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More than 2.1 M doses of vaccine were given
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state has administered more than 2,136,209 doses of vaccine through the state’s vaccination program. The full 8-week federal allocation of vaccine delivery to suppliers will be complete today. As of 11 a.m. Sunday, distribution sites in New York have received the first doses of 1,874,975 and have already administered 87% 1,627,191 vaccinations for the first dose and 76% for the first and second doses. Delivery of the 9th week allocation from the federal government begins in the middle of the week.
Health officials fear large Super Bowl rallies
The coronavirus pandemic is on a collision course with one of the biggest sporting events of the year: Super Bowl Sunday.
Health officials fear that large gatherings could lead to further growth. Warnings came from all over the country ahead of Sunday’s big game, with local and state leaders reminding Americans that despite hopeful signs of declining new cases and hospitalizations, now is not the time to let their guard down.
Calls are growing for the US to rely on rapid tests to combat the pandemic
With President Joe Biden promising that younger students will return to class by spring, some experts want the U.S. to refocus its COVID-19 test system less on medical accuracy than on mass screening, which I think would it could save hundreds of thousands of lives.
As vaccinations grow slowly, it is said that using millions of fast, cheaper and faster tests, but technically less accurate than predominant genetic tests, can improve the chances of identifying sick people in the first days of infection. , when they are the most contagious.
The case of rapid large-scale testing is gaining momentum from universities and school systems that have used this approach to stay open through the latest waves of the pandemic.
The AstraZeneca vaccine is modified to combat the S. Africa variant
The developers of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine expect to have a modified blow to cope with the South African coronavirus variant by autumn, the vaccine’s lead researcher said on Sunday.
Health officials in the UK are trying to limit the spread of the variant first identified in South Africa, amid concerns that it is more contagious or more resistant to existing vaccines. More than 100 cases of the South African variant have been found in the UK
Sarah Gilbert, chief researcher of the Oxford team, told the BBC on Sunday that “we are working on a version with the top South African sequence”.
The pregnant mother survives COVID, gives birth at Staten Island Hospital
A young woman was in an intensive care unit on Staten Island, fighting for her life last fall, but has now returned after giving birth to a young son.
Not wanting to wait, poorer countries are looking for their own vaccines
Some poorer countries are tired of waiting for vaccines through a United Nations program, so they hit themselves.
Countries such as Honduras, Serbia and Mexico have concluded their own private offers. Experts are increasingly concerned that these individual efforts could undermine a United Nations-supported program to obtain COVID-19 photos of the most needy people around the world.
The presence of the police is intensifying in France amid a pandemic
French police are stepping up patrols to penalize those caught breaking the coronavirus-related extinction. Officers patrolled the streets of Paris on Friday night, making surprise visits to businesses that remained open after 6 p.m., and broke off any rallies. Businesses that violate the risk mark risk a closure of two weeks for the first offense and up to one month for repeated offenses. Police officials say they are no longer tolerant of criminals because the levels of virus infection are too high.
COVID vaccination sites in New York and New Jersey have been closed due to snow
COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites in New York and New Jersey suspended operations on Sunday due to the winter storm.
Tips for scheduling the vaccine for the elderly
The competition to simply get a meeting with the vaccine was called the COVID version of the “Hunger Games”, which leaves the most vulnerable group, aged 65 and over, at a disadvantage. But Nina Pineda from 7 On Your Side has some tips on leveling the pandemic field.
The first 7 questions about the COVID vaccine answered
You had questions about COVID-19 and 7 On Your Side vaccines give you answers from doctors in the first line of the pandemic.
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