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A woman looks at the “Naming the Lost Memorials,” as the U.S. deaths from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are expected to surpass 600,000, at The Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., June 10, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The Covid-19 pandemic drove average life expectancies in the U.S. down by about a year and…

SINGAPORE – Failure to contain Covid infections is hindering the recovery of many Southeast Asian economies, says Jefferies’ Sean Darby. “Indonesia, like many of the ASEAN economies, has not really gotten the Covid-19 virus under control,” Darby, global head of equity strategy for the US investment bank, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Tuesday. “That…

Chipotle Mexican Grill reported quarterly sales in excess of pre-pandemic levels as customers returned to its restaurants for dinner on Tuesday. The company also released a third quarter revenue forecast. Shares rose 4% in extended trading. Here’s what the company said, relative to Wall Street expectations, based on an analyst survey by Refinitiv: Earnings per…

Intensive-care unit and lung doctor Dr. Vin Gupta told CNBC that he’s already encouraging patients who received the single-shot Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine to get a Pfizer or Moderna booster shot amid the dramatic increase in delta variant cases across the U.S.  Gupta, a professor at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics…