Health officials in Southern California are likely to determine that areas in the region will have to continue to implement their home stay orders after the holiday weekend, according to a report.
The Los Angeles Times reported that the current capacity of the ICU in the southern California and San Joaquin Valley regions is zero. The report said that orders will remain until more than 15% are available.
Meanwhile, in Europe, doctors, nurses and the elderly rolled up their sleeves to receive the first doses of the vaccine on Sunday, in a symbolic demonstration of unity and a moment of hope for a continent facing its worst health crisis in a century.
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“Today I am here as a citizen, but mainly as a nurse, to represent my category and all health workers who choose to believe in science,” said Claudia Alivernini, 29, the first person to be vaccinated at the Spallanzani hospital for infectious diseases in Rome . Australian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called the vaccine, which was developed in record time, a “game changer”.