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Doctors' leaders warn vaccine second dose delay may "undermine effectiveness" - BBC News

•Jan 23, 2021   BBC News  BBC News
 

 

Surge of Student Suicides Pushes Las Vegas Schools to Reopen

Firmly linking teen suicides to school closings is difficult, but rising mental health emergencies and suicide rates point to the the pandemic lockdown’s toll.

 

Economics   World’s Economic Recovery Gets Delayed by Slow Vaccine Rollouts

 

What if You Never Get Better From Covid-19?

Some patients could live with the aftereffects for years. Research into another persistent, mysterious disease might help us understand how to treat them.


“An incredible scale of tragedy”: The U.S. has surpassed 25 million coronavirus cases. Catch up on the latest.

 

As more people become eligible to get vaccinated in the region, dosage supply remains an issue

Canceled appointments, long waits and uncertainty about future vaccine shipments dominate. By Jenna Portnoy 

 

Vaccines May Work Less Well on Variants, U.K.’s Hancock Says

Joe Mayes 1/24/21, 5:41 AM EST 

 

Coronavirus updates: 17% of US has been infected, model estimates; Capitol Police, National Guard outbreaks reported

Grace Hauck  USA TODAY   Updated 4:02 PM ET January 23, 2021

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/01/23/covid-cases-updates-larry-king-dies-after-being-hospitalized-covid-19/6674844002/

 

FDA gives approval for syringes to extract an extra dose from vials of Covid-19 vaccine

By Travis Caldwell, Dakin Andone and Jason Hanna, CNN   updated 0442 GMT (1242 HKT) January 24, 2021   

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/23/us/us-coronavirus-saturday/index.html?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link

 

Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine supply to rise with FDA label change

Jan. 23, 2021 11:48 PM ET Pfizer Inc. (PFE) By: Dulan Lokuwithana, SA News Editor11 Comments

  • The FDA has approved an updated label for Pfizer (NYSE:PFE)/BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX)

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3653734-pfizerbiontech-covid-19-vaccine-supply-to-rise-with-fda-label-change

 

COVID-19 vaccination: CDC guidance updated; Case counts decline

Jan. 23, 2021 10:59 PM ET Pfizer Inc. (PFE) By: Dulan Lokuwithana, SA News Editor42 Comments

  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) has updated the guidance in COVID-19 vaccination allowing the two vaccines currently approved in the U.S. to use interchangeably in rare cases. The updated clinical considerations posted on Friday also allow the follow-up dose of the two-dose regimen to delay up to six weeks.

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3653733-covid-19-vaccination-cdc-guidance-updated-case-counts-decline 

Interchangeability with other COVID-19 vaccine products

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/info-by-product/clinical-considerations.html?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link#Interchangeability


 #CNBC #CNBCTV

Dr. Scott Gottlieb on Covid-19 vaccine distribution, case counts and new variants

•Jan 22, 2021    CNBC Television  CNBC Television


 

Biden Predicts More Than 600,000 U.S. Virus Deaths

“No matter how you look at it, we need to act,” President Biden said. Here’s the latest on the pandemic.

  

Colchicine reduces the risk of COVID-19-related complications

Positive results from COLCORONA trial show that colchicine is the only effective oral medication for treating non-hospitalized patients

 January 22, 2021 22:58 ET | Source: Montreal Heart Institute  MONTREAL, Jan. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Montreal Heart Institute (MHI)

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/01/23/2163109/0/en/Colchicine-reduces-the-risk-of-COVID-19-related-complications.html


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Quebec researchers say they have found an effective drug to fight COVID-19

The Canadian Press Staff Contact Published Saturday, January 23, 2021 7:51AM EST 

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-researchers-say-they-have-found-an-effective-drug-to-fight-covid-19-1.5279310

 

Where to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Central Florida

Latest COVID vaccine updates for Central Florida: 1.1 million 1st doses given statewide, 266k more coming next week

 
Trump’s Top Health Officials –Fauci, Birx, Redfield – Now Unload Frustration 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/01/23/trumps-top-health-officials-fauci-birx-redfieldnow-unload-frustrations-with-ex-president/?sh=487ba9e67fd8

 

  • CORONAVIRUS

A year since COVID came to Chicago, and, despite difficulties, people have found ways to manage

By Stefano Esposito 

 

  • CORONAVIRUS

Statewide coronavirus positivity rate dips below 5% for first time in 3 months as Chicago restaurants reopen

The positivity rate is still higher than it was over the summer, when it hovered around 3%, but it’s been on a sharp decline since Jan. 7.

By Mitchell Armentrout  Today at 1:53pm EST 

 

Pandemic Numbers Are (Finally) Tiptoeing in the Right Direction

  • THE COVID TRACKING PROJECT

 

Why Israel’s Vaccine Success Might Be Hard to Replicate

  • URI FRIEDMAN  6:00 AM ET 

 

The Atlantic Daily: The Battle to Contain the Pandemic Enters a New Phase

  • CAROLINE MIMBS NYCE  JANUARY 21, 2021 


  Why Aren’t We Wearing Better Masks?

  • ZEYNEP TUFEKCI  JEREMY HOWARD


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Hong Kong lockdown: 10,000 confined for massive Covid-19 testing operation in Yau Tsim Mong, as fleeing residents prompt implementation review

Government declares lockdown of an estimated 200 buildings in area of Yau Tsim Mong spanning nearly 500,000 sq ft
About 3,000 civil servants including police and other disciplined services officers are expected to be deployed for the unprecedented screening operation

Chris Lau, Denise Tsang, Phila Siu and Christy Leung

Published: 5:20am, 23 Jan, 2021  

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3118929/hong-kong-lockdown-police-cordon-about-200


 Lopez: Here’s how I broke through and got a COVID vaccine. Let’s hope it gets easier 

     #EU #Astrazeneca #Pfizer

After Pfizer, Astrazeneca cuts down the supply to EU by 60% | World News | WION News

•Jan 23, 2021   WION WION
 
 

AstraZeneca informs EU officials about vaccine delivery shortfall - Bild

Author of the article: Reuters Ludwig Burger  Publishing date:  Jan 22, 2021  •  23 hours ago  • 

Article content  FRANKFURT —

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/astrazeneca-informs-eu-officials-about-vaccine-delivery-shortfall-bild?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link

 

AstraZeneca informs European Union of vaccine delivery issues: Bild

Jan. 22, 2021 1:12 PM ET AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) By: Vandana Singh, SA News Editor2 Comments 

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3653640-astrazeneca-informs-european-union-of-vaccine-delivery-issues-bild


JANUARY 21, 20215:01 AMUPDATED 2 DAYS AGO 

Fire at India's Serum Institute kills 5, AstraZeneca vaccine output unaffected

By Reuters Staff  NEW DELHI (Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-serum-idUSKBN29Q15B?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link

 

Fire at world's largest vaccine producer kills five

The company says production of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine has not been affected.  India

 

Why the Mutated Coronavirus Variants Are So Worrisome

By Jason GaleDecember 20, 2020, 11:04 PM EST Updated on January 22, 2021, 2:41 PM EST 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-21/why-the-u-k-s-mutated-coronavirus-is-fanning-worries-quicktake

 

Thailand approves AstraZeneca vaccine amid second virus wave   

Bloomberg  PUBLISHED ON JAN 21, 2021 05:27 PM IST   

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/thailand-approves-astrazeneca-vaccine-amid-second-virus-wave-101611229909696.html?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link

 

Pfizer and BioNTech Reach Agreement with COVAX for Advance Purchase of Vaccine to Help Combat COVID-19

PDF Version

  • Initial agreement provides up to 40 million doses to COVAX in 2021
  • First deliveries are expected to take place in Q1 2021 subject to the execution of supply agreements under the COVAX Facility structure
  • For the COVAX Advanced Market Commitment 92 countries, Pfizer and BioNTech will provide the vaccine to COVAX at a not-for-profit price

NEW YORK CITY, NY and MAINZ, GERMANY, January 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pfizer and BioNTech SE today announced an advance purchase agreement with COVAX for up to 40 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. The doses will be delivered throughout 2021.

https://investors.biontech.de/news-releases/news-release-details/pfizer-and-biontech-reach-agreement-covax-advance-purchase

 

Covid: Delayed Pfizer vaccine gap 'unacceptable' says BMA Cymru 

Senior doctors in Wales warn a delayed gap between the first and second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine would be "entirely unacceptable and potentially dangerous".

The British Medical Association Wales (BMA Cymru) has joined calls for the 12-week wait to be halved.   

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-55781860

 

The WHO declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern, the highest level of alarm under international law, on January 30, 2020 and a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Since then, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to move at record speed.

https://biontech.de/covid-19-portal/covid-19-disease

    

 #BBC #BBCiPlayer #BBCNews

Coronavirus: UK variant 'may be more deadly' 🔴 @BBC News live - BBC

•Jan 23, 2021    BBC BBC


 

Coronavirus: UK variant 'may be more deadly'

By James Gallagher  Health and science correspondent

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55768627?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link
  

New Pandemic Plight: Hospitals Are Running Out of Vaccines

  • U.S. health officials are frustrated that available doses are going unused while the virus is killing thousands of people each day.
  • Thousands of vaccine appointments have been canceled and local officials are often uncertain about what supplies they will have in hand.


Slow Vaccine Campaign Remains a ‘Puzzle’ to Ex-Warp Speed Chief

Moncef Slaoui says a fragmented U.S. health-care system is partly to blame for the halting pace of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout

By Riley Griffin January 23, 2021, 9:00 AM EST 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-23/slow-vaccine-campaign-remains-a-puzzle-to-ex-warp-speed-chief?srnd=premium

 

Mass Covid-19 screening in Beijing after two cases of strain found in Britain

More than 2 million people will be tested in two downtown districts as key political season looms
Shopping centres and sporting venues transformed into testing stations overnight

Zhuang Pinghui in Beijing  Published: 8:00am, 23 Jan, 2021

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3118908/mass-covid-19-screening-beijing-after-two-cases-strain-found


 Japan virus death toll tops 5,000; Malaysia cases hit new daily high

The pace of deaths has accelerated recently, forcing Japanese PM Suga to declare a state of emergency in 11 prefectures.

  

Voices From China’s Covid-19 Crisis: ‘If I Survive This, What Will I Do?’

One year after China locked down Wuhan, six people describe how they found courage in adversity, calm amid grief, and meaning in chaos.

 

Pfizer Will Ship Fewer Vaccine Vials to Account for ‘Extra’ Doses

Pfizer, which charges by the dose, successfully lobbied the F.D.A. to change its authorization language after discovering an extra dose in every vial.

  

54 ZIP Codes in New York City Have Positive Test Rates Over 10%

As the focus turns to vaccinations, the virus continues to spread, leaving health experts to wonder if officials will mull new steps and restrictions.

 

U.S. largely avoided Christmas coronavirus surge, but experts warn the threat could intensify with new variants

By Fenit Nirappil 


France May Delay Second Doses; Swedish Response: Virus Update

Bloomberg News January 22, 2021, 5:18 PM EST Updated on January 23, 2021, 7:20 AM EST 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-22/u-s-hospital-rates-fall-n-y-vaccines-run-short-virus-update?srnd=coronavirus

 

Oxygen Shortage Plunges the Amazon's Capital Into a Covid Nightmare
Shannon Sims and Jonne Roriz 1/23/21, 7:00 AM EST


Swedish Prime Minister Admits Strategy to Stop Virus Fell Short
Frances Schwartzkopff 1/23/21, 5:56 AM EST


Norway Locks Down Oslo Area to Fight Spread of New Covid Variant
Stephen Treloar 1/23/21, 4:27 AM EST

 

 Young L.A. ‘vaccine chasers’ crowd unofficial standby lines in hopes of a shot 

    

New coronavirus strain “may be more deadly” says Boris Johnson - BBC News

•Jan 22, 2021   BBC News BBC News

  Opinion   Outside In by David Dodwell

With economic catastrophe looming, we can’t wait until everyone is vaccinated to get back to business as usual

The pandemic’s savage economic impact is, at present, being mitigated by widespread support packages, but such massive spending cannot go on much longer
Instead of each country working for itself, leaders should agree on global protocols so we can save jobs and resume work amid the pandemic

David Dodwell  Published: 12:30am, 23 Jan, 2021    

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3118739/economic-catastrophe-looming-we-cant-wait-until-everyone-vaccinated

 

Can my employer require me to get the COVID-19 vaccine?

by Juliana Feliciano Reyes 

 

L.A. County won’t be fully vaccinated till 2022 unless pace improves, Garcetti warns  

Tracking coronavirus vaccinations in California 

 As COVID soars, so does unemployment in California 

 Getting the COVID-19 vaccine in L.A.: Confusion, waiting, tears and triumph 

 

Florida coronavirus resident deaths pass 25k with 272 new reported fatalities, 2nd-most ever 

  • As COVID-19 ran rampant in Florida prisons, inmate deaths jumped 45% in 2020
  • More-contagious COVID-19 variant is spreading in Florida. What does it mean?

 

Amazon offers to assist with COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the U.S.

In an open letter to President Biden, Amazon offers ‘to leverage our operations, information technology and communications’ to help distribute COVID-19 vaccines.

 

What happens when the COVID-19 vaccine enters your arm 

by Tom Avril and Dominique DeMoe 

 

Novavax and Government of Canada Finalize Advance Purchase Agreement for COVID-19 Vaccine

Jan 22, 2021 at 5:22 PM EST Download PDF Canadian government commits to purchase 52 million doses with option for additional 24 million of Novavax candidate vaccine, NVX-CoV2373

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced that it has finalized an agreement with the Government of Canada to supply up to 76 million doses of NVX-CoV2373, the company’s recombinant protein-based COVID-19 vaccine. Canada has committed to purchase 52 million doses of the vaccine with the option for up to an additional 24 million doses. NVX-CoV2373 is currently in Phase 3 clinical development for the prevention of COVID-19.

https://ir.novavax.com/news-releases/news-release-details/novavax-and-government-canada-finalize-advance-purchase

 

Dallas County, Foiled by State, Seeks More Vaccine Equity

 

How to sign up for a Philly COVID-19 vaccine alert that will tell you it’s your turn

by Grace Dickinson 

 

Wuhan marks its anniversary with triumph and denial

By John Sudworth BBC News, Wuhan Published15 hours ago

Coronavirus pandemic

 Wuhan has long since recovered from the world's first outbreak of Covid-19. It is now being remembered not as a disaster but as a victory, and with an insistence that the virus came from somewhere - anywhere - but here. 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55765875

 

Bats, roadblocks and the origins of coronavirus

 21 December 2020 

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-55404485


  

 #WorldNewsTonight #COVID19 #COVID19Variant

Race to vaccinate amid new COVID-19 variant in California | WNT

Jan 21, 2021    ABC News ABC News


 

Boris Johnson says U.K. variant may be more deadly

Johnson is the first world leader to say the variant — first identified in England and already spreading globally — “may be associated with a higher degree of mortality.”By William Booth 

 

Denmark is sequencing all coronavirus samples and has an alarming view of the U.K. variant

The variant is spreading at an alarming rate and isn’t responding to established ways of slowing the pandemic, Danish scientists say.By Michael Birnbaum and Martin Selsoe Sorensen 

 

Coronavirus: UK variant 'may be more deadly'

By James Gallagher  Health and science correspondent

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55768627

 

IMMUNE RESPONSE | COVID-19

How effective is a single vaccine dose against Covid-19?

 Pretend it didn't happen – expert advice on how to behave after receiving a single dose of any of the Covid-19 vaccines. 

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210114-covid-19-how-effective-is-a-single-vaccine-dose

 

Coronavirus mutations pose challenge to vaccine makers

Studies send mixed messages whether the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be able to tackle the variant that emerged in Britain
New strains of the virus add to challenge of fighting Covid-19

Stephen Chen in Beijing  Published: 9:30pm, 22 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3118897/coronavirus-mutations-pose-challenge-vaccine-makers
  

Wall Street Presses New York to Let It Help Speed Vaccines

U.K. Warns More Deadly New Strain Makes Lifting Lockdown Harder
Cuomo Says New York to Run Out of Vaccine Allocation Friday
Covid-19 Vaccine Doses May Be Spaced Six Weeks Apart, CDC Says  

 

CDC Finds One in 400,000 Had Anaphylaxis After Moderna Shot

 

Allergies and Anaphylaxis   

https://www.webmd.com/allergies/anaphylaxis

 

Pfizer and BioNTech Reach Agreement with COVAX for Advance Purchase of Vaccine to Help Combat COVID-19

  • Initial agreement provides up to 40 million doses to COVAX in 2021
  • First deliveries are expected to take place in Q1 2021 subject to the execution of supply agreements under the COVAX Facility structure
  • For the COVAX Advanced Market Commitment 92 countries, Pfizer and BioNTech will provide the vaccine to COVAX at a not-for-profit price.

 NEW YORK & MAINZ, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer and BioNTech SE today announced an advance purchase agreement with COVAX for up to 40 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. The doses will be delivered throughout 2021. 

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210122005366/en/

 



  

Vaccines Can Handle New Covid Virus Strains, Fauci Says

•Jan 21, 2021   Bloomberg Markets and Finance Bloomberg Markets and Finance

 

In a new administration, Fauci clearly enjoys being unshackled

By Philip Bump  


Fauci didn’t mince words in his first appearance under the Biden administration.

 

Why some vaccine sits on shelves as shortages intensify 

Confusion over nursing home set-asides, uncertainty about the status of second doses and reluctance to order vaccine that might go unused mean some doses remain in warehouses.By Isaac Stanley-Becker and Lena H. Sun 

 

Why is the U.S. vaccine rollout taking longer than expected?

Jan. 22, 2021 4:20 AM ET Pfizer Inc. (PFE) By: Yoel Minkoff, SA News Editor62 Comments 

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3653444-why-is-us-vaccine-rollout-taking-longer-than-expected

 

Hong Kong to Set First Lockdown in Kowloon Area, Media Say

 

As Rumors Swirl, These Five Factors Will Decide the Fate of the Tokyo Olympics


 PMN Business

AstraZeneca informs EU officials about vaccine delivery shortfall - Bild

Author of the article: Reuters Ludwig Burger Publishing date: Jan 22, 2021  FRANKFURT 

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/astrazeneca-informs-eu-officials-about-vaccine-delivery-shortfall-bild?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link

 

China’s CanSino Offers Pakistan 20 Million Covid-19 Vaccine Doses

Local partner AJM Pharma reports plans to disclose late-stage efficacy results ‘in a few days’ as world’s fifth-most populous country lags behind in starting inoculations

Jan 23, 2021 06:10 AM 

 

Shanghai Hotel Marked as Medium Risk in New Covid Outbreak

Three new cases have come from the Salvo Hotel in the city’s downtown Huangpu district

Jan 22, 2021 08:21 PM 



   

Brazil battling deadly new Covid variant and world’s second-highest mortality rates - BBC News

•Jan 22, 2021   BBC News BBC News
   

Here's where to get COVID-19 vaccinations in New Jersey, but supplies are scarce

Scott Fallon NorthJersey.com   Updated 3:49 pm ET January 21, 2021

https://www.app.com/story/news/coronavirus/2021/01/14/nj-covid-vaccine-appointment-sites-near-me-county-doses-limited/4157563001/

 

Two cases of more contagious new COVID strain in New Jersey confirmed by officials

Lindy Washburn NorthJersey.com  Updated 5:40 pm ET January  22 2021

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/coronavirus/2021/01/22/nj-confirms-2-cases-new-more-contagious-covid-strain-state/6673061002/

 

Combatting COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy in Camden

 CAMDEN — Dr. Stephanie Santoro admitted that, as a health care professional practicing in Camden, "it feels amazing" to be able to vaccinate people against COVID-19. 

Phaedra Trethan Cherry Hill Courier-Post  Updated 6:58 pm ET  January 21, 2021

https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/2021/01/21/combatting-covid-19-and-vaccine-hesitancy-camden-black-coronavirus-camcare-project-hope/4233992001/

  

No phone hotlines, multiple websites, long lines: Getting a COVID-19 vaccine is confusing in Pa. and N.J.
 

  

Covid frontline: the harrowing work of fighting for lives at a London hospital - BBC News

•Jan 21, 2021    BBC News BBC News

 JANUARY 21, 20212:47 PM UPDATED 5 HOURS AGO

Exclusive: Pfizer-BioNTech agree to supply WHO co-led COVID-19 vaccine scheme - sources

By Kate Kelland, Ludwig Burger  LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Pfizer and BioNTec

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-covax-pfizer-exclu-idUSKBN29Q2R9?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link
  

Vaccine distribution is a mess. Time to call in the National Guard. | Expert Opinion

by Efrat R. Kean and Patricia C. Henwood, For The Inquirer 

 

COVID-19 meant mental health challenges in 2020. Here’s how to get help in 2021. 

by Bethany Ao 

 

Number of U.S. Hospitals and Beds Dwindled Before ‘Catastrophic’ Pandemic  

 

America’s Salad Bowl Becomes Fertile Ground for Covid-19

Arizona’s Yuma County, at the juncture of Mexico and California, has had the most cases per capita of any metro area over the course of the pandemic.



 #ABCNews #COVID19 #COVIDVaccine

COVID-19 vaccine supplies dwindle as Biden takes control l GMA

Jan 21, 2021   ABC News  ABC News

 

Biden says death toll from pandemic probably will top 500,000 next month, says it will take months ‘for us to turn things around’

By Amy Goldstein, Isaac Stanley-Becker and Laura Meckler 


 

Biden Pledges ‘Full-Scale Wartime Effort’ Against Pandemic

  • President Biden signed a string of virus-related orders. But his plan is in some ways too optimistic and in others not ambitious enough, some experts say.
  • Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would send the impeachment charge against former President Donald Trump to the Senate “soon.” Here’s the latest in politics.

 The New York Times

  

Harrowing Scenes in U.K. Hospitals Hold Sobering Lesson for U.S.

Health workers, facing a new virus variant, say the government’s failure to anticipate a winter surge has left them resorting to desperate measures.

 

South African Coronavirus Death Toll Breaches 40,000 Mark



 MELBOURNE

How Worrying Are Mutated Coronavirus Variants?

Jan 21, 2021   
Bloomberg Quicktake: Now  Bloomberg Quicktake: Now

 

All overweight D.C. residents will get priority for coronavirus vaccine. Experts are skeptical.

More than half of the adults in the city will qualify for vaccine priority, setting up a logistical challenge.By Julie Zauzmer

  • Chronic conditions included in the D.C. coronavirus vaccination plan 

 

Can President Biden really boost vaccine production? Here’s what to know about the U.S. supply.


 Biden Unveils Virus Plan But Says 100,000 May Die in Next Month

Covid Cases Are Falling in 46 States, Easing Load on Hospitals
Biden Unveils Covid Plan, Ohio Invests in Tests: Virus Update

 

Italy Blames Pfizer Delays With Vaccinations Slowing to a Crawl

 

Biden Inherits a Vaccine Supply Unlikely to Grow Before April

But with 200 million doses pledged for the coming months, some experts say President Biden’s plan for 100 million shots in 100 days is far too modest.

 #Coronavirus #China #Gravitas

Gravitas: China latest outbreak spreads to Beijing

Jan 21, 2021   
WION  WION


 Hong Kong to lock down 150 residential buildings in a first for city’s Covid-19 battle

The drastic new measure, a first in the city, targets virus-hit Yau Tsim Mong district, an area filled with older buildings containing subdivided flats.


 Explainer | What lockdown means for thousands in Hong Kong, who it affects

Residents living in most densely populated part of Hong Kong expected to be placed under stay-at-home order from midnight on Friday.
  

A year after Wuhan coronavirus lockdown, trauma runs deep in China’s ‘Hero City’

Relatives who lost loved ones early in the pandemic say they cannot move on without answers from authorities who failed to warn the public in a timely way.By Lily Kuo 

 

GACVS COVID-19 Vaccine Safety subcommittee meeting to review reports of deaths of very frail elderly individuals vaccinated with Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, BNT162b2

22 January 2021 Statement Reading time: 1 min (293 words) 

https://www.who.int/news/item/22-01-2021-gacvs-review-deaths-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-bnt162b2?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link

novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) 病毒:新型冠状病毒 2019-nCoV

  

UK Covid death rate worst in Europe with fears of worse to come - BBC News

•Jan 20, 2021    BBC News BBC News

 

U.K. Suffers Deadliest Day, Some Hospitals ‘Like a War Zone’

Emily Ashton and Charles Capel 1/21/21, 12:00 AM EST 

 

Eli Lilly Antibody Cuts Covid-19 Risk Up to 80% in Nursing Home Study

Riley Griffin 1/21/21, 8:00 AM EST  


 Lilly's neutralizing antibody bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) prevented COVID-19 at nursing homes in the BLAZE-2 trial, reducing risk by up to 80 percent for residents

January 21, 2021

 

XBiotech Candidate True Human™ COVID-19 Therapy Found to Target Highly Infectious Emerging Strain

Jan 21, 2021 

https://investors.xbiotech.com/news-releases/news-release-details/xbiotech-candidate-true-humantm-covid-19-therapy-found-target

 

If They Nail Vaccinations, Drugstores Will Be the Heroes of 2021

Robert Langreth and Angelica LaVito 1/21/21, 6:00 AM EST 

 

China Barricades Part of Capital as Outbreak Escalates

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-20/china-barricades-part-of-capital-as-northern-outbreak-escalates?srnd=premium
 

Hong Kong Set to Grant Approval of Pfizer Shot, SCMP Reports

 

Vaccine Shortage Puts Americans on the Road in Search of Shots

 

NYC Reschedules 23,000 Vaccine Appointments Due to Shortage  

Henry Goldman 1/20/21, 3:25 PM EST 


15 million people given Covid-19 vaccines in China as Spring Festival nears

Transport ministry forecasts 40 per cent drop in holiday traffic as public urged to stay home for Lunar New Year.

21 Jan 2021 - 11:24AM  

 

Coronavirus: is China ready for the mRNA vaccine revolution?

The focus at home has been on the well-established path of inactivated formulas to fight Covid-19
But some companies are heeding the call to investigate the potential of a whole new kind of technology

Zhuang Pinghui in Beijing  Published: 12:00pm, 21 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3118535/coronavirus-china-ready-mrna-vaccine-revolution

 

Germany Posts Highest Daily Death Toll as Infection Gauge Eases

Mariajose Vera 1/20/21, 1:24 AM EST 

 

Thousands of Vaccine Appointments Canceled as Supply Lags

The demand for vaccines is outpacing supply, and providers are struggling to predict how many doses will actually arrive. Here’s the latest on Covid-19.

 

Here’s what you can do to avoid the new coronavirus variant right now.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/well/live/covid-b117-variant-advice.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

 

Biden expected to have U.S. work with World Health Organization again, join global vaccine effort

By Emily Rauhala 

 

Spring term delays: New wave of virus uncertainty slams higher education

By Nick Anderson 

 

UAE Approves Russia’s Sputnik Covid-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use


 

Hospital chaplains offer comfort to coronavirus patients as US cases surge

Jan 19, 2021    South China Morning Post South China Morning Post
 

 

Covid-19 Vaccine Passports Are a Ticket to Nowhere

Gloomy visions of an inoculated elite lording it over everyone else won’t get needles in arms any faster.

By Lionel Laurent January 20, 2021, 1:00 AM EST 

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-20/covid-vaccine-passports-are-a-ticket-to-nowhere?srnd=premium


 United States & Canada

Coronavirus: WHO says UK strain in over 60 countries as US death toll passes 400,000

New Covid-19 variants causing deep concern as world grapples with how to slow infections
The United States remains home to the world’s worst outbreak in overall numbers

Agence France-Presse  Published: 4:59pm, 20 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3118507/coronavirus-who-says-uk-strain-over-60-countries-us


 HEALTH  COVID-19 VACCINE

Chinese state media attacks BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine, even as China prepares to roll it out

BY GRADY MCGREGOR  January 20, 2021 4:07 AM EST

https://fortune.com/2021/01/20/china-covid-vaccine-pfizer-biontech-norway/


 Prognosis

New Strains Stokes Vaccine Fears; Germany’s Deaths: Virus Update

Bloomberg NewsJanuary 19, 2021, 5:53 PM EST Updated on January 20, 2021, 5:50 AM EST 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-19/u-s-deaths-top-400-000-germany-s-border-warning-virus-update?srnd=premium


 HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine found to be effective against Covid variant discovered in the UK

PUBLISHED WED, JAN 20 20215:30 AM ESTUPDATED WED, JAN 20 20216:43 AM EST KEY POINTS

  • The variant, known as B.1.1.7., has an unusually high number of mutations and is associated with more efficient and rapid transmission.
  • It had led to concerns about the effectiveness of Covid vaccines against it.
  • Authors of the study warned the rapid spread of Covid variants worldwide required “continuous monitoring of the significance of changes for maintained protection by currently authorized vaccines.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/covid-pfizer-biontech-vaccine-likely-to-be-effective-against-uk-variant.html?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link

  

Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is effective against the U.K. variant

Jan. 20, 2021 7:18 AM ET Pfizer Inc. (PFE) By: Dulan Lokuwithana, SA News Editor2 Comments

  • The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX) appears to be effective against the highly transmissible strain of the coronavirus strain first found in the U.K. CNBC reports quoting a study conducted by the two companies.

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3652586-pfizerbiontech-covid-19-vaccine-is-effective-against-the-uk-variant

 

More contagious COVID-19 variants bring new uncertainties to California

Vaccines, aggressive strains and fatigue: California hits 3 million COVID cases and a crossroads.

 

Chart of the Day: Foreign Direct Investment in China Hits Record

Utilized FDI, excluding investments in banking, insurance and securities, rose 4.5% last year to $144.4 billion

Jan 20, 2021 06:20 PM   DAILY CHART  By Tang Ziyi

China is attracting a flood of foreign direct investment (FDI) as the world’s second-largest economy continues its comeback from the fallout of its Covid-19 epidemic.   

https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-01-20/chart-of-the-day-foreign-direct-investment-in-china-hits-record-101653294.html

 

The pandemic crashed the party for caterers, who are struggling even more than restaurants to pivot

 

FAA approves virus screenings at airports 

The program will launch at Cedar Rapids airport in Iowa. By Ian Duncan 


 L.A. County seniors can sign up for vaccine this week, but waits will be long due to shortages 


  

UK announces record Covid deaths as hospitals “overwhelmed” - BBC News

•Jan 19, 2021    BBC News BBC News


 California hits 3 million coronavirus cases; roughly 1 out of 13 in state have been infected 

 

New California Variant May Be Driving Virus Surge There, Study Suggests

There’s no evidence that CAL.20C is more lethal, and scientists have to conduct more research to determine whether it is more contagious.


 HEALTH

A Troubling New Pattern Among the Coronavirus Variants

The most concerning versions of the virus are not simply mutating—they’re mutating in similar ways.

SARAH ZHANG JANUARY 18, 2021 

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/01/coronavirus-evolving-same-mutations-around-world/617721/


 QuickTake

What to Know About Vaccine-Linked Deaths, Allergies

By John Lauerman and Jason Gale January 18, 2021, 4:33 AM EST Updated on January 18, 2021, 8:22 PM EST 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-18/what-to-know-about-vaccine-related-deaths-allergies-quicktake


 Prognosis

U.S. Hits 400,000 Covid Deaths as Biden Pledges to Boost Fight

U.S. Deaths Top 400,000; Merkel Strikes Curb Deal: Virus Update

 

Scotland Extends Virus Lockdown Until at Least Mid-February

Rodney Jefferson 1/19/21, 9:52 AM EST 

 

Pennsylvanians with high-risk conditions and those 65 and older can get vaccine; dose availability in Philly likely to remain low through February

by Rob Tornoe, Erin McCarthy, Laura McCrystal, Allison Steele and Robert Moran

Coronavirus deaths are rising in nearly two-thirds of American states as a winter surge pushes the overall toll above 400,000 and vaccinations continue to stall.
 

NYC to Begin Closing Vaccine Sites Thursday Without Resupply

Henry Goldman 1/19/21, 11:47 AM EST 

 

Testing, testing, and more testing on college campuses this spring as coronavirus concerns remain

by Susan Snyder The efforts come as coronavirus cases and deaths mount and the threat of a more contagious variant looms. 

 

Florida police were after a covid-19 data scientist. After turning herself in, she said she tested positive while in custody.

By Teo Armus 

 

Iranians demand a COVID-19 vaccine, not politics, from their leaders

Iran’s top leader has banned Western-made COVID-19 vaccines but is facing mounting fury from a populace devastated by the coronavirus.

 

Yes, people with coronavirus vaccinations should still distance from each other. Here’s why.

Experts have repeatedly emphasized that getting vaccinated doesn’t mean an immediate return to pre-pandemic life.By Allyson Chiu 

 

Fauci praises WHO leadership in coronavirus pandemic, signaling break from Trump era

By Paul Schemm 

 

Newsom promised 1 million COVID-19 vaccinations in 10 days. The state can’t say if he met his goal

Coding errors and data lags have hampered the state’s efforts to accurately count and publicly report how many doses are administered each day.


 Vaccinating Californians 65 and older may last till June, pushing back timetable for others 


 COVID-19 patients struggle to get highly touted yet elusive antibody treatments 

 

Where can I get a COVID-19 vaccine in the Philly area? Use our lookup tool.

by Grace Dickinson and Frank Kummer 

 

I hung out, socially distanced and masked, with someone who later tested positive. Have I been exposed?

by Grace Dickinson 

  

Vaccine Disparities Raise Alarm as Covid Variants Multiply

•Jan 19, 2021    Bloomberg Quicktake: Now Bloomberg Quicktake: Now

 

Pandemic Teacher Shortages Imperil In-Person Schooling

The nation’s schools need thousands of additional teachers, full-time and substitute, to keep classrooms open during outbreaks.

 

Biden Moves to Take Charge as U.S. Virus Deaths Near 400,000

President-elect Joe Biden will attend a virus memorial event on the eve of his inauguration. Here’s the latest on the pandemic.

 

Most Americans say pandemic is out of control, despite Trump’s assertions, Post-ABC poll finds

The survey also showed that more than 6 in 10 Americans say they would probably get the vaccine.

By Amy Goldstein and Emily Guskin 

 

New York explores buying COVID-19 vaccine directly from Pfizer

Jan. 19, 2021 2:07 AM ET Pfizer Inc. (PFE) By: Mamta Mayani, SA News Editor10 Comments

  • New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday considers the idea of buying COVID-19 shots directly from one of the vaccine makers, Pfizer (NYSE:PFE).

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3652097-new-york-explores-buying-covidminus-19-vaccine-directly-from-pfizer

 
Science

As Chinese cities face new Covid-19 lockdowns, have lessons of 2020 been learned?

Echoes in Hebei of measures a year ago in Wuhan, with students stranded in icy conditions and some people unable to get routine medical treatment
Residents complain of mistakes being repeated, as countries continue to struggle to balance a speedy response with the public’s wider needs

Linda Lew  Published: 3:11pm, 19 Jan, 2021      

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3118313/chinese-cities-face-new-covid-19-lockdowns-have-lessons-2020

 

China Slams U.S. Covid Lab Claims as ‘Conspiracy Theories’

Bloomberg News 1/18/21, 4:22 AM EST 

 

UAE Administers Two Million Vaccines as Inoculation Gathers Pace


  Science

Coronavirus in Chinese ice cream raises new alarm over infection via food

Products made in Tianjin contained traces that investigation found may have come from Ukrainian milk powder
It poses different questions to those around food that would be cooked before consumption, with research scarce on infection through what we eat

Linda Lew  Published: 1:48pm, 19 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3118292/coronavirus-chinese-ice-creams-raises-new-alarm-over-infection

 

Another coronavirus variant linked to several large California outbreaks

By Fenit Nirappil 


Gallery: Quarantine Center Under Construction in Covid-Hit City   Jan. 15, 2021

https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-01-15/gallery-quarantine-center-under-construction-in-covid-hit-city-101651122.html


  #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia #coronavirus

Global death toll from COVID-19 tops 2 million amid vaccine rollout | ABC News

•Jan 16, 2021   ABC News (Australia)  ABC News (Australia)  
 


One Year, 400,000 Coronavirus Deaths: How the U.S. Guaranteed Its Own Failure

After the White House declined to pursue a unified national strategy, governors faced off against lobbyists, health experts and a restless public consumed by misinformation.   

By Sarah Mervosh, Mike Baker, Patricia Mazzei and Mark Walker  Jan. 17, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/us/covid-deaths-2020.html


 

400,000: The invisible deaths of covid-19

It took 12 weeks for the death toll to rise from 200,000 to 300,000. The death toll has leaped from 300,000 to almost 400,000 in less than five weeks.By Marc Fisher, Lori Rozsa, Mark Kreidler and Annie Gowen 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2021/national/400000-deaths-coronavirus-us/?itid=hp-more-top-stories



 United States & Canada

Donald Trump’s coronavirus legacy: 400,000 dead on his watch

Experts blame Trump administration for a preventable loss of life
Biden official warns ‘virus is going to get worse before it gets better’

Tribune News Service  Published: 3:22pm, 18 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3118168/donald-trumps-coronavirus-legacy-400000-dead-his



 Prognosis

 Norway Finds No Direct Link Between Elderly Deaths and Vaccine

What to Know About Vaccine-Related Deaths, Allergies
U.S. Vaccination Rollout Turns to Chaos
Vaccine Disparities Raise Alarm as Covid Variants Multiply

 

Another coronavirus variant linked to several large outbreaks in California

Health officials stressed that they haven’t determined if the variant might be more contagious or resistant to vaccines.

By Fenit Nirappil 

 

WHO chief warns of ‘catastrophic moral failure’ as rich countries dominate vaccine supplies

By Paul Schemm and Jennifer Hassan 

 

Covid map: Coronavirus cases, deaths, vaccinations by country

By The Visual and Data Journalism Team
BBC News  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51235105


 #CNBC

Will Covid-19 Vaccine Passports Work?

•Jan 17, 2021  CNBC CNBC
 

Covid-19: France begins 6pm curfew

Covid-19: France begins 6pm curfew 

The French government has imposed a nationwide curfew from 6pm - 6am to fight the surge in cases of coronavirus.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-55691213

 

Companies Race to Develop Drugs That Stay Ahead of Coronavirus Mutations

Covid-19 medicines currently on the market are cumbersome to use, and doctors worry that virus variants could make them less effective   

By Joseph Walker  Jan. 17, 2021 9:00 am ET 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-race-to-develop-drugs-that-stay-ahead-of-coronavirus-mutations-11610892001?mod=lead_feature_below_a_pos1&source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link

 

Covid: Brazil approves and rolls out AstraZeneca and Sinovac vaccines

Published3 1/18/2021

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-55699535


 Prognosis

U.K. Doesn’t Rule Out Quarantine Hotels, GPS to Fight Virus

By Emily Ashton January 17, 2021, 4:24 AM EST Updated on January 17, 2021, 11:35 AM EST

  • Raab says government will ‘consider all possibilities’ 
  • Plan set out to vaccinate all U.K. adults by September  
  • More Than 39.7 Million Shots Given: Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker   

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-17/u-k-considering-all-measures-at-border-to-curb-virus-raab-says?srnd=premium

 

400,000: The invisible deaths of covid-19

It took 12 weeks for the death toll to rise from 200,000 to 300,000. The death toll has leaped from 300,000 to almost 400,000 in less than five weeks.

By Marc Fisher, Lori Rozsa, Mark Kreidler and Annie Gowen 

 

  • CORONAVIRUS: ESSENTIAL NEWS

Here’s how to get more information on COVID vaccines in your county

By Caroline Hurley 

 


COVID-19 vaccine rules spark confusion for some in Philly. Others are jumping the line.

by Marie McCullough With limited vaccine supplies and soaring numbers of deaths, is it better to give the shots to priority groups, or just get them into any available arms?

  • Vaccine ramp-up hitting snags, and a highly contagious coronavirus variant appears in the Philly region
  • Instacart, Trader Joe’s and other businesses push incentives to get workers vaccinated
  • All your COVID-19 vaccine questions, answered



 #BBC #BBCiPlayer #BBCNews

Covid-19: 10 new mass vaccination centres to open in England- BBC

•Jan 17, 2021   BBC BBC
  

A lab in Italy reported a cluster of the U.K. coronavirus variant. But that wasn’t enough to stop the spread.

The variant is not thought to be more deadly but has spread so widely it has caused the death toll to spike as well. By Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli 

 

Inside a Nursing Home as Vaccine Arrives: ‘I Hope Everybody Takes It’

At a Staten Island facility that was hit hard by the coronavirus, residents and staff members lined up to get inoculated. Here’s how the day went.

 

Britons lament ‘U.K. variant’ label, as coronavirus strain spreads around the world

As the virus began spreading a year ago, there was pushback against maligning China with the labels like “China virus” or “Wuhan virus.” The World Health Organization says it’s working on a more neutral naming system.By Karla Adam and William Booth 

 

Los Angeles Covid Cases Top 1 Million as Outbreak Worsens

By Linus Chua January 16, 2021, 5:22 PM EST Updated on January 17, 2021, 3:28 AM EST

  • L.A. milestone means one in 10 people have tested positive
  • County scientists estimate one in three have been infected

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-16/los-angeles-covid-cases-surpass-1-million-as-outbreak-worsens?srnd=coronavirus

 

Norway Raises Concern Over Vaccine Jabs for the Elderly

Lars Erik Taraldsen 1/16/21, 6:45 PM EST 

 

World Braces for Surge of Coronavirus Variants

Last Updated Jan. 17, 2021, 2:18 a.m. ETJan. 17, 2021Jan. 17, 2021

India, which has the world’s third-highest virus death toll, has begun vaccinating its population of 1.3 billion. Vaccinations in U.S. nursing homes are going more slowly than expected.  This briefing has ended. Follow our latest coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/16/world/covid-19-coronavirus


 Austria Extends Lockdown, U.K. Mulls Quarantine: Virus Update 

 

 

WHO warns on 'catastrophic moral failure' of vaccine distribution
JANUARY 18, 20215:09 AM UPDATED 

Vaccine nationalism puts world on brink of 'catastrophic moral failure': WHO chief By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/vaccine-nationalism-puts-world-on-brink-of-catastrophic-moral-failure-who-chief-idUSKBN29N0TB?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link

 

Israel trades Pfizer doses for medical data in vaccine blitz

Mon January 18, 2021 1:07 AM| Associated Press|About: AZN, BNTX, MRNA, PFE Associated Press, The JERUSALEM (AP) —

https://seekingalpha.com/pr/18154730-israel-trades-pfizer-doses-for-medical-data-in-vaccine-blitz


 

Worldwide coronavirus death toll nears 2 million

•Jan 15, 2021      South China Morning Post South China Morning Post
 

 Diplomacy

Covid-19: US says it has new evidence coronavirus may have come from a Chinese laboratory

Virus ‘could have emerged naturally … [but] a laboratory accident could resemble a natural outbreak if the initial exposure included only a few individuals’, US Department of State says
But brief, unsigned statement provides no data to back up its claims

Bloomberg  Published: 12:11pm, 16 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3118000/covid-19-us-says-it-has-new-evidence-coronavirus-may-have-come

 

State Department Steps Up Claims Covid-19 May Have Escaped From Chinese Lab

 Politics

U.S. Steps Up Claims Covid-19 May Have Escaped From Chinese Lab

By Bill Faries January 15, 2021, 8:50 PM EST

  • State Department offers no data to back latest assertions
  • China has limited or delayed efforts to study virus’s origin

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-16/u-s-steps-up-claims-covid-19-may-have-escaped-from-chinese-lab?srnd=premium


 Prognosis

Brazil Scientists See Signs of New Virus Mutations Amid Outbreak

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-15/brazil-scientists-see-signs-of-new-virus-mutations-amid-outbreak?srnd=premium


 Politics

Confusion Over Second-Dose Reserve Further Disrupts Vaccine Push

By Angelica LaVito and Josh Wingrove January 15, 2021, 6:38 PM EST

  • U.S. said it was releasing more shots after rollout faltered
  • States lash out after big bump in allocations fails to emerge  

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-15/confusion-over-second-dose-reserve-further-disrupts-vaccine-push

 

C.D.C. Warns the New Virus Variant Could Fuel Huge Spikes in Covid-19 Cases

The more contagious version, first identified in Britain, is expected to spread widely and lead to further strains on an already overburdened health care system.

  By Apoorva Mandavilli and Roni Caryn Rabin  Published Jan. 15, 2021Updated Jan. 16, 2021, 4:49 a.m. ET  

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/health/covid-cdc-variant.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Health 


U.S. Officials Plead for More Use of Languishing Antibody Drugs

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-16/u-s-officials-plead-for-more-use-of-languishing-antibody-drugs?srnd=premium

 

CDC says highly transmissible coronavirus variant could become dominant U.S. strain by March

By Joel Achenbach 

 

India launches one of the world’s largest vaccination campaigns

India is rolling out two locally made vaccines, but only one has completed a Phase 3 trial. The aim is to immunize 300 million people by this summer. By Joanna Slater and Niha Masih 

 

India Starts Vaccinating Its 1.3 Billion People

The campaign is unfolding in a country that has reported more than 10 million coronavirus infections. Here’s the latest pandemic news.


 China / Science

Explainer | Coronavirus: what’s life like for the 20 million Chinese back in lockdown?

Hebei and Heilongjiang provinces worst affected as authorities work to keep case numbers under control
More than 1,000 people are being treated in hospital, reports say

Jane Cai in Beijing  Published: 7:00am, 16 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3117958/coronavirus-whats-life-20-million-chinese-back-lockdown


 

‘Vaccine Tourism’ Stirs Anger As Coronavirus Cases Surge | TODAY

 Jan 15, 2021   TODAY TODAY


 

 Prognosis

Fast-Spreading Covid Variant Seen Becoming Top U.S. Strain

By Emma Court January 15, 2021, 1:40 PM EST Updated on January 15, 2021, 2:34 PM EST

  • About 76 cases of B117 lineage confirmed in U.S., report says
  • Strain’s spread threatens health systems, vaccine push

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-15/fast-spreading-covid-variant-seen-becoming-top-u-s-strain?srnd=premium


In New Jersey, smokers can now get the coronavirus vaccine before teachers or public transit workers

By Andrea Salcedo 

 

CDC says highly transmissible coronavirus variant could become dominant U.S. strain by March

The rapid spread of the variant first detected in the United Kingdom heightens the urgency of getting people vaccinated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. By Joel Achenbach 


 China / Science

Coronavirus: global death toll could hit 5 million by March, Chinese researchers say

‘The development of the pandemic is hard to foresee, but a numerical estimate by modelling can provide some useful information,’ lead scientist says
In worst case, the number of Covid-19 infections in the United States could rise to 32 million, study says

Stephen Chen in Beijing  Published: 5:00am, 15 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3117784/coronavirus-death-toll-could-hit-5-million-march-chinese

Global Deaths Top 2 Million; NYC Doses to Run Out: Virus    NYC to Run Out of Vaccines Next Week Without Major Resupply
As NYC Staggers On, Cost to Lives and Livelihoods Keeps Rising


 Prognosis

World Hits 2 Million Covid-19 Deaths With Cases Still Surging

By Michelle Fay Cortez January 14, 2021, 7:02 PM EST Updated on January 15, 2021, 12:58 PM EST

  • Slow vaccine rollout may mean number won’t drop any time soon
  • Virus killed more people than malaria, tuberculosis combined
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-15/world-edges-close-to-2-million-covid-19-deaths-led-by-u-s?srnd=premium

 

Death toll approaches 400,000, far exceeding Trump’s benchmark for success in containing the virus

If deaths remained below 200,000, he said in March of last year, it would show his administration had “done a very good job. ”By Derek Hawkins 


 Prognosis

U.S. Vaccine Shift Stirs New Unease as 128 Million Join Line

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-13/u-s-vaccine-shift-stirs-fresh-unease-as-128-million-join-line


 World

Norway Warns of Vaccination Risks for Sick Patients Over 80

 

Hospitals in England Struggle in the Grip of the Virus

By Josh Holder and Marc Santora Jan. 15, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/15/world/europe/england-covid-hospitals.html


 Science

China National Biotec Group says Covid-19 vaccine will offer protection for at least six months

Company chairman tells state news agency it is waiting to see if the drug will prove effective over the longer term
Two of CNBG’s vaccines were authorised for emergency use last year, although final trial results are still pending

Ji Siqi  Published: 8:23pm, 15 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3117951/china-national-biotec-group-says-covid-19-vaccine-will-offer

 

Canada secured more vaccine doses per capita than anyone else but has been slow to administer them

By Amanda Coletta 


  #Hospitals #Vaccine #TodayShow

Hospitals Struggle Amid Growing Frustration Over Vaccine Rollout | TODAY

•Jan 14, 2021
 TODAY TODAY


 

The world will have to live with COVID forever - Moderna CEO

Jan. 14, 2021 4:38 AM ET Moderna, Inc. (MRNA) By: Yoel Minkoff, SA News Editor220 Comments

  • Echoing comments from some other public health officials, Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) CEO Stephane Bancel said COVID-19 is likely to become an endemic disease, meaning it'll always be present in the population, but circulating at lower rates. "SARS-CoV-2 is not going away," he told a panel discussion at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference. "We are going to live with this virus, we think, forever."

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3651349-world-will-to-live-covid-forever-moderna-ceo


 HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Moderna CEO says the world will have to live with Covid ‘forever’

PUBLISHED WED, JAN 13 20213:07 PM ESTUPDATED WED, JAN 13 20215:00 PM EST Berkeley Lovelace Jr.

KEY POINTS

  • Stephane Bancel, CEO of Covid-19 vaccine maker Moderna, warned Wednesday that the virus will be around “forever.”
  • Public health officials and infectious disease experts have said there is a high likelihood that Covid-19 will become an endemic disease, meaning it will be present at all times, though likely at lower levels than it is now.
  • “SARS-CoV-2 is not going away,” Bancel said during a panel discussion at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference.
    https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/13/moderna-ceo-says-the-world-will-have-to-live-with-the-coronavirus-forever.html?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link 


 Prognosis

Can’t Get a Covid Vaccine? You Are Not Alone

Local health officials are unprepared for the vaccine strategy shift. 

 

The Maddening Red Tape Facing Older People Who Want the Vaccine

A million New York City residents who are over 65 are now eligible to be vaccinated. But try making an appointment.


 D.C., Md. & Va.

D.C. area boosts vaccine efforts as demand exceeds supply 

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said that the need is “far outpacing” vaccine availability. By Julie Zauzmer, Rachel Chason, Lola Fadulu and Erin Cox 


 Prognosis

Germany’s ICUs Fill Up; China Bars WHO Delegates: Virus Update

Bloomberg News January 13, 2021, 6:02 PM EST Updated on January 14, 2021, 9:47 AM EST 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-13/australia-backs-astrazeneca-hope-for-j-j-vaccine-virus-update?srnd=coronavirus


 Prognosis

Covid-19 Outbreaks Aren’t Driven by In-Person Classes, CDC Says

By Michelle Fay Cortez January 13, 2021, 1:11 PM EST

  • Schools should be last to close, first to reopen, study finds
  • Those 18-24 may have contributed more to community spread

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-13/covid-19-outbreaks-aren-t-driven-by-in-person-classes-cdc-says?srnd=coronavirus

 

U.S. Supply Chains Disrupted by Millions Calling Out Sick

Some manufacturers are reporting absenteeism rates as high as 25%.By Olivia Rockeman    January 14, 2021, 6:00 AM EST 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-14/covid-pandemic-economy-recovery-disrupted-by-millions-calling-out-sick?srnd=coronavirus

 

Johnson & Johnson Expects Vaccine Results Soon but Lags in Production

The U.S. needs J.&J.’s one-shot vaccine more than ever. But the company is behind on manufacturing promises made in its Operation Warp Speed contract.

 

More contagious coronavirus strain detected in L.A. County as total cases top 1 million

The variant, B.1.1.7, had previously been found in San Diego and San Bernardino counties, as well as 14 other U.S. states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

More CoverageTracking the coronavirus in CaliforniaNoticias en español


Limited supply of COVID-19 vaccine likely to slow rocky rollout for California seniors


  

WHO health experts arrive in Covid-19 epicentre Wuhan to investigate origins of coronavirus

•Jan 14, 2021   
South China Morning Post South China Morning Post


Diplomacy

Stumble start on way to China for WHO coronavirus origins team

Most of the international experts arrive in Wuhan but two remain in Singapore after testing positive for Covid-19 antibodies
Further checks required to determine whether cause is an active infection

Simone McCarthy and Holly Chik  Published: 11:00am, 14 Jan, 2021  

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3117619/covid-19-who-teams-investigation-hinges-full-accessay Travel Peak

Amid outbreaks in two northern provinces, officials are urging people to avoid nonessential travel in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus

  • China Locks Down 23 Million People in 3 Northern Cities
  • Covid-Hit North China City Plans to Test 11 Million Residents, Again   

 

WHO Team Arrives in Wuhan, but Two Stay Behind After Testing Positive

Team of 13 scientists will examine the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic

Jan 14, 2021 06:35 PM 

 

W.H.O. Team Arrives in China to Study Pandemic’s Source

  • World Health Organization experts are finally in Wuhan for an investigation that Beijing has impeded by delaying approvals and declining visas.
  • Chinese propagandists are trying to use the inquiry to help shore up China’s image. Here’s the latest on the pandemic.  

 

New Covid Cases in China Hit 10-Month High Ahead of Holiday  

 

 Prognosis

Brazil Sends Plane After India Agrees to Expedite Vaccine Supply

By P R Sanjai and Marisa Wanzeller January 14, 2021, 7:12 AM EST

  • India’s Serum Institute will supply 2 million doses to Brazil
  • India, Brazil said to not yet have reached pricing agreement

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-14/brazil-sends-plane-after-india-agrees-to-expedite-vaccine-supply?srnd=coronavirus


 China reports first Covid-19 death in months, evacuates thousands in Hebei

People moved to quarantine centre from high-risk parts of provincial capital Shijiazhuang, as CDC chief backs ‘whack-a-mole’ lockdowns to contain the outbreak.


 Evacuation ordered amid fears of vertical Covid-19 transmission in Hong Kong building

Professor Yuen Kwok-yung inspects sewage system design of Yan Shek House at Shek Yam Estate, where six residents have been infected.

 

U.S. deaths are 400,000 higher than normal since the pandemic hit. Here’s the breakdown by state.

 

As California Eases Vaccine Rules, Many Complain of Chaos

A day after the state’s expansion of eligibility for the vaccine, residents are trying to navigate the confusing process. Here’s the latest on Covid-19.


 Prognosis

N.Y. Leads Region’s Covid Hospitalizations as Neighbors See Drop

By Jonathan LevinJanuary 14, 2021, 1:00 PM EST 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-14/n-y-leads-region-s-covid-hospitalizations-as-neighbors-see-drop?srnd=coronavirus


 

Covid Hospitalization Rate For Children Up 800 Percent In Six Months | NBC News NOW

•Jan 13, 2021
 NBC News NBC News
 

 January 12, 2021 at 5:45 PM EST Back

REGENERON ANNOUNCES U.S. GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL COVID-19 ANTIBODY COCKTAIL DOSES

TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- 

New agreement covers 1.25 million additional doses of the casirivimab and imdevimab antibody cocktail, bringing total potential U.S. supply to over 1.5 million doses

Doses are being supplied for use pursuant to the FDA Emergency Use Authorization for high-risk patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 in order to reduce the risk of progression to severe COVID-19 and/or hospitalization

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) will purchase additional supply of the casirivimab and imdevimab antibody cocktail for use in non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients to meet the federal government's Operation Warp Speed goals. The government has said it will provide these doses at no cost to patients, though healthcare facilities may charge fees related to administration.

https://newsroom.regeneron.com/index.php/news-releases/news-release-details/regeneron-announces-us-government-agreement-purchase-additional


 PrognosisU.S. Vaccine Shift Stirs Fresh Unease as 128 Million Join Line

California and Texas Fought Covid Their Own Way, Suffered Just the Same
N.J. to Open Vaccine Eligibility to 65 and Over, Murphy Says
Germany Curbs Entry; More Nations See U.K. Variant: Virus Update

 

Philippines to obtain additional 20M doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 jab

Jan. 13, 2021 6:42 AM ET AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) By: Mamta Mayani, SA News Editor1 Comment

  • The Philippines will sign a deal with AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) on Thursday for up to 20M additional doses of its COVID-19 vaccines, source Bloomberg.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-13/philippines-to-get-20-million-additional-doses-from-astrazeneca?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link

 

Distracted by Political Crisis, U.S. Sets Record for Virus Deaths

More than 4,400 people died on Tuesday, a day before President Trump was expected to be charged with inciting violence. Here’s the latest on the pandemic.


Disappointing Chinese Vaccine Results Pose Setback for Developing World

Brazil said CoronaVac had an efficacy rate just over 50 percent, much lower than previously announced. More than 380 million doses had been ordered.

 

The Future of the Coronavirus? An Annoying Childhood Infection

Once immunity is widespread in adults, the virus rampaging across the world will come to resemble the common cold, scientists predict

 

China’s Sinovac says Covid-19 vaccine has high efficacy after lower Brazil figure

Brazilian partner earlier said CoronaVac was 50 per cent effective, but Sinovac moves to clarify the data
Company will double production capacity in February to meet overseas and domestic demand, chairman says

Zhuang Pinghui in Beijing and Josephine Ma  Published: 5:37pm, 13 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3117588/chinas-sinovac-says-covid-19-vaccine-has-high-efficacy-after-lower

 

Sinovac: Brazil results show Chinese vaccine 50.4% effective

Coronavirus pandemic

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-55642648


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   #CovidVaccination #ThePandemic #NBCNews

More Cities Opening Mass Covid Vaccination Centers | NBC Nightly News

•Jan 11, 2021
NBC News NBC News



 L.A. County approaching 1 million coronavirus cases as officials brace for new hospital surge 

 Coronavirus surges up the coast: Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara now hit hard
 

In push to get more vaccines into arms, officials recommend states give to anyone 65 and up

The move is intended to speed up the nation's sluggish vaccine rollout.    

Jan. 12, 2021, 9:42 AM EST / Updated Jan. 12, 2021, 2:50 PM EST  By Erika Edwards

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-recommend-states-give-covid-vaccine-anyone-65-older-n1253887?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link

  

JNJ's COVID-19 jab could receive emergency approval by next month: Official

Jan. 12, 2021 5:22 PM ET Pfizer Inc. (PFE)By: Khyathi Dalal, SA News Editor2 Comments 

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ): The ph3 trial with the one-dose vaccine is accruing a significant number of cases. Analysis remains on track for completion by the end of January, followed by EUA submission this month. Projects EUA decision to occur mid-February. Its late-stage trial is in progress with 45K participants fully enrolled.

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3650838-jnjs-covidminus-19-jab-receive-emergency-approval-next-month-official

 

U.S. will require coronavirus test for international travelers arriving in the country

By Lori Aratani 

 

Trump administration will no longer hold back second shots of vaccine

By Lena H. Sun, Laurie McGinley, Isaac Stanley-Becker and Amy Goldstein 



   

I feel I'm in a war zone - it's not getting better': Inside UK intensive care

•Jan 11, 2021  
Channel 4 News Channel 4 News
 

 

Facing Virus Deluge, California Turns Stadiums Into Vaccination Sites

  • The state is turning Dodger Stadium and Disneyland into inoculation centers. In the past week, 480 Californians died of Covid-19 daily, on average.
  • We provide a roundup of the facts on the coronavirus variants in Britain and South Africa. Here’s the latest on the pandemic.

 

CORONAVIRUS

Biden team gets access to Warp Speed-related meetings

The invite to those meetings comes after POLITICO reported that the Biden team had been denied access to standing meetings on the pandemic response, hampering its planning efforts.  

By ADAM CANCRYN  01/11/2021 05:10 PM EST

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/11/biden-warp-speed-meetings-457756?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link


US asking states to speed vaccine, not hold back 2nd dose

By ZEKE MILLER 

https://apnews.com/article/us-news-coronavirus-pandemic-8e846e47cd71f39fed71dcd6700d729b  

 

U.S. to Require Negative Virus Tests From International Air Travelers

The new C.D.C. policy, expected to take effect Jan. 26, requires passengers to get tested within three days before leaving. Here’s the latest pandemic news.  


EU regulator is considering Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine    LONDON (AP) 

https://apnews.com/article/international-news-europe-coronavirus-pandemic-coronavirus-vaccine-d1b45f09b97ce528adad654045c72948

 

COVID-19 job losses will worsen L.A. homelessness by 2023, new report says

The pandemic will leave tens of thousands of low-wage workers nationwide without homes over the next three years, with L.A. particularly hard hit, a report published Tuesday forecasts.


Tracking the coronavirus in California

L.A. County faces ‘worst disaster’ in decades as coronavirus rages unchecked

L.A. County announces first expansion of COVID-19 vaccine eligibility list

COVID-19 vaccines to be administered at Disneyland, Orange County’s first ‘super’ distribution site

 L.A. students must get COVID-19 vaccine before they can return to campus 

 

Turkey Set for 10 Million New Doses in Second Vaccine Shipment

 

How Effective Is China's Sinovac Vaccine? Data Confuse Experts

 

Hong Kong Leaders ‘Not in a Hurry’ to Roll Out Covid-19 Vaccines

  

China says WHO experts to visit Wuhan in virus origins probe    

 BEIJING (AP) 

https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-beijing-coronavirus-pandemic-wuhan-china-76d5fedd2d3375ca7ec856ff86762eab


 JANUARY 11, 202111:11 PMUPDATED 11 HOURS AGO

India delivers COVID-19 shots to prepare for 'world's biggest vaccination drive'

By Aditi Shah, Sachin Ravikumar  NEW DELHI/BENGALURU (Reuters) 

https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-india-vaccine/india-delivers-covid-19-shots-to-prepare-for-worlds-biggest-vaccination-drive-idUSKBN29H0DX?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link

  

UK at “most dangerous” point in pandemic with calls for tighter lockdown - BBC News

•Jan 11, 2021
 BBC News BBC News


 

Cases on the rise again in Pa. as officials work to speed up vaccinations; new vaccine ‘mega site’ opens in South Jersey

by Rob Tornoe, Allison Steele, Erin McCarthy and Robert Moran 


Florida coronavirus resident death toll tops 23k 


Latest COVID vaccine updates for Central Florida: Nearly 550k had 1st dose statewide, 250k more shots arriving 


 HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Wall Street analysts are cautiously optimistic on J&J’s ‘one-dose’ Covid vaccine

PUBLISHED MON, JAN 11 20213:08 AM EST UPDATED MON, JAN 11 20213:25 PM EST Julianna Tatelbaum@CNBC

lKEY POINTS

  • Johnson & Johnson is expected to deliver preliminary late-stage trial results for its one-dose Covid vaccine candidate by the end of January.
  • If its jab is proven to be safe and effective, the company aims to deliver at least 1 billion doses by the end of the year. 

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/11/johnson-johnson-covid-vaccine-analysts-are-cautiously-optimistic.html?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link

 

Those We’ve Lost

The coronavirus pandemic has taken an incalculable toll. We put names and faces to the numbers.  

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/obituaries/people-died-coronavirus-obituaries.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage


 HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Moderna doesn’t expect Covid vaccine data for young children until 2022, CEO says

PUBLISHED MON, JAN 11 20215:49 PM EST Berkeley Lovelace Jr.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/11/covid-vaccine-moderna-doesnt-expect-data-for-young-children-this-year.html

 

1,488,586 Cases | 23,071 Deaths

Central Florida: 254,120 cases | 3,748 deaths  

County-by-county | Cases by ZIP | Q&A
Numbers to watch | Send a news tip | Testing sites

 

Darkest days for L.A. doctors, nurses, EMTs: ‘The way most people leave is by dying’

Another COVID-19 surge, fueled by the recent holidays, is beginning to swell, and the looming question is how big an uptick hospitals will face.  

Tracking the coronavirus in California

At least 9 U.S. states have the U.K. coronavirus strain, a number that’s sure to grow 


 When can I get my COVID-19 vaccine? California trying to ramp up distribution 


 California coronavirus tracker »

2,706,101  cases +13,559 today  14-day change +19%

30,070  deaths +67 today  14-day change +109%

California »   L.A. County »   Orange County »

Hospitals » Reopenings » Nursing homes »


 Prognosis

J&J Sees Vaccine Decision by March; U.K. Deaths: Virus Update

Bloomberg News  January 12, 2021, 6:00 PM EST Updated on January 13, 2021, 1:49 PM EST 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-12/u-s-visitors-to-be-tested-india-s-vaccine-push-virus-update?srnd=coronavirus

 #Coronavirus #Vaccine #TodayShow

How Vaccine Rollout Is Changing As Coronavirus Cases Besiege Hospitals | TODAY

•Jan 11, 2021
 TODAY TODAY

 

9 million vaccinated

The number of people who have received the first dose of the vaccines,

covering 9.2% of the prioritized population

and 2.7% of the total population.

See about your state 

 

Update: WHO Coronavirus Investigation Team to Arrive in China Thursday

Announcement comes after the WHO chief expressed disappointment over Beijing’s alleged delay in granting the team entry

  • China to Let WHO Experts Into Beijing to Trace Origins of Covid-19
  • Top Hong Kong Microbiologist Disputes Study Suggesting Covid-19 Originated in Italy


 Prognosis

NYC’s Complex and Confusing Vaccine Sign-Up Baffles the Elderly

 

Average Daily U.S. Death Toll Exceeds 3,000 and Keeps Rising

The dire statistics follow a surge in new cases and hospitalizations that has extended to every part of the country. Here’s the latest pandemic news.


 JANUARY 11, 202112:55 PM

UPDATE 1-EXCLUSIVE-EU seeks more Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, eyes deals with Valneva, Novavax

By Francesco Guarascio, Elvira Pollina  

* EU in talks for more Moderna COVID-19 vaccines - sources

* Moderna seeks higher price than EU’s first contract-source

* EU in talks for Valneva’s vaccine candidate - sources

* Close to ordering 200 mln doses of Novavax shot - source (Adds that the EU and Moderna declined to comment)

BRUSSELS/MILAN, Jan 11 (Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-eu-vaccines/update-1-exclusive-eu-seeks-more-moderna-covid-19-vaccines-eyes-deals-with-valneva-novavax-idUSL1N2JM1U2


Covid-Hit North China City Plans to Test 11 Million Residents, Again

The industrial hub of Shijiazhuang has recorded over 400 new cases of Covid-19 since the New Year, prompting ‘wartime’ disease control measures

Jan 11, 2021 08:14 PM   By Matthew Walsh  

 

An Appreciation for Vaccines, and How Far They Have Come

The DTP vaccine teaches us about how brilliant vaccine technology can be, but also how it can be studied and improved over time.

 By Perri Klass, M.D.  Jan. 11, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET

 

True Stories of Hooking Up During Covid-19

New world. New rules. Same old problems.

 

It Could Be a Great Year, if Your Business Survives Winter

Hanging on is the chief goal for many business owners, even as others see a post-pandemic resurgence in the year ahead.  

 

6 Months After Leaving the Hospital, Covid Survivors Still Face Lingering Health Issues

A large study of patients from a Wuhan, China hospital showed that a half-year later, three-quarters were struggling with problems like fatigue, depression and diminished lung function.  


    

 #BBC #BBCiPlayer #BBCNews

Covid-19: Mass vaccination centres to open in England 🔴 @BBC News live - BBC

•Jan 11, 2021
 BBC BBC
 

 Prognosis

U.K. Ramps Up Covid Vaccine Rollout as Hospitals Feel Strain

By Stuart Biggs January 10, 2021, 7:01 PM EST Updated on January 11, 2021, 4:02 AM EST

  • Government to set out details of how it will deploy vaccines
  • Health Secretary Hancock warns NHS faces ‘serious situation’

 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-11/u-k-ramps-up-covid-vaccine-rollout-with-hospitals-under-strain?srnd=coronavirus


 NEWS/ An In Vitro Study Shows Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Elicits Antibodies that Neutralize SARS-CoV-2 with a Mutation Associated with Rapid Transmission

AN IN VITRO STUDY SHOWS PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE ELICITS ANTIBODIES THAT NEUTRALIZE SARS-COV-2 WITH A MUTATION ASSOCIATED WITH RAPID TRANSMISSION

Friday, January 08, 2021 - 12:00am

New York, NY and Mainz, Germany, January 8, 2021 — Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced results from an in vitro study conducted by Pfizer and the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) that shows the antibodies from people who have received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine effectively neutralize SARS-CoV-2 with a key mutation that is also found in two highly transmissible strains. The results were published on the preprint server bioRxiv and are available here.

https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/vitro-study-shows-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-elicits


 Prognosis

Pfizer, BioNTech Boost Vaccine Output Goal by More Than 50%


In 5 U.S. States, Crushing Numbers and Hospitals at Capacity

Arizona, California, Oklahoma, Rhode Island and South Carolina are now averaging the most daily new cases per person. Here’s the latest pandemic news.

  

Florida Vaccine Rollout Turns Into a Free-for-All

Florida decided people 65 and older should get the coronavirus vaccine first. But demand has overwhelmed supply, and people are frustrated.


 Prognosis

Vaccine Target Boosted; Malaysia Set for Lockdown: Virus Update

 

Sinovac’s Vaccine Approved by Indonesia for Emergency Use

By Arys Aditya January 11, 2021, 3:51 AM EST Updated on January 11, 2021, 6:03 AM EST

  • Indonesia set to begin Covid-19 vaccination on Wednesday
  • Emergency use authorization is the first outside of China

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-11/sinovac-s-covid-vaccine-approved-by-indonesia-for-emergency-use?srnd=coronavirus

 

Recovered coronavirus patients should still get the vaccine, experts say

Science suggests they have some immunity, but experts worry about dissuading anyone from getting the shots. By Alexandra Ellerbeck 


    

California hospitals struggle to keep up with surging COVID cases

•Jan 9, 2021
 CBS News CBS News
 

 

The anti-vaxxers are determined to sow doubt. Here’s how to build faith instead.

Opinion by the Editorial Board 

 

Amid COVID surge, hospitals are admitting patients faster than they can discharge them

The work of discharge planners has never been more critical, as they try to free up beds in dangerously full hospitals.  

Tracking the coronavirus in California 

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-10/coronavirus-la-county-hospitals-patient-discharge


 New evidence that U.K. coronavirus variant spreads more easily has scientists worried 

 

Gov. DeSantis gives coronavirus vaccine update: ‘We’re going to keep working hard until every senior who wants it is able to get it’

“There’s way more demand from seniors [for vaccines] than there has been supply so far, and that will start to change,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said Sunday in Lynn Haven. By PAOLA PÉREZ

  • Orlando Health expands COVID-19 vaccine program to patients 65 and older

 

COVID in Monmouth, Ocean: Where and when can you get coronavirus vaccine?

Michael L. Diamond Asbury Park Press   

https://www.app.com/story/news/health/2021/01/06/covid-vaccine-where-when-monmouth-ocean-county-nj-faq-vaccinations/4126113001/?itm_medium=recirc&itm_source=taboola&itm_campaign=internal&itm_content=BelowHomepageFeed-FeedRedesign


 COVID-19 VACCINE TRACKER 

The COVID-19 Virus Is Mutating. What Does That Mean for Vaccines?

 BY ALICE PARK JANUARY 7, 2021 2:17 PM EST 

https://time.com/5927538/covid-19-mutations-vaccines/


  Prognosis

WHO Team Set for Wuhan Trip; N.J. Honor System: Virus Update

Follow the latest updates in the global pandemic and the vaccination efforts. 


 Prognosis

Vaccination Campaign to Be ‘Chaotic’ for Weeks, Rite Aid CEO Says

 

Vaccines were a chance to redeem failures in the U.S. coronavirus response. What went wrong?

The delayed, disjointed vaccine rollout is the product of poor coordination between the federal government and the 50 states and additional jurisdictions tasked with carrying out the most ambitious immunization campaign in history.By Lena H. Sun, Isaac Stanley-Becker, Frances Stead Sellers, Laurie McGinley, Amy Goldstein, Christopher Rowland and Carolyn Y. Johnson 

 

Ireland had one of the lowest coronavirus rates in Europe. It’s now highest in the world.

Relaxed policies over Christmas coincided with spread of the U.K. variant. 

By Amanda Ferguson and Karla Adam 

 

NYC Vaccine Sign-Up Process Is ‘Bewildering,’ Comptroller Says

Stacie Sherman 1/11/21, 8:57 AM EST 


   

 #Brazil #Bolsonaro #WION

Brazil's President Bolsonaro asks India to expedite vaccine shipment as delays loom

•Jan 9, 2021     WION WION
 

 Prognosis

Rich Book Covid-19 Jabs Abroad to Skip U.K. Wait, Telegraph Says

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-09/rich-book-covid-19-jabs-abroad-to-skip-u-k-wait-telegraph-says?srnd=premium

 

Some Covid Survivors Haunted by Loss of Smell and Taste

A once-rare diagnosis is receiving new attention from scientists, who fear it may affect nutrition and mental health.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/02/health/coronavirus-smell-taste.html?surface=home-discovery-vi-prg&fellback=false&req_id=806789345&algo=identity&variant=no-exp&imp_id=645786332&action=click&module=Science%20%20Technology&pgtype=Homepage


 CORONAVIRUS| Jan 8, 2021,10:08am EST

Why The U.S. Needs To Step Up Covid-19 Genome Sequencing

William A. Haseltine Contributor Healthcare 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2021/01/08/genome-sequencing-in-the-united-states-or-lack-thereof/? sh=7c1f5f035c17&source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link


 Voices from the Pandemic

‘Nobody told us what to be ready for’

Roger Desjarlais, manager in Lee County, Fla., on the unanticipated challenges of rolling out the vaccine. As told to Eli Saslow 

 

Europe's slow start: How many people have had the Covid vaccine?  

  • Coronavirus pandemic

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55575756


 East Asia

Coronavirus: Japan finds new variant, Vietnam to limit Lunar New Year inbound flights

Japan’s Health Ministry said four passengers who arrived from Brazil on January 2 were later diagnosed with a variant of the virus
Elsewhere, Australia’s New South Wales state recorded three new cases as a three-week lockdown eased

Agencies  Published: 4:00pm, 10 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3117118/coronavirus-tokyo-cases-ease-vietnam-limit-lunar-new-yearhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55549656

 

Coronavirus: Dutch shocked to be EU vaccination stragglers

By Anna Holligan  BBC News, The Hague

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55549656


 Science

Coronavirus: Chinese premier warns against cover-up of outbreaks

Li Keqiang says transparency and correct reporting essential to containing the spread
Number of infections continues to rise in Hebei neighboring the nation’s capital

Karen Yeung  Published: 5:00pm, 10 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3117109/coronavirus-chinese-premier-warns-against-cover-outbreaks


 Prognosis

Africa Exceeds 3 Million Covid-19 Cases, 30% in South Africa

   

80,000 Covid deaths in UK as scientists call for stricter lockdown - BBC News

•Jan 9, 2021      BBC News BBC News


 

Foreign nationals getting their COVID shots in Florida

By DAVID FLESHLER SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL |JAN 08, 2021 AT 7:09 PM 

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-covid-vaccinations-florida-foreign-20210109-gaefnsdykbgzdkgfoihqhigf6u-story.html

 

COVID-19 in Florida: 15,445 new cases, 138 deaths  

  • Foreign nationals getting their COVID shots in Florida
  • Here’s where seniors can sign up for the COVID-19 vaccine

 

Track COVID-19 vaccinations as they roll out across Florida

JAN 8, 2021

  • Publix stores run out of COVID-19 vaccinations within minutes: report
  • Here’s where to find COVID-19 testing sites in South Florida

 

'This is our most dangerous time.' Covid-19 deaths are at unprecedented levels as US cases top 22 million

By Christina Maxouris, Jason Hanna, Paul Vercammen and Dakin Andone, CNN   Updated 8:26 PM ET, Sat January 9, 2021   

https://us.cnn.com/2021/01/09/health/us-coronavirus-saturday/index.html?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link

  

How shoppers can avoid catching coronavirus at grocery stores

By SUSANNAH BRYAN, MARIO ARIZA and BROOKE BAITINGER 

ORLANDO SENTINEL How shoppers can avoid catching coronavirus at grocery stores 

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-grocery-store-safety-coronavirus-20200323-gybresy62nbgvl5o4ly434ijlm-story.html?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=exchange&tblci=GiDhBo3-TGuBXpcqbm_BoQ7tXMV_0jKrVwaYt2d5yzd0FyCP3z8okfGW3OyYs40h#tblciGiDhBo3-TGuBXpcqbm_BoQ7tXMV_0jKrVwaYt2d5yzd0FyCP3z8okfGW3OyYs40h


 All Virginians wanting vaccine should have it by later this year, Northam says 

 

Record number of COVID-19 cases reported in Virginia Beach on Thursday

By SALEEN MARTIN THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT |JAN 07, 2021 AT 12:48 PM 

 Record number of COVID-19 cases reported in Virginia Beach on Thursday 

https://www.pilotonline.com/news/health/vp-nw-coronavirus-cases-vb-20210107-hmwomoxrmnbzvjrdpsjsjpvtyi-story.html


 In Sight Perspective

A photographer captures how the long-term effects of covid-19 are being studied in Rome

By Kenneth Dickerman and Marco Carmignan 


  HEALTH  COVID-19  THERE WILL BE NO SAFE HAVENS IN COVID-19'S FINAL ASSAULT ON THE U.S. 

There Will Be No Safe Havens in COVID-19's Final Assault on the U.S.

BY CHRIS WILSON  DECEMBER 1, 2020 11:59 AM EST 

https://time.com/5916512/covid-19-safe-haven/ 


 HEALTH

The Most Reliable Pandemic Number Keeps Getting Worse

America reported a record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the first week of 2021.

THE COVID TRACKING PROJECTJANUARY 7, 2021 

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/01/pandemic-cases-hospitalizations-record-south/617589/

  

Record Covid deaths and cases with NHS under extreme pressure - BBC News

•Jan 8, 2021      BBC News BBC News


 

Hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 vaccines haven’t been used in Pa. and N.J. Here’s why, and what’s next

by Jason Laughlin and Justine McDaniel  

A myriad of logistical challenges and other factors slowed down the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Here's what happened-- and how fast the pace is now accelerating. 

 https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-covid-19-pa-nj-philly-vaccine-rollout-slow-vaccination-challenges-pace-20210109.html

 

Pressure Grows for States to Open Vaccines to More Groups of People

Some states are already expanding eligibility to people 65 and over, despite C.D.C. recommendations.

 

Covid Patients’ Symptoms Persist Six Months in Foreboding Study


Tales from the jab: How people in 6 countries got their vaccines

Some get a text. Some call for an appointment. And some have the vaccine come to them. By Brian Murphy, Steve Hendrix, Shria Rubin, Emily Rauhala, Carrie Donovan, Robyn Dixon, Laura Silvia Battaglia and Yvonne Gordon
 

 Prognosis

India to Begin Vaccine Roll Out Jan. 16, Health Ministry Says

 

As Coronavirus Mutates, the World Stumbles Again to Respond

A South African tip led to the discovery of mutations around the world. With infections skyrocketing, “it’s a race against time.”


U.S. Breaks Daily New-Case Record for Second Straight Day

It was the first time the country crossed the 300,000-case mark, according to a Times database. Hospitalizations are also near a record high.

 

‘Our New York Moment’: Virus Surges in Southern California

In the coming days, Los Angeles County will reach a level where one in 10 residents has tested positive for the coronavirus.


 Prognosis

French Lack Confidence in Macron Virus Effort, Poll Shows


  

Covid frontline: harrowing scenes from London intensive care unit as deaths soar - BBC News

•Jan 6, 2021      BBC News BBC News 


 

Are Covid patients getting younger?

By Philippa Roxby  Health reporter     Coronavirus pandemic

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55586994


   World

Coronavirus: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells rich countries to stop cutting the coronavirus vaccines queue

Ghebreyesus called on countries who have ordered excess doses to immediately hand them over to the Covax vaccine-sharing facility The scramble for shots has accelerated as governments struggle to tame more infectious variants identified in Britain and South Africa  Reuters Published: 4:30am, 9 Jan, 2021

  https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3117032/coronavirus-who-chief-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus-tells-rich-countries 


 COVID-19 vaccine rollout painfully slow to nursing homes and other long-term care facilities 


 Prognosis

Merkel Urges Prudence Ahead of Germany’s Darkest Covid Days Yet

 

L.A. County Christmas coronavirus surge worsening; coming days will be critical


L.A. ambulance crews struggle amid bottlenecks, surging call volume

‘A mass fatality event’: California struggles with backlog of bodies of COVID-19 victims

 

Feds 'overpromised and underdelivered' on coronavirus vaccines, state health officials say

By Naomi Thomas and Virginia Langmaid, CNN  Updated 5:24 PM ET, Thu January 7, 2021

https://us.cnn.com/2021/01/07/health/vaccines-coronavirus-state-health-officials/index.html

 

CDC hopes to double the number of coronavirus samples checked for new mutations  

By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent  Updated 1540 GMT (2340 HKT) January 4, 2021

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/03/health/coronavirus-genome-testing-cdc/index.html?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link


  #China #Shijazhuang #ChinaLockdown

China places 11 mn people under lockdown as Shijazhuang witnesses dramatic rise in Covid cases

•Jan 8, 2021     WION WION
 

 

2 Arthritis Drugs Reduce Deaths in Very Ill Covid Patients, Study Finds

The big dip in mortality shown in the trial of about 800 patients has caught some experts by surprise because previous studies of the drugs showed little benefit.


  China

Coronavirus: 9 million vaccinated in China’s free inoculation drive

Health officials outline plans to ramp up national immunisation program as Hebei province battles surge in cases Country aims to give 50 million people the jab by Lunar New Year before rolling out nationwide program

Linda Lew Published: 6:05pm, 9 Jan, 2021   https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3117060/china-confirms-covid-19-vaccinations-will-be-free-all-its-citizens 

 

Gallery: China’s Mass Vaccination Campaign

Jan. 4, 2021

https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-01-04/gallery-chinas-mass-vaccination-campaign-101646411.html


China Has Administered More Than 9 Million Vaccine DosesBloomberg News 1/8/21, 10:15 PM EST  


 As COVID-19 rages, an L.A. hospital plans to close its doors, sparking criticism and questions 

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-08/covid-19-surge-la-hospital-set-to-close


 Prognosis

U.S. Infections Soar; Germany to Speed Up Shots: Virus Update

  

New York's Chinatown on the brink after a year of Covid-19

•Jan 8, 2021      South China Morning Post South China Morning Post


 

As Coronavirus Mutates, the World Stumbles Again to Respond

A South African tip led to the discovery of mutations around the world. Now cases are skyrocketing, adding urgency to the battle against the virus.


 Prognosis

U.K. Coronavirus Cases Exceed 3 Million; Deaths Top 80,000


 Prognosis

Connecticut Outpaces New York in Race to Vaccinate Residents

 

More Than 150,000 Are Fully Vaccinated in the U.S.

The number reflects those who have been given a second shot, according to a New York Times survey of all 50 states. Here’s the latest on the pandemic.

 

Chicago Students Return to School on Monday. Will Their Teachers?

The mayor and teachers’ union are locked in a bitter fight over whether to reopen classrooms in the nation’s third-largest district.

 

Covid symptoms: Coronavirus Vs cold which do I have?

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-54182329

 

These ShopRite stores in NJ will offer the COVID-19 vaccine

Cheryl Makin  List of NJ ShopRites to offer COVID vaccine

https://www.app.com/story/news/health/2021/01/05/nj-shoprite-covid-19-vaccine/4139695001/

 

How to sign up for a Philly COVID-19 vaccine alert that will tell you it’s your turn

by Grace Dickinson 


novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) 病毒:新型冠状病毒 2019-nCoV

  

SCMP Explains: What's the difference between the major Covid-19 vaccines?

Jan 8, 2021    
South China Morning Post  South China Morning Post


 

66% of New York City’s Vaccine Doses Sit Unused as Virus Numbers Soar

Small numbers of doses have even been thrown out as the city’s mass inoculation campaign gets off to a dispiriting start.   

By Joseph Goldstein  Jan. 8, 2021Updated 4:27 p.m. ET   
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/nyregion/nyc-coronavirus-vaccine-delays.html 

 

UK approves anti-inflammatory drugs to treat sickest covid-19 patients after strong results in clinical trial

By Carolyn Y. Johnson and Ben Guarino 

 

Biden to release all coronavirus vaccine doses, not holding any back for second shots

by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Zeke Miller, Associated Press 

 

Biden Plans to Release Nearly All Vaccine Doses to States

  • The move breaks with the Trump administration practice to hold back supply for second doses.
  • New York will begin allowing residents over 75 and essential workers like teachers and police officers to schedule vaccinations as soon as Monday.
  • Pfizer said its vaccine is effective against mutations found in the new contagious variants of the virus. Here’s the latest pandemic news.


 Jan 08, 2021 07:29 PM SOCIETY & CULTURE

Three Things to Know About North China’s Locally Transmitted Covid Outbreak

By Cora Zhu 

https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-01-08/three-things-to-know-about-north-chinas-locally-transmitted-covid-outbreak-101648364.html

 

Are we at the beginning of the end of COVID-19? The tricky road to herd immunity, explained.

by Tom Avril


Effective COVID-19 drug treatments remain frustratingly elusive a year into the pandemic

by Marie McCullough 


 China / Science

Coronavirus: Chinese province of Guangdong extends quarantine and urges people not to travel over Lunar New Year

Those arriving from abroad will now have to spend a week at home after spending two weeks quarantined in designated hotels
Local authorities urge people not to travel over the holiday period and limit gatherings to 10 people or fewer

Guo Rui in Guangzhou  Published: 10:37pm, 8 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3117013/coronavirus-chinese-province-guangdong-extends-quarantine-and

  

 #Coronavirus #WION #Japan

Japan declares state of emergency for Tokyo area as COVID-19 cases surge | World News | WION News

Jan 8, 2021   
WION  WION

 

US registering highest deaths yet from the coronavirus

By CARLA K. JOHNSON and LISA MARIE PANE

https://apnews.com/article/us-news-pandemics-california-coronavirus-pandemic-5d120f6273dc8ec89e3f60df98b9f5f7

 

U.S. Sets New Death and Daily Case Records

There were at least 4,111 deaths and 280,028 new cases on Thursday. Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that the high toll was likely to continue. Here’s the latest on the pandemic.

 

Pfizer vaccine 'works' against key variant mutation, study suggests

By James Gallagher
Health and science correspondent
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55587320

 

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine protects against mutation found in fast-spreading virus variants, study shows

By Carolyn Y. Johnson 

 

South Africa coronavirus variant: What is the risk?

By Michelle Roberts
Health editor, BBC News online

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55534727

 

Coronavirus Lockdown Disrupts Logistics Across Northern China

Provinces neighboring hot spot Hebei erect highway checkpoints, bar travelers from entry

Jan 08, 2021 07:35 PM 


 Prognosis

More States Find Variant; N.Y. Cases Reach Record: Virus Update

 

United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Authorizes Use of COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna

January 8, 2021 at 7:46 AM ESTPDF Version

UK MHRA authorization is based on a rolling review of COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna data, including data from the Phase 3 COVE study

UK government secured an additional 10 million doses for a total of 17 million doses of the vaccine with supply beginning in early 2021

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2021-- Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA)

https://investors.modernatx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/united-kingdom-medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory


 Politics

Beijing shuts religious venues as coronavirus spreads in Hebei Catholic heartland

Places of worship in the capital closed temporarily to prevent gatherings
Official Catholic bodies in neighboring Shijiazhuang deny widespread cases among members

Mimi Lau  Published: 10:15pm, 8 Jan, 2021  

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3117012/beijing-shuts-religious-venues-coronavirus-spreads-hebei

 

UK approves anti-inflammatory drugs to treat sickest covid-19 patients after strong results in clinical trial

By Carolyn Y. Johnson and Ben Guarino 



Covid Deaths in U.S. to Sustain Near-Record Pace

•Jan 7, 2021

 Bloomberg Markets and Finance 

Bloomberg Markets and Finance
 

 Analysis

The other crisis Trump is exacerbating

America is experiencing two threats, one acute and one, by now, chronic. The acute threat is the one President Trump poses to the stability of the government. The chronic threat is the pandemic, which is nearly everywhere. By Philip Bump 


 Prognosis

More States Find Variant; N.Y. Cases Reach Record: Virus Update

Follow the latest updates in the global pandemic and vaccination efforts. 


 China / Science

Coronavirus: how will the vaccine advances of 2020 alter the pandemic path in 2021?

The extreme lows brought by Covid-19 have sparked unprecedented speed in developing and approving vaccines and rolling them out
A number of factors beyond the shots themselves will determine if and how transmissions are curbed

Josephine Ma  Published: 7:00am, 8 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3116547/coronavirus-how-will-vaccine-advances-2020-alter-pandemic-path

 

Post-infection coronavirus immunity usually robust after 8 months, study shows

 About 90 percent of the patients studied showed lingering, stable immunity, researchers found. By Joel Achenbach


People without symptoms spread virus in more than half of cases, CDC model finds

The finding underscores the importance of following guidelines to wear masks and maintain social distancing. By Ben Guarino

  • CDC expects more-contagious variant to spread ‘rapidly’ in U.S.

 

North China City Locked Down Amid Virus Flare-Up

Capital of Hebei province bans people and vehicles from leaving city of 11 million after finding dozens of new Covid-19 cases

  • Lockdown Tightens in North China Province as Covid-19 Cases Surge  

  

Sinovac’s Covid Shot Proves 78% Effective in Brazil Trial

Most definitive data so far may shore up confidence in vaccine’s effectiveness after previous findings sowed confusion and doubt

Jan 08, 2021 05:30 AM 


 Prognosis

Pfizer, BioNTech Shot May Defeat New Variants, Study Shows

By Naomi Kresge and Jason Gale January 8, 2021, 2:09 AM EST Updated on January 8, 2021, 10:17 AM EST

  • Study looked at mutation common to U.K., South Africa strains
  • The early data hasn’t yet been subjected to peer review

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-08/pfizer-shot-may-be-effective-against-key-mutation-study-shows


 Prognosis

U.K. Clears Moderna’s Vaccine to Add Third Covid-19 Shot

By Alex Morales, James Paton, and Suzi Ring January 8, 2021, 6:06 AM EST Updated on January 8, 2021, 8:44 AM EST

  • Approval comes as pandemic surges anew across Britain
  • U.K. also adds 10 million more vaccine doses from Moderna

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-08/u-k-is-said-to-clear-moderna-vaccine-as-soon-as-friday

   

Japan's Suga Declares Virus Emergency for Tokyo Area

•Jan 7, 2021

 Bloomberg Markets and Finance Bloomberg Markets and Finance
 

 HEALTH

The Next Phase of Vaccination Will Be Even Harder

Getting vaccines to hospitals and nursing homes was supposed to be the easy part.

SARAH ZHANG
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/01/next-phase-vaccination-will-be-even-harder/617595/

 

Anthony Fauci Thinks U.K. COVID Variant More Widespread in U.S. Than Known

The new, more infectious variant has been detected in California, Florida, New York, and Georgia. Fauci told Newsweek he would be "very surprised" if it was not in "several more states."
 

 HEALTH

The Most Reliable Pandemic Number Keeps Getting Worse

America reported a record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the first week of 2021.

THE COVID TRACKING PROJECT 

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/01/pandemic-cases-hospitalizations-record-south/617589/

 

First case of new coronavirus variant detected in Pa. as elementary schools urged to bring students back to the classroom; N.J. expands vaccine pool

by Erin McCarthy 

 

When can I get the COVID-19 vaccine?

by Jason Laughlin and Justine McDaniel


Frustrated Camden County official lashes out at Trump administration over COVID-19 vaccine delays

 by Frank Kummer, Posted: January 7, 2021- 12:59 PM 

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine-rollout-camden-county-20210107.html


 Economics

U.S. Jobs Recovery Falters as Virus Surge Snaps Hiring Streak

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-08/u-s-jobs-recovery-faltered-in-december-amid-virus-surge?srnd=premium


 

OB-GYN weighs in on COVID-19 vaccines and pregnant women

•Jan 7, 2021   
CBS News  CBS News


 QuickTake

What You Need to Know About Allergic Reactions to Covid Vaccines

 

UPDATED THU, JAN 7 20211:25 PM EST

Covid live updates: Texas confirms first case of new virus strain; U.S. hospitalizations top 132,000

CNBC.com staff 

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/07/coronavirus-live-updates.html

 

 Prognosis

U.S. Vaccine Rollout Hindered by Faulty Coordination, Messaging

The lack of guidance from Washington left hospitals on their own. 

 

U.S. records its deadliest day of the pandemic while eyes fixed on mob storming Capitol

A record 3,915 people died of covid-19 in the United States on Wednesday. One lawmaker who was present as Congress convened announced hours later he had tested positive. By Paulina Firozi

 

Record Covid deaths in Germany and Russia

Germany is facing calls for a second lockdown before Christmas.

11 December 202011th December 2020   Europe

 

Coronavirus: How will the world vaccinate seven billion?

By Naomi Grimley  Global affairs correspondent

Published13 August 2020   Coronavirus pandemic

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53741966


 Science

Coronavirus: China’s Hebei province reports 120 new local cases as millions tested

All but one of the new infections were found in Shijiazhuang where the country’s biggest outbreak in months has city in lockdown
In addition there have been two cases reported in Hebei province which originated overseas

Echo Xie  Published: 11:21am, 7 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3116735/coronavirus-chinas-hebei-province-reports-120-new-local-cases




 #CNBC #CNBCTV

Vaccination doesn't mean people can return to pre-Covid life: Dr. Scott Gottlieb

•Jan 6, 2021   
CNBC Television CNBC Television
 

 Prognosis

U.S. Vaccine Rollout Hindered by Faulty Coordination, Messaging

A troubled start has put vaccinations well behind early goals 

 

Where Year Two of the Pandemic Will Take Us

As vaccines roll out, the U.S. will face a choice about what to learn and what to forget.

Story by Ed Yong  DECEMBER 29, 2020   

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/12/pandemic-year-two/617528/


 Prognosis

Tokyo Covid Emergency; China City Partly Shut Off: Virus Update

Bloomberg News January 6, 2021, 5:46 PM EST Updated on January 7, 2021, 4:17 AM EST 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-06/moderna-gets-eu-approval-allergic-reactions-rare-virus-update?srnd=coronavirus


 

U.S. Is Blind to Contagious New Virus Variant, Scientists Warn

It’s not too late to curb the contagious variant’s spread in the U.S., experts say — but only with a national program for genetic sequencing.


 

Covid-19: More U.S. Pharmacies to Start Vaccinating High-Risk Groups

Last Updated Jan. 7, 2021, 1:29 a.m. ET5 hours ago5 hours ago

The European Union approves the Moderna vaccine after criticism for being too slow. As the virus variant makes inroads in the U.S., there is no good system to track it, experts warn.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/world/covid-19-coronavirus

 

U.S. accelerates plan to distribute vaccine through pharmacies

U.S. health officials acknowledged the slow rate of vaccine distribution and said there would be “immediate action” taken for states to speed up getting shots into arms. By Antonia Noori Farzan, Erin Cunningham, Marisa Iati, Miriam Berger and Taylor Telford 


 Jan 06, 2021 07:29 PM SOCIETY & CULTURE

Beijing’s Neighboring Province Enters ‘Wartime Mode’ After Dozens of Covid Cases Found

By Cora Zhu 

https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-01-06/beijings-neighboring-province-enters-wartime-mode-after-dozens-of-covid-cases-found-101647395.html



  #Frustration #CovidVaccine #NBCNews

Growing Frustration Over Pace Of Covid Vaccine Rollout | NBC Nightly News

•Jan 5, 2021
 NBC News NBC News

 

CDC expects mutant variant of coronavirus to spread in U.S.

Although the variant has so far been detected in a very small fraction of infections, it shows signs of spreading and may become significantly more common in coming weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and infectious-disease experts. By Joel Achenbach and Ben Guarino 


 Opinion  Patricia Pan Connor

Cultural and digital strengths in Taiwan’s coronavirus response hold lessons for struggling US

Taiwan has assembled one of the world’s best pandemic responses through a robust digital health care system, swift control measures and a culture of compliance
In contrast, the US response has been plagued with chaotic government messaging, attacks on science, suspicion of authorities and a focus on individual freedoms

Patricia Pan Connor  Published: 9:15am, 7 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3116588/cultural-and-digital-strengths-taiwans-coronavirus-response-hold


 Economics

How Covid Laid Bare America’s Economic and Political Divides
 

Japan declares state of emergency in Tokyo, paying price for complacency on the virus

Leaders wanted Japan to co-exist with the virus and keep the economy open, but as cases surge, the limits of that approach are all too apparent. By Simon Denyer 

 

Mutant variant of virus may spread rapidly through U.S., CDC says

By Joel Achenbach and Ben Guarino


When vaccines are about to expire, providers scramble to give them to whoever is available 

By Lenny Bernstein and Lola Fadulu 

 

People without symptoms spread virus in more than half of cases, CDC model finds

The finding underscores the importance of following guidelines to wear masks and maintain social distancing. By Ben Guarino

  • CDC expects more-contagious variant to spread ‘rapidly’ in U.S.



 

COVID-19 surge in California has triggered health care rationing

•Jan 6, 2021
 CBS News CBS News

 

Covid-19, Overshadowed by Washington, Was Deadlier Than Ever in America

Deaths reported across the country on Wednesday set a new record. Five states have now reported their millionth case. Here’s the latest pandemic news.  

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/07/world/covid-19-coronavirus
  

Trying not to waste a single drop of vaccine

Shots of the two authorized coronavirus vaccines must be administered or discarded within six hours of reaching room temperature. When doses remain, the hunt begins for recipients. By Lenny Bernstein and Lola Fadulu 

 

What to know about vaccine rollouts in D.C., Md. and Va.

By Julie Zauzmer 


 State of emergency in Tokyo; Malaysia sees record jump in virus cases

The month-long measure covers the capital and the prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba.


 Mass vaccination programme using Sinovac is set to begin in Indonesia

Indonesian President Joko Widodo will be the first to get the jab when inoculations begin on January 13.

 

Allergic reactions to vaccine are rare and outweighed by the benefit of protection, CDC finds

Of nearly 2 million vaccinated, only 21 people had severe allergic reactions. They were treated and recovered. By William Wan and Joel Achenbach 

 

Questions about the origins of the coronavirus in China

•Jan 4, 2021    
CBS News CBS News


 

L.A. is running out of oxygen for patients as U.S. hospitalizations hit record highs

By Fenit Nirappil and William Wan 


 Prognosis

Japan Hits Case Milestone; German Crisis Meeting: Virus Update


 

Our vaccination need is more urgent than ever. You wouldn’t know it from state efforts.

Opinion by Megan McArdle 


 

European Vaccine Rollouts Are Off to a Shaky Start Despite New Lockdowns

Programs in many countries have been hampered by slow-moving bureaucracies, a lack of nurses and shortages of vital equipment.


 

Coronavirus Variant Is Indeed More Transmissible, New Study Suggests

Researchers warn that the British variant is so contagious that new control measures, including closing down schools and universities, may be necessary.



 #CNBC #CNBCTV

Former FDA chief Scott Gottlieb on the best strategies for Covid-19 vaccine rollout

•Jan 4, 2021
 CNBC Television CNBC Television  

 

Covid-19: ‘One of the worst shifts of my life – it’s overwhelming’   

Reporter: Karl Mercer   Camera: Richard Milliken   Editing: Ed Knight and Dave Thomson

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-55540701


 Prognosis

EU Seeks Up to 300 Million More Pfizer-BioNTech Doses

The bloc is pursuing a deal that could double its Pfizer shot supply.
 

Global Vaccination Efforts Roll Out Slower Than Promised

Countries are falling short of inoculation targets, even as new infections soar and record numbers flood hospitals. Here’s the latest pandemic news. 

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/05/world/covid-19-coronavirus

 

U.S. again shatters records after 2,800 new patients require hospitalization in a single day  

By Antonia Noori Farzan, Erin Cunningham, Marisa Iati, Angela Fritz and 
Miriam Berger  Jan. 5, 2021 at 8:59 a.m. EST

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/05/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/

 #ABCNews #ThisWeek #AnthonyFauci

'There is no running away from the numbers': Fauci on COVID-19 surge | ABC News

•Jan 3, 2021    
ABC News ABC News

 

Are pandemics the new normal?

Are pandemics the new normal?Close

Though scientists had warned the world was due a pandemic, no-one could have predicted the scale and impact of Covid-19. So should we expect more pandemics in the future? The BBC’s Mattea Bubalo explains.

Video by Mattea Bubalo, Laura Foster and Kate Forbes

Graphics by Mel Lou and Terry Saunders

Published BBC  News Subsection World 

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-55415763


 GLOBAL

Britain Failed. Again.

The country has gone into lockdown once more. The current set of restrictions has more troubling reasons than the last.

TOM MCTAGUE 1:00 AM ET 

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/01/boris-johnson-covid-pandemic-lockdown/617546/


 Prognosis

FDA Objects to Dosage Changes; EU Seeks More Shots: Virus Update

Bloomberg News January 4, 2021, 5:52 PM EST Updated on January 5, 2021, 9:57 AM EST 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-04/england-locks-down-variant-strain-is-in-new-york-virus-update?srnd=coronavirus
 

  

U.S. tops 350,000 COVID deaths amid worsening pandemic

•Jan 4, 2021  
CBS Evening News CBS Evening News
 


New Variant Detected in New York as Vaccinations Lag  

The sluggish pace of vaccinations has been particularly striking in New York City, the onetime epicenter of the pandemic.

 


LIVE UPDATES  UPDATED MON, JAN 4 20219:14 AM EST

Covid live updates: UK begins Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccinations; official more concerned of South Africa variant

CNBC.com staff

This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. 

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/04/covid-live-updates.html


 

U.S. Is Blind to Contagious New Virus Variant, Scientists Warn

It’s not too late to curb the contagious variant’s spread in the U.S., experts say — but only with a national program for genetic sequencing.   

By Carl Zimmer   Jan. 6, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/health/coronavirus-variant-tracking.html

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More than 350,000 Americans have died from COVID-19

•Jan 3, 2021    
Good Morning America Good Morning America
 

 

What we know about the latest highly infectious coronavirus variant 

December 29, 2020 | 9:07 PM EDT

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/what-we-know-about-the-latest-highly-infectious-coronavirus-variant/2020/12/29/08388dcf-ca8b-405e-95d1-9fd5f6671cca_video.html?itid=hp_Most%20Read%20Most%20Watched%20Chain



 United States & Canada

Coronavirus: US passes 20 million cases, as Mitt Romney calls for emergency medics to be drafted to administer vaccine

On Wednesday alone, more than 3,900 people died of Covid-19 in the US, a new daily record
Experts believe the worst is yet to come as health care workers brace for a surge in cases and deaths after holiday gatherings

Agence France-Presse and Reuters  Published: 3:11am, 2 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3116163/united-states-passes-20-million-coronavirus-cases

  


  

Vaccinations still lagging as U.S. COVID-19 cases surpass 20 million

•Jan 2, 2021   
 CBS Evening News CBS Evening News


 

Confusion and Shortages Impede Some U.S. Vaccination Campaigns

  • As distribution of Covid-19 vaccines begins to open up to wider segments of the population, there have been scenes of chaos across the country.
  • India has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and a local version. Here’s the latest pandemic news.

 https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/03/world/covid19-coronavirus     


 

 #WorldNewsTonight #COVID #Holidays

Holidays spark fears of record COVID-19 surge

•Jan 2, 2021    
ABC News ABC News

 

 Southeast Asia

Coronavirus: Australian clusters grow from liquor store case; India approves two vaccines

New South Wales reported eight new cases and Victoria three as new measures to combat the disease kicked in
India’s drugs regulator gave emergency authorisation for the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Bharat Biotech jabs

Agencies  Published: 3:52pm, 3 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3116241/coronavirus-australian-clusters-grow-liquor-store-case    


 

New cases of highly infectious COVID strain discovered in U.S.

•Jan 1, 2021
 CBS Evening News CBS Evening News


 United States & Canada

Coronavirus: US passes 20 million cases, as Mitt Romney calls for emergency medics to be drafted to administer vaccine

On Wednesday alone, more than 3,900 people died of Covid-19 in the US, a new daily record
Experts believe the worst is yet to come as health care workers brace for a surge in cases and deaths after holiday gatherings

Agence France-Presse and Reuters  Published: 3:11am, 2 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3116163/united-states-passes-20-million-coronavirus-cases

  


  

CA hits record 585 COVID-19 deaths in 1 day as infections rage out of control

•Jan 1, 2021
 ABC7 ABC7
  


 Perspective

Patients are getting infected with covid-19 in the hospital. It happened to one of mine and killed him.

Hospital-acquired covid-19 happens. Often, it occurs when staff unintentionally spread the disease to patients. By Manoj Jain 


 

India approves AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine

It is the first Covid-19 vaccine to be approved for emergency use by India, which has the highest number of infections after the United States.

INDIA Updated: Jan 02, 2021, 15:52 IST Reuters| 

Posted by Susmita Pakrasi  New Delhi 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-approves-astrazeneca-s-covid-19-vaccine/story-YUIxd2XWW4dqE4zkjcczGN.html?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link

   #WorldNewsTonight #Vaccine #COVID

Thousands waiting for hours in line for COVID-19 vaccine

•Dec 31, 2020    
ABC News ABC News


 

Opinion  The Editorial Board

We Came All This Way to Let Vaccines Go Bad in the Freezer?

America did not sufficiently plan for how to get millions of people vaccinated

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/opinion/coronavirus-vaccines-expiring.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage



  HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Israel says it has vaccinated 7% of its population against Covid, it’s less than 1% in U.S.

PUBLISHED THU, DEC 31 202011:54 AM ESTUPDATED THU, DEC 31 202012:45 PM EST Will Feuer@WILLFOIA   

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/31/covid-vaccine-israel-says-its-inoculated-7percent-of-its-population-its-less-than-1percent-in-us.html?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link



 

California hospitals overwhelmed by surge of COVID-19 patients

Dec 31, 2020
 CBS Evening News CBS Evening News
 


 HEALTH

America Has Not Fixed Its Deadliest Pandemic Errors

The COVID Tracking Project’s extensive, daily data collection reveals the simple yet devastating ways the U.S. has failed.

ROBINSON MEYER AND ALEXIS C. MADRIGAL DECEMBER 31, 2020 

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/12/america-has-not-fixed-its-deadliest-pandemic-errors/617532/


 A Reporter at LargeJanuary 4 & 11, 2021 Issue

The Plague Year

The mistakes and the struggles behind America’s coronavirus tragedy.

By Lawrence Wright  December 28, 2020 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/04/the-plague-year
 

COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca, formerly AZD1222

 

Covid-19: Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine approved for use in UK - BBC News

•Dec 30, 2020    
BBC News BBC News   


 AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid Vaccine Gains First Clearance With U.K. Nod


https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AZN
 

COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca, formerly AZD1222

  

Astra-Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine Gets U.K. Clearance

•Dec 30, 2020
 Bloomberg Markets and Finance

Bloomberg Markets and Finance   


 AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid Vaccine Gains First Clearance With U.K. Nod


https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AZN
 

  

New COVID-19 Variant Found In Colorado Man Amid Vaccine Rollout Challenges | TODAY

•Dec 30, 2020

 TODAY TODAY  
 

 

More Contagious Virus Variant Found in 2 States, Alarming Scientists

  • The variant, initially discovered in Britain, has appeared in Colorado and California. It is not thought to be more deadly than previous variants.
  • But scientists do not know how widely the new mutant may have spread in the U.S. And it threatens to complicate the nation’s path to recovery.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/health/coronavirus-mutant-colorado.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage


 

What we know about the latest highly infectious coronavirus variant 

December 29, 2020 | 9:07 PM EDT

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/what-we-know-about-the-latest-highly-infectious-coronavirus-variant/2020/12/29/08388dcf-ca8b-405e-95d1-9fd5f6671cca_video.html?itid=hp_Most%20Read%20Most%20Watched%20Chain
 

   

China Approves Sinopharm's Covid Vaccine for General Use

•Dec 30, 2020     
Bloomberg Markets and Finance


 Business

China Approves First Vaccine for Use in General Population

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-31/china-approves-first-covid-vaccine-for-use-in-general-population?srnd=premium


 

China Approves Its First Coronavirus Vaccine

  • The country is now set to inoculate tens of millions with a vaccine manufactured by the state-run company Sinopharm.


 Science

China promises free jabs for all as Sinopharm’s Covid-19 vaccine approved

The approval comes with conditions but regulator is confident the vaccine is safe and effective
National Health Commission says the shot is a ‘public good’ and will be provided to national inoculation programme

Zhuang Pinghui in Beijing and Simone McCarthy

Published: 12:00pm, 31 Dec, 2020   

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3115947/china-approves-sinopharms-covid-19-vaccine-promises-public-free


http://www.sinopharm.com/en/1156.html


 #LosAngeles #CovidDeaths #NBCNews

Los Angeles County Reports Most Covid Deaths Since Start Of Pandemic | NBC News NOW

•Dec 31, 2020
  NBC News NBC News
 

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Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan sentenced to four years in jail for Wuhan coronavirus reports

•Dec 28, 2020
 South China Morning Post 


 Diplomacy

EU demands China release citizen reporter Zhang Zhan and 12 Hong Kong activists detained at sea

Zhang was jailed on Monday for four years for her coverage of the early stages of the Covid-19 outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were arrested by authorities as they tried to flee to Taiwan by speedboat in August

Agence France-Presse  Published: 11:21pm, 29 Dec, 2020 

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3115749/eu-demands-china-release-citizen-reporter-zhang-zhan-and-12
 

 

Wuhan’s low-income workers struggle to find jobs eight months after Covid-19 lockdown lifted

•Dec 29, 2020
 South China Morning Post
 

 #Coronavirus #SundayTODAY

US Surpasses 19 Million COVID-19 Cases Amid Fears Of Holiday Surge | Sunday TODAY

•Dec 27, 2020
 TODAY TODAY


 

   

Hospitals nationwide worry about post-Christmas COVID-19 surge

•Dec 26, 2020  
CBS Evening News CBS Evening News


 

  

Coronavirus: Hong Kong extends hotel quarantine for overseas arrivals to 21 days

Dec 25, 2020  
South China Morning Post South China Morning Post


 

 #Coronavirus #SundayTODAY

A Look Back At Covering The Coronavirus Pandemic: ‘Unlike Anything I’d Experienced’ | Sunday TODAY

•Dec 27, 2020
 TODAY TODAY   

 

 

COVID-19 surge threatens parts of U.S. over holiday season

•Dec 25, 2020   
CBS This Morning CBS This Morning

 

 

California becomes first state to surpass 2 million COVID-19 cases

•Dec 24, 2020    
CBS Evening NewsCBS Evening News
 

 #GMA #UKTravelBan #UKLockdown

Countries ban travel from UK after new variant of COVID-19 detected

•Dec 21, 2020
 Good Morning America Good Morning America
 

 

How the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was developed

•Dec 20, 2020
 60 Minutes 60 Minutes


 

Coronavirus: BMJ urges NYT to correct vaccine 'mixing' article

 The editor of the British Medical Journal has asked the New York Times to correct an article that says UK guidelines allow two Covid-19 vaccines to be mixed. 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55519042?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link
 

 

 

#CNBC

Why Pfizer And Moderna Can't Be Sued For Covid Vaccine Side Effects

•Dec 22, 2020    
CNBC CNBC

 


 #CNBC

Operation Warp Speed: Will send 4.67M more Covid-19 vaccine doses next week

•Dec 23, 2020   
CNBC CNBC

 

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Small businesses still struggling eight months after Wuhan’s Covid-19 lockdown was lifted

•Dec 16, 2020  
South China Morning Post South China Morning Post

 





 

 

 

   

 

U.S. COVID-19 death toll passes 300,000 as vaccine rolls out

•Dec 15, 2020   
CBS This Morning CBS This Morning



 

 

 

   

COVID-19 vaccines delivered to all 50 states

Dec 13, 2020
 
ABC News ABC News

 

 

 

  #Covid19 #BloombergBusinessweek #Storylines

The Country That Learned to Live With Covid-19

•Dec 15, 2020
Bloomberg Quicktake Bloomberg Quicktake



 

 #Coronavirus #TodayShow

US Sees Deadliest Week Of COVID-19 Pandemic, Hospitals Overwhelmed | TODAY

•Dec 12, 2020

 TODAY

 

 

 #GMA #COVID19 #Vaccine

Pfizer’s historic COVID-19 vaccine shipping out | GMA

•Dec 12, 2020
 Good Morning America Good Morning America
 

 

 

  

U.S. Health Care Workers Prepare To Receive Covid-19 Vaccine | NBC Nightly News

•Dec 12, 2020
 NBC News NBC News


 

 

Communities of color skeptical of COVID-19 vaccine

Dec 11, 2020

 CBS This Morning CBS This Morning

 

 

China’s Chengdu city in ‘wartime mode’ after new local Covid-19 infections reported

Dec 9, 2020    
South China Morning Post South China Morning Post
 

 

New concerns as COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record high

•Dec 11, 2020

 ABC News ABC News

 

  

Indian villagers oppose efforts to remove hundreds of ‘god’ bats despite Covid-19 concerns

•Sep 4, 2020   
South China Morning PostSouth China Morning Post


 

  

Coronavirus: A look inside China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology

•Jul 8, 2020  
South China Morning PostSouth China Morning Post


 

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Coronavirus Vaccines - An Introduction

Oct 2, 2020

 JAMA Network
 

 

California sees record-breaking COVID-19 numbers

Dec 9, 2020

 CBS News


 

 


 

   

 

US marks 15,000 COVID-19 deaths in a week

Dec 8, 2020   
ABC News
 

 


 

 

 

  

Emergency action taken to slow spread of COVID-19

Dec 6, 20201    
ABC News ABC News
 

 


 

 

 

States, cities lock down again as U.S. sees record daily COVID-19 cases, deaths

Dec 4, 20201   
CBS This Morning

 


 

 

 

 #covid #california

US tops 1 million new COVID-19 cases in first 5 days of December l GMA

Dec 6, 2020 Good Morning America

 


 

   

 #CNBC

What Is An mRNA Coronavirus Vaccine?

Sep 19, 2020

CNBC
 


 


 

 

UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for use in December

Dec 2, 2020  
 South China Morning Post


 Europe

Britain defends speed of approval for Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine

The UK’s drugs regulator gave emergency approval for the vaccine on Wednesday, and the government plans to start rolling it out next week
Leading US infectious disease scientist Anthony Fauci on Thursday said the MHRA had ‘rushed’ approval, but he later apologised

Agence France-Presse  Published: 11:36pm, 4 Dec, 2020  

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3112667/britain-defends-speed-approval-pfizer-biontechs-coronavirus

 

Pfizer and BioNTech Announce Publication of Results from Landmark Phase 3 Trial of BNT162b2 COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate in The New England Journal of Medicine

Thu December 10, 2020 10:21 AM|Business Wire|About: BNTX, PFE

  • Data from 43,448 participants, half of whom received BNT162b2 and half of whom received placebo, showed that the vaccine candidate was well tolerated and demonstrated 95% efficacy in preventing COVID-19 in those without prior infection 7 days or more after the second dose
  • Vaccine efficacy observed in the overall study population was also generally consistent across subgroups defined by age, gender, race, ethnicity, baseline body mass index (BMI), or presence of other underlying co-morbidities
  • Partial protection from the vaccine candidate appears to begin as early as 12 days after the first dose
  • These data were included in the requests for regulatory authorization submitted to regulatory agencies across the globe, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency

NEW YORK & MAINZ, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Pfizer Inc. (PFE) (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (BNTX) (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced that the New England Journal of Medicine has published safety and final efficacy results from the pivotal Phase 3 trial of BNT162b2, their mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate. In the trial of 43,448 participants, who were 16 years and older, 21,720 of whom received BNT162b2 and 21,728 placebo, the two-dose regimen of 30 μg BNT162b2, which was given 21 days apart, was well-tolerated and demonstrated vaccine efficacy of 95% against COVID-19.

https://seekingalpha.com/pr/18118360-pfizer-and-biontech-announce-publication-of-results-from-landmark-phase-3-trial-of-bnt162b2
 

  

Pfizer coronavirus vaccine more than 90 per cent effective, US drug maker says

Nov 9, 2020  
 South China Morning Post


 

WHO-backed probes move forward to try to shed light on early days of coronavirus

Two missions have been in the works since May, and pressure is mounting for insight into how the virus emerged
They have a different focus, but both inquiries will dig into a contentious period – the start of the outbreak

Simone McCarthy  Published: 1:30am, 13 Nov, 2020   

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3109635/who-backed-probes-move-forward-try-shed-light-early-days
 

 

 

The places that successfully contained Covid-19 and why others are not following their lead

Dec 10, 2020

South China Morning Post

 

WHO-backed probes move forward to try to shed light on early days of coronavirus

Two missions have been in the works since May, and pressure is mounting for insight into how the virus emerged
They have a different focus, but both inquiries will dig into a contentious period – the start of the outbreak

Simone McCarthy  Published: 1:30am, 13 Nov, 2020   

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3109635/who-backed-probes-move-forward-try-shed-light-early-days
 

 

Cambodia closes private schools and museums after first locally transmitted Covid-19 cases

Dec 2, 2020  
 South China Morning Post  

COVID-19

Get the latest information from the CDC about COVID-19. 

 


 

 

Coronavirus: Europe’s second wave puts hospitals under pressure again as cases soar

•Nov 11, 2020
 South China Morning Post



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Outpacing Trump’s Operation Warp Speed, China to give coronavirus vaccine to 50 million in a month   

By Eva Dou   Jan. 4, 2021 at 5:17 a.m. EST

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/coronavirus-vaccine-china-lunar-new-year/2021/01/04/d9401354-4e34-11eb-a1f5-fdaf28cfca90_story.html

 

Scientists Debate Holding Back Second Vaccine Dose

There is international disagreement on which approach will better contain the virus. Public officials have weighed whether to receive early shots to demonstrate their safety.  

  • As the vaccine rollout falters, scientists debate new tactics.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/04/world/covid-19-coronavirus

 

U.S. death toll tops 350,000 amid frustration over vaccine rollout

 By Antonia Noori Farzan Kim Bellware, Brittany Shammas and Siobhán O'Grady Jan. 4, 2021 at 8:31 a.m. EST 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/04/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/


China lab leak is the 'most credible' source of the coronavirus outbreak, says top US government official, amid bombshell claims Wuhan scientist has turned whistleblower

  • Donald Trump's Deputy National Security Adviser Matthew Pottinger spoke
  • Mr Pottinger told politicians leak is emerging as 'most credible source' of virus
  • He claimed the pathogen may have escaped through a 'leak or an accident' 

By ABUL TAHER, SECURITY CORRESPONDENT FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY

PUBLISHED: 17:06 EST, 2 January 2021 | UPDATED: 07:06 EST, 3 January 2021

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9106951/Lab-leak-credible-source-coronavirus-outbreak-says-government-official.html

 

 Home  Special Coverage  Coronavirus Outbreak

Where will Israel's 'green passport' proof of COVID vaccination take you?

Vaccinated Israelis will be able to travel to the Dead Sea and Eilat, skip mandatory quarantine if they return from abroad or come in contact with a coronavirus patient, and visit cultural venues and attend sports events.

By  Maytal Yasur Beit-Or  Published on  12-25-2020 09:03 Last modified: 12-25-2020 09:03  

https://www.israelhayom.com/2020/12/25/where-will-israels-green-passport-proof-of-covid-vaccination-take-you/?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link


Confusion and Shortages Impede Some U.S. Vaccination Campaigns

  • As distribution of Covid-19 vaccines begins to open up to wider segments of the population, there have been scenes of chaos across the country.
  • India has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and a local version. Here’s the latest pandemic news.  

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/03/world/covid19-coronavirus


  Prognosis

U.K. May Tighten Curbs; U.S. Deaths Pass 350,000: Virus Update

Bloomberg News January 2, 2021, 5:44 PM EST Updated on January 3, 2021, 9:04 AM EST 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-02/n-y-passes-1-million-cases-u-k-reaches-record-virus-update?srnd=premium

 

India approves two vaccines as it prepares for massive immunization push

The country of more than 1.3 billion confronts logistical challenges to vaccinating 300 million people in the first phase.

By Niha Masih 


 Southeast Asia

Coronavirus: Australian clusters grow from liquor store case; India approves two vaccines

New South Wales reported eight new cases and Victoria three as new measures to combat the disease kicked in
India’s drugs regulator gave emergency authorization for the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Bharat Biotech jabs

Agencies  Published: 3:52pm, 3 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3116241/coronavirus-australian-clusters-grow-liquor-store-case


Britain Opts for Mix-and-Match Vaccinations, Confounding Experts

If a second dose of one vaccine isn’t available, another may be substituted, according to new guidelines in the country.

 

Highly Contagious Virus Variant Now Found in 33 Countries

At least 40 countries are barring travelers arriving from Britain. In the U.S., the variant has been found in Florida, Colorado and California.

 

Opinion  E. Tammy Kim

This Is Why Nursing Homes Failed So Badly

The first coronavirus outbreak in the United States happened in a nursing home in February. Since then, it’s only gotten worse.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/opinion/sunday/covid-nursing-homes.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

 

Hong Kong in Talks to Use Vaccine Records for Travel, HKET Says

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-02/hong-kong-in-talks-to-use-vaccine-records-for-travel-hket-says?srnd=premium

 

India approves AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine

It is the first Covid-19 vaccine to be approved for emergency use by India, which has the highest number of infections after the United States.

INDIA Updated: Jan 02, 2021, 15:52 IST Reuters| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi  New Delhi 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-approves-astrazeneca-s-covid-19-vaccine/story-YUIxd2XWW4dqE4zkjcczGN.html?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link

 

Third state identifies U.K. virus variant as U.S. surpasses 20 million cases

Florida identified a case of the more transmissible variant, first detected in the U.K., as the number of vaccinations in the United States crossed 3 million.

By Marisa Iati and Reis Thebault

Video: What we know about the latest coronavirus variant


 Business

U.S. Passes 20 Million Cases as New Year Begins: Virus Update

Bloomberg News December 31, 2020, 6:02 PM EST Updated on January 1, 2021, 1:18 PM EST 

 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-31/n-y-and-california-end-year-shattering-records-virus-update?srnd=premium


 National

Coronavirus updates: Third state identifies more transmissible variant as U.S. cases surpass 20 million

 By Marisa Iati   Marisa Iati General Assignment reporter  Follow Jan. 1, 2021 at 1:49 p.m. EST 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/01/coronavirus-covid-updates/

 

Virus Numbers Are Surging. Why Is New York’s Vaccine Rollout Sluggish?

With a new variant of the virus emerging elsewhere in the country, it’s crucial to vaccinate New Yorkers quickly. But so far, only about 88,000 have received the shots.   

By Joseph Goldstein   Jan. 1, 2021, 3:00 a.m. ET   

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/nyregion/nyc-covid-vaccine-rollout.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage


 QuickTake

What You Need to Know About Allergic Reactions to Covid Vaccines

By John Lauerman December 31, 2020, 12:01 AM EST 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-31/what-to-know-about-allergic-reactions-to-the-vaccine-quicktake?srnd=premium


 Prognosis

N.Y. and California End Year Shattering Records: Virus Update

Bloomberg News December 30, 2020, 6:15 PM EST Updated on December 31, 2020, 4:50 PM EST 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-30/new-strain-enters-california-nyc-positive-rate-up-virus-update?srnd=premium

 

Pandemic Exits 2020 With Record Cases Across Globe: Virus Update

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-31/n-y-and-california-end-year-shattering-records-virus-update?srnd=premium


 HEALTH

America Has Not Fixed Its Deadliest Pandemic Errors

The COVID Tracking Project’s extensive, daily data collection reveals the simple yet devastating ways the U.S. has failed.

ROBINSON MEYER AND ALEXIS C. MADRIGAL DECEMBER 31, 2020 

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/12/america-has-not-fixed-its-deadliest-pandemic-errors/617532/

 

Opinion  The Editorial Board

We Came All This Way to Let Vaccines Go Bad in the Freezer?

America did not sufficiently plan for how to get millions of people vaccinated

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/opinion/coronavirus-vaccines-expiring.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage


 East Asia

Coronavirus: India approves AstraZeneca vaccine; Singapore bans visitors from South Africa

The shots could start to be transported from cold storage to Indian states as early as Saturday
All long-term pass holders and short-term visitors with travel history to South Africa within the last 14 days will not be allowed entry into Singapore

Agencies  Published: 1:15pm, 1 Jan, 2021   

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3116080/coronavirus-india-prepares-test-vaccine-delivery-system-japan


 HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Israel says it has vaccinated 7% of its population against Covid, it’s less than 1% in U.S.

PUBLISHED THU, DEC 31 202011:54 AM ESTUPDATED THU, DEC 31 202012:45 PM EST Will Feuer@WILLFOIA

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/31/covid-vaccine-israel-says-its-inoculated-7percent-of-its-population-its-less-than-1percent-in-us.html?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link


 CHINA / SOCIETY China grants conditional market approval for its first homemade COVID-19 vaccine By Leng Shumei, Hu Yuwei and Zhang Hui Published: Dec 31, 2020 10:11 AM Updated: Dec 31, 2020 04:11 PM    

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202012/1211512.shtml?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link


 SCIENCE

The Mutated Virus Is a Ticking Time Bomb

There is much we don’t know about the new COVID-19 variant—but everything we know so far suggests a huge danger.

ZEYNEP TUFEKCI DECEMBER 31, 2020 

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/12/virus-mutation-catastrophe/617531/


Health The covid-19 symptoms to watch out for
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‘ALMOST LIKE A GHOST’ Six portraits from a year defined by loss Dec. 30, 2020

 

‘ALMOST LIKE A GHOST’

Six portraits from a year defined by loss

 

About this story

Photo editing by Chloe Coleman, Olivier Laurent and Karly Domb Sadof. Locator maps by Chiqui Esteban. Design and development by Jake Crump.

by

 Brian Murphy 

 Shibani Mahtani 

 Tim Craig 

 Amanda Coletta 

 Lori Rozsa 

 Liz Sly 



https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2020/florida-hong-kong-covid-loss/?itid=hp-top-table-main


COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
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25 Days That Changed the World: How Covid-19 Slipped China’s Grasp

 

25 Days That Changed the World: How Covid-19 Slipped China’s Grasp

We examined how China’s response unleashed the virus and foreshadowed battles between scientists and political leaders that would define the pandemic.


 

Covid-19 pandemic: in-depth analysis one year after Wuhan

Updated: 29 Dec 2020

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/series/3113354/covid-19-pandemic-depth-analysis-one-year-after-wuhan?module=coivd_table&pgtype=homepage


 Visual Story

A pandemic at our doorsteps

By Michael Robinson Chavez 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/photography/2020/12/29/pandemic-our-doorsteps/


The Place Hit Hardest by the Virus A town along Route 66, nestled beside Native American land, is now a scene of empty businesses and residents struggling with uncertainty.

   

Here’s Why Distribution of the Vaccine Is Taking Longer Than Expected

Health officials and hospitals are struggling with a lack of resources. Holiday staffing and saving doses for nursing homes are also contributing to delays.   

By Rebecca Robbins, Frances Robles and Tim Arango  Dec. 31, 2020Updated 1:01 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/health/vaccine-distribution-delays.html

 

Where Year Two of the Pandemic Will Take Us

As vaccines roll out, the U.S. will face a choice about what to learn and what to forget.

 Story by Ed Yong  DECEMBER 29, 2020  HEALTH

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/12/pandemic-year-two/617528/


 Asia / East Asia

Coronavirus: Tokyo facing third wave of ‘unprecedented magnitude’, warns city’s governor

With the latest figures, the capital has seen 58,840 confirmed cases in total
Since December 17, Tokyo’s alert has been raised to the highest of four levels, the first time since the outbreak

Associated Press  Published: 12:25am, 31 Dec, 2020   

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3115904/unprecedented-magnitude-tokyo-facing-third-wave-coronavirus


 Science

China promises free jabs for all as Sinopharm’s Covid-19 vaccine approved

The approval comes with conditions but regulator is confident the vaccine is safe and effective
National Health Commission says the shot is a ‘public good’ and will be provided to national inoculation programme

Zhuang Pinghui in Beijing and Simone McCarthy  Published: 12:00pm, 31 Dec, 2020   

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3115947/china-approves-sinopharms-covid-19-vaccine-promises-public-free

 

China Approves Its First Coronavirus Vaccine

  • The country is now set to inoculate tens of millions with a vaccine manufactured by the state-run company Sinopharm.


 Dec 31, 2020 06:37 PM SOCIETY & CULTURE

China Approves Its First Coronavirus Vaccine

By Zhao Jinzhao and Matthew Walsh 

https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-12-31/china-approves-its-first-coronavirus-vaccine-101645523.html

 

14 Million Doses Shipped, 2.6 Million Injected: The Lag in U.S. Vaccines

  • Federal health officials acknowledged that only a fraction of the doses shipped had been administered.
  • The number falls far short of the government’s goal of 20 million people vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of this year.  

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/health/covid-vaccines-slow-rollout.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

 

Highly Touted Monoclonal Antibody Therapies Sit Unused in Hospitals

Medical centers overrun with critical Covid-19 patients are using just a fraction of allotted supplies of the treatment

 By Sarah Toy  , Joseph Walker  and Melanie Evans  Dec. 27, 2020 11:42 am ET 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/highly-touted-monoclonal-antibody-therapies-sit-unused-in-hospitals-11609087364?mod=searchresults_pos1&page=1&source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link


 HEALTH

The Winter Surge Is Fracturing

Hospitalizations are down across the Midwest, but a handful of states are showing worrisome signs.

WHET MOSERDECEMBER 30, 2020 

  https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/12/pandemic-national-return-patchwork/617510/


Two visions of ‘normal’ collided in our abnormal pandemic year

Opinion by Megan McArdle 


Vaccines issued slowly as federal officials leave final steps to beleaguered states

 The reasons for the slow start in the United States include a chronic lack of public health funding and the absence of unified communication about the vaccines and their availability. By Isaac Stanley-Becker 


What You Need to Know About Allergic Reactions to Covid Vaccines

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-31/what-to-know-about-allergic-reactions-to-the-vaccine-quicktake?srnd=premium

 

Millions of Americans Are Calling in Sick, Stunting the Recovery

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-31/covid-keeps-millions-from-work-just-as-u-s-economy-loses-steam?srnd=premium


‘ALMOST LIKE A GHOST’

Six portraits from a year defined by loss     Dec. 30, 2020  

About this story

Photo editing by Chloe Coleman, Olivier Laurent and Karly Domb Sadof. Locator maps by Chiqui Esteban. Design and development by Jake Crump. 

Brian Murphy Follow Brian Murphy joined The Washington Post after more than 20 years as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief for the Associated Press in Europe and the Middle East. Murphy has reported from more than 50 countries and has written four books. 

Shibani Mahtani Follow Shibani Mahtani is the Southeast Asia bureau chief for The Washington Post, covering countries that include the Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia. She joined The Post's foreign desk in 2018 after seven years as a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal in Southeast Asia and later in Chicago, where she covered the Midwest. 

Tim Craig Follow Tim Craig is a national reporter on the America desk. He previously served as head of The Washington Post’s Afghanistan-Pakistan bureau, based in Islamabad and Kabul. He has also reported from Iraq, the District and Baltimore. 

Amanda Coletta Follow Amanda Coletta is a reporter based in Toronto who covers Canada for The Washington Post. She previously worked in London, first at the Economist and then the Wall Street Journal. 

Lori Rozsa Follow Lori Rozsa is a freelance reporter and frequent contributor to The Washington Post. She is a former correspondent for People magazine and a former reporter and bureau chief for The Miami Herald. 

Liz Sly Follow Liz Sly is The Washington Post’s Beirut bureau chief, covering Lebanon, Syria and the wider region. She has spent more than 17 years covering the Middle East, including the first and second Iraq wars. Other postings include Washington, Africa, China, Afghanistan and Italy. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2020/florida-hong-kong-covid-loss/?itid=hp-top-table-main

 

Coronavirus: tributes pour in for Li Wenliang, the Chinese doctor who first warned of a deadly disease

‘I hope in the future there will be fewer dead heroes, and more normal, great, everyday people,’ social media user says
‘Our attention then was still on saving the sufferers, we didn’t expect that someone as young as him wouldn’t be able to survive,’ Wuhan doctor Ai Fen says

William Langley  Published: 11:30pm, 30 Dec, 2020   

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3115886/coronavirus-tributes-pour-li-wenliang-chinese-doctor-who-first


 Prognosis

U.S. States Rewrite Vaccine Rules to Get Covid Shots Movingupdated