at the Capitol.

The Trump administration expanded vaccine eligibility to all Americans over 65 as part of an effort to accelerate distribution. New York is setting up a mass vaccination site at the Mets’ home stadium.

The nation’s capital, still reeling from the assault on the Capitol last week, is part of a broader surge in the Mid-Atlantic region. Two lawmakers have tested positive after being in lockdown in the Capitol.

With an advisory panel lending its endorsement, the first vaccine for Americans faces likely approval from the F.D.A. Wealthy nations are being accused of hoarding vaccines, and Ellen DeGeneres says she tested positive.