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More than 2.1 M vaccine doses were administered
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state has administered more than 2,136,209 doses of vaccine through the state’s immunization program. The total federal allocation of vaccine delivery to suppliers by Week 8 will be completed today. As of 11 a.m. Sunday, New York Healthcare distribution sites have received 1,874,975 first-dose doses and have already administered 87 percent 1,627,191 first-dose vaccines and 76 percent of the first. and second dose. The federal government’s Week 9 distribution begins mid-week.
Health officials fear the big Super Bowl meetings
The coronavirus pandemic is colliding with one of the most important sporting events of the year: Super Bowl Sunday.
Health officials fear that large meetings could lead to a further increase. Warnings came from all corners of the country before Sunday’s big game, and local and state leaders reminded Americans that despite hopeful signs of declining numbers of new cases and hospitalizations, it is now not the time to drop his guards.
Calls are growing for the US to rely on rapid tests to combat the pandemic
With President Joe Biden promising younger students to return to the classroom in the spring, some experts want the United States to refocus its COVID-19 testing system less on medical accuracy than on the massive screening they believe which could save hundreds of thousands of lives.
As vaccinations increase slowly, they say that resorting to millions of tests faster and cheaper and faster but technically less accurate than predominant genetic testing can improve the chances of identifying sick people during the first days of infection, when they are more contagious.
The case of large-scale rapid testing is gaining momentum from universities and school systems that have used the approach to stay open through the latest waves of the pandemic.
The AstraZeneca vaccine has been modified to combat the S. Africa variant
The developers of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine hope to have a modified coup to deal with the coronavirus variant in South Africa in the autumn, the lead vaccine researcher said on Sunday.
Health officials in Britain are trying to contain the spread of the variant first identified in South Africa, amid concerns that it is more contagious or resistant to existing vaccines. More than 100 cases of the South African variant have been found in the UK
Sarah Gilbert, principal investigator for the Oxford team, told the BBC on Sunday that “we have an up-and-coming version with the South African peak sequence”.
A pregnant mother survives COVID and gives birth at Staten Island Hospital
A young woman was in an ICU on Staten Island fighting for her life last fall, but has now returned after giving birth to a young child.
The poorest countries, unwilling to wait, seek their own vaccines
Some poorer countries get tired of waiting to receive vaccines through a United Nations program, so they are coming out on their own.
Countries like Honduras, Serbia and Mexico have reduced their own private agreements. Experts are increasingly concerned that these efforts can only undermine a United Nations-supported program to achieve COVID-19 traits to the world’s most needy people.
The police presence intensified in France amid a pandemic
French police are stepping up patrols to penalize trapped people by breaking the coronavirus-related curfew. Officers patrolled the streets of Paris on Friday night, making surprise visits to companies that remained open beyond the 6 p.m. curfew and broke up meetings. Companies that violate the curfew run the risk of closing two weeks for a first offense and up to a month to repeat. Police officials say they are no longer tolerant of offenders, because the levels of virus infection are too high.
VOCID vaccination sites in New York and New Jersey closed due to snow
COVID-19 test and vaccine sites in New York and New Jersey have suspended operations on Sunday due to the winter storm.
Tips on vaccine appointments for seniors
The competition to simply get an appointment with the vaccine has been called COVID’s version of “The Hunger Games,” which leaves the most vulnerable group, 65 or older, at a supreme disadvantage. But Nina Pineda, of 7 On Your Side, has some tips on leveling the pandemic playing field.
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