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More than 2.1 million doses of vaccine administered
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state administered more than 2,136,209 doses of vaccine through the state’s vaccination program. The total federal allocation of vaccine delivery to week 8 providers will be completed today. As of 11am on Sunday, New York’s health care delivery locations received 1,874,975 first doses and have administered 87% 1,627,191 first dose vaccinations and 76% first and second doses. Delivery of the federal government’s week 9 allocation begins mid-week.
Health officials fear big Super Bowl gatherings
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 meetings could trigger another increase. Warnings came from all corners of the country before Sunday’s big game, with state and local leaders reminding Americans that despite hopeful signs of declining numbers of new cases and hospitalizations, now is not the time to let your guard down. .
Calls are growing for the US to rely on rapid tests to combat the pandemic
With President Joe Biden promising to bring younger students back to the classroom in the spring, some experts want the US to redirect its COVID-19 testing system less on medical accuracy than on mass screening that they believe they can save. hundreds of thousands of lives.
As vaccinations slowly increase, they say that resorting to millions of faster tests that are cheaper and faster, but technically less accurate than the prevalent genetic tests, can improve the chances of identifying sick people during the first days of infection. , when they are most contagious.
The case of large-scale rapid tests is getting a boost from universities and school systems that used the approach to stay open during the latest waves of the pandemic.
AstraZeneca vaccine being adjusted to combat South Africa variant
Developers of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine hope to have a modified jab to deal with the South African coronavirus variant by autumn, the vaccine’s principal researcher said on Sunday.
Health officials in Britain are trying to stem 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 United Kingdom
Sarah Gilbert, chief researcher at the Oxford team, told the BBC on Sunday that “we have a version with the South African peak sequence in progress”.
Pregnant mother survives COVID, gives birth at Staten Island hospital
A young woman was in an ICU on Staten Island fighting for her life last fall, but now she is back after giving birth to a baby son.
Not wanting to wait, the poorest countries seek their own vaccines
Some poorer countries are tired of waiting to get vaccines through a United Nations program, so they are leaving on their own.
Countries like Honduras, Serbia and Mexico have closed their own private deals. Experts are increasingly concerned that these autonomous efforts could undermine a United Nations-supported program to provide COVID-19 injections to the most needy people around the world.
Police presence increases in France amid pandemic
French police are stepping up patrols to penalize people who violated the coronavirus curfew. Police officers patrolled the streets of Paris on Friday night, making surprise visits to companies that remained open after 6 pm and interrupting any meetings. Companies that violate the curfew risk a two-week closure for the first offense and up to a month for recidivism. Law enforcement officials say they are no longer tolerant of violators, because the levels of infection with the virus are very high.
COVID vaccination sites in New York and New Jersey have closed due to snow
COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites in New York and New Jersey suspended operations on Sunday because of the winter storm.
Vaccine appointment tips for the elderly
The competition to simply get a vaccination nomination is called the COVID version of “The Hunger Games”, which is leaving the most vulnerable group, aged 65 and over, at a supreme disadvantage. But Nina Pineda, from 7 On Your Side, has some tips on how to level the playing field of the pandemic.
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You had questions about COVID-19 vaccines and 7 On Your Side is getting answers from doctors on the front lines of the pandemic.
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